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The yellow chick is big for it's hatch time so I think it may be Fret and Henry's. I think the other two may be from Mow's eggs.

Not really. Four new chicks of which three will will stay at the field. You've been reading that chicken math article where people cant count.:D Nope.:lol: If the person who took the chick had said no it would be dead now. If mums abandon chicks there is a problem. Sometimes the problem isn't...

Probably not. Remove the egg. Even if she's thinking of going broody there isn't any point in making her a nest and letting her sit if the eggs aren't fertille.

You would need to live a very long time if you were in the UK trying to get through that list.:lol:

Warm, dry with sunny spells. Fret had seven eggs and you may notice the sums dont add up. Fret hatched five out of the seven. Somehow an egg got added over the last two days.:confused: All the original eggs were marked and one in the nest box wasn't. It could be one of Mow's. Fret was in the...

The Muscovies got fed the same feed as the chickens but with the addition of a vitamin B complex. It's a problem that crops up over and over on most of the backyard type poultry sites. The assumption is often that the birds are contained and contained birds have different nutrient requirements...

It seems to me that a great many people do not have the ability to sit quietly and observe.

It sounds a lot but one is looking at an acre per tribe even if you supply additional feed.

The need to go broody point often gets overlooked.

Warm, dry and mostly sunny. Three hours today. I've seen one chick, it's black and grey. It was out of the nest box when I arrived. I put it back in with Fret. It scuttled to the back and I didn't see it again although I could hear peeping. Fret is still sitting. Will she last till Sunday I...

I may never get around to doing anything with it. What I wanted was a written agreement that I had the option to fence this area for a run extension. That's what they've agreed to. I will probably put some temporary fencing to join the two and just herd the chickens onto the plot. The more...

Congratulations.:clap

Three hours today. Warmish with the occasional spitty shower. Fret got off her nest shortly after my arrival. It looks like an egg has hatched early. Not sure what happened here. It's possible Fret broke the egg. I let her stay off the nest long enough to eat a little and have a drink; she had...

Warmish and dry. Three hours today. People working on their plots so the chickens were confined to the allotment run between their coop and the goose coops. Fret was particulalry grumpy today.

It's safe enough on chickens and on people. Most head lice treatments are permethrin based for example. What one doesn't want is it leaching into the soil because it's toxic to most water creatures and some others.