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So I've been chicken-less for a few years, bought my own house last year and have finally got things sorted to add hens to my life again :) I have got 5 ex commercial layers to start with, it's day 1 and I am loving having them!

I found this inside a hen I culled, it felt like a jelly filled sac but when I cut it open clear fluid that looked just like water and had no smell came out. it looks like there is a tube leading from it to the vent but there didn't seem to be an opening from the sac containing the water to the...

I have pippage! 8 remaining eggs from 17 set, the 9 discards were clear (I knew some would be infertile so they probably were.) now 2 are pipping and I had forgotten how exciting this part of the process could be! I've lost two of my rescued hens in the past week so really needed something...

Ok, I'm looking for a design to ensure that no chick crumb gets spilled - I'm doing a final year project on chicks (see me, my chickens, my family for more info) and I need a way to accurately weigh the amount of food being consumed by the chicks - which means I need to make sure all the food...

Well I've been fretting and worrying about what to do for my final year project for months now! I wanted it to be something I have experience with and that interests me - I really couldn't think of an area that I could get a decent project out of with enough data and controlled enough...

Hey there fellow chickeneers I've made it back after life decided to take over for a short while - I've currently got 6 rescued layers (possibly the smae ones I had last time I was around here - I don't remember when that was though!) and next week I am getting *dun dun dunnn* an incubator...

Well the title really says it all, I'm looking for small numbers (5-10) meat chicks in the UK - I've had a look around but can only find layers, even the pure heavy breeds are hard to get hold of and I'm really looking for something that will grow a little faster (though something in between the...

Didn't escape the fox 8 silkies and my little Japanese bantam are now gone, I'm left with one black/dark blue silkie who I'm pretty sure is male. Including food, that's over £100 meal the fox got last night. And I'm left with a single lonely chicken - not sure what to do about getting more...

Hi there people! I'm back, I have chickens once more (9 silkies and their jap bantam 'mother') and some spare time to sit at the PC (generally while taking a break from the everpresent spectre of studying) Just got back from a couple of weeks on a fundraising trip in Africa (raised just over...

Does anyone have any idea what could have caused all these leisions? I'll put links to all the pictures that I have in case someone can pick up on something I might have missed. I didn't take pictures of anything that looked perfect, just things that I either wasn't sure about or that I knew...

I've been away for a week, got back late last night and have been busy all day studying (my final exam tomorrow) I noticed one of the cochins was a little listless, but it didn't seem urgent, whenever I went out to see them it perked up and scooted off along with the rest. Just heard the other...

Well, after a whole host of issues and generalised ups and downs of life I have just restocked my chicken yard! They are all being kept in the coop for the first couple of days (other than supervised visits to the garden) so hopefully they will all know where to go when they are let out to...

Yesterday I went back for a visit to the wolf sanctuary I have worked at the past 2 years over the summer, the drive down went well, this is the first time I’ve been there in winter and the views were strikingly different. As we drove the roads got progressively smaller and smaller till we...

I stumbled across this today.. If you have 55 minutes to spare to take a look at something that will probably take you out of your comfort zone, touch your heart and open your mind a little more to a world that shouldn't exist, please follow this link. It doesn't matter if you decide to do...

Well I decided to help out a friend and take her dog for a couple of days while she sorted out issues with her fiance.. she came round tonight and dropped the bombshell, she doesn't want him back, in a choice between man and dog the dog once again looses out.. I hate this.. she has had him for...

Well after going for my initial training in October, being the only course out of 3 where students didn't jump the same day, spending every weekend possible between then and now at the drop-zone I eventually managed to get my first jump in! Well, more than my first jump actually, my first 7...

This morning a letter from my ISP came through the door, as the bill is payed by direct debit I figured it'd just be a confirmation of payment and so put it to one side to open later.. As I'm checking e-mails and chatting to a friend online my connection drops, I do all the restarting stuff...

Well I thought I'd stick up a quick summary of why I've been scarce around the BYC forums over the past year. I started University, while it's not as strenuous work-wise as I'd expected (and in truth hoped it would be) it is taking up a great deal of my time, meaning that the rest of my life...