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Hi there, I have just hatched 13 chick eggs from a mixed batch. One of them was fine for a couple of days but has developed a horrible twist in its neck. I have been feeding it egg yolk and chick crumb. Can someone advise me on the best form of treatment please.

Hi there, I hatched a few random eggs I bought last year. I’m interested to know what breed my rooster is? I didn’t expect to keep any roosters and gave the others away. He was a very slow developer but looking lovely and ever so masculine now! Thanks in advance!

Hi there, So I’m pretty sure I have two Roos & two hens. Would really appreciate any help and opinions on sex. They are 5 weeks old. The grey one is an Arucana & there is 2 copper Marrans & an olive egger.

Hi all, Can you help me sex these little chicks? Pics 1, 2 & 3? Appreciate it Xx

Hello, This is an olive egger egg in my incubation? It’s the only clear one right now? Is it a dead one I can’t tell? It’s day 6 of incubation? Thanks

Hi all, My incubator is sitting at 37.7 degrees on the outside but the little temp gage on the inside is sitting at 37degrees. Should I add temp so that the inside says 37.5 degrees? Im on day 4 of the incubation and want to make sure that the .5 degrees doesn’t ruin my hatch? Thanks so much

Hi 👋 My ayam cemani has become sick the past 2 days. She is usually the first one to run over for feed in the morning and always running about. She is very listless and not eating. Her crop is empty & seems to be off balance a bit. I have separated her and put her in a mini chicken hospital with...

Hi all, Please help! My oldest chicken (3.5 years) is a bit off. She’s had very poo-y feathers around her vent (I have bathed her and cleaned her up) she also has pink on her legs and slightly purple under feet. It’s not bumblefoot because they aren’t swollen and no little black marks or...

Hi there, Can someone please tell me what breed of hen? Pictures attached! Thank you so much

Hi there. Hope you experts can help! I have 5 new hens all about 17/18 weeks old. I also have 5 oldies that I have had for 2+ years! I have the new ones in the coop and enclosed run, and I have the new ones temporarily in a little garden house. The oldies free range everyday but are cross/...

Hi there, I have a hen with a swollen toe. It’s not bumble foot as there is no black spot anywhere on foot etc. She is in good spirits and has been eating and drinking and trotting about as normal. The only difference is she seems to be holding her foot up every now and then. I will attach...

Hi all, my hens have all decided to stop laying. They have been wormed recently and don’t have any parasites. Their coop is fresh etc. The only thing is I have kept them in their coop instead of letting them out to free range to see if they were laying their eggs outside of the coop. I put a...

Hi all, Unfortunately I had 3 hens die that past week or so of gapeworm! Horrendous! I have two healthy girls left and want to get them 2 or 3 more friends.. they have a large coop and large run and I usually let them out to free range everyday. I don’t have any other coops or enclosed spaces...

Hi there, I’m having a disaster with my girls lately. One died 2 weeks ago, and after checking the rest over and them looking good etc I put her death down to an unfortunate event. I now have two other girls struggling.. one is gasping for air and looking very sad, and the other is very...

Hi there, aw I’m so sad to be writing this. But when visiting the girls thia morning I noticed Greta wasn’t outside of the coop. I went inside, and she was there in a nesting box stiff. They sometimes sleep in their nesting boxes (naughty girls) I can’t work out how she died. Yesterday she...

I did not realise hens loved mirrors so much! I read that they liked shiny object on this forum and their reaction to their new mirror has been hilarious ! Really pleases with how the whole thing turned out!

Hi 👋 just wondering if anyone can tell me what age Wyandotte’s stop laying at? I took on a 2yr old Hen about a month ago and she is yet to lay... Thanks so much! coco

I brought home my 5 girls last week. 3 brown pullets, a 2 year old Buff laced Wyandotte and a 18 week old Ayam Cemani. They all came from the same pen on a large farm. the 3 browns have laid everyday and seem happy as Larry. The Wyandotte seems somewhat withdrawn and has laid no eggs, and the...