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Hi all, It may be too early for this but I'm new to silkies and would love tips on how to sex them. There are 3, I suspect 2 boys and 1 girl but I am basing this solely on the comb and the fact the one I think is female is feathering out slower.

Hi all, I'm looking for some insight. I've got a 10 week old pullet that I found this evening off her feet, previously been absolutely fine. No sign of injury, as such, but one wing seems higher than the other and her feet don't seem to be working quite right. I've bound one wing to her body...

I have four beautiful buff Orpingtons. I'm going to get hatching eggs because I want an Orp male but I don't understand how the colours work. My option for egg colours are: Splash Blue Black Gold Laced Silver Laced Jubilee Is anyone able to tell me what colours would be produced with these...

Hello all I have 11 week old Buffs that were identified as possibly pullets a few weeks back but as they are a bit tricky and I've seen behaviour that could be considered male I thought I'd check if anyone would take a look at some up to date photos. I'm adding a bunch of pictures because they...

Me again! I have two Brahma x Marsbars chicks I'm not sure how you sex the comb on these. Mine are only 4 weeks old so it's still early days but I'd like to know what signs to look for. Our brahma only laid a handful of eggs and is now broody again so I'm hoping one of these is female. The...

Hi all I got 4 x 6 week Buff Orps from a gentleman a few weeks ago. The guy tried to guess he was giving me 3 females and 1 male but he was completely honest in saying he tries to guess but invariably he's wrong 🤣 He's happy to exchange any that turn out to be boys that I don't want but I'd...

Hi all, On behalf of a friend.... Day 18 I should have pulled out auto turner but I was sick. Went to do it today not realising eggs had started to hatch. Today is day 19. One egg is cheeping, one isn't. Hubby snapped a picture before I got all the eggs back in. I know I screwed up but is...

I started the week with 20 chickens. 19 pullets and hens and 1 cockerel. I'm ending the week with 20 chickens, 16 pullets/hens and 4 cockerels.....what a week! 🤣 First we have Charlie our obviously Cockerel who is 28 weeks. He has been obviously male for a long time and crows. We bring him in...

I am cuckoo that's not really in question! The question is....is my buff orpington really a Lemon Cuckoo Orpington and is this a Roo too! I posted a picture of my buff on FB and a few comments suggested this is a lemon Cuckoo not buff sadly! Now look at it today I'm also wondering if I have...

I've got 2 Speckled Sussex who until today I was sure we're girls. They are 21 weeks. One of them has started to grow bigger and has some questionable feathering going on 😵‍💫 The pictures are primarily of Cordelia the one in question. On the tyre it's the bird on the right. What do you guys...

Chicken breeding is a fascinating subject and I am hoping for help. We have an Araucana hen sat on her sisters eggs that were fertilised by a Marsbar cockerel. Said Cockerel is a cuckoo marans X cream legbar. I have a few questions first up will all chicks be barred? I think because Charlie is...

Never had a broody hatch eggs so we are new to this. Our broody girls first chick hatched but we have been watch on the camera and she is pecking at the chick quite a lot and not gently, is this normal? No mites/lice but Marshmallow just seems too rough.

Hi all, I've got a broody sitting on some eggs with a little chance something might hatch. My boy is barred and the egg mum is not. This is the wrong way round for the sexing thing isn't it? Is it female needs to be barred and male not barred? I've tried googling but I'm not explaining...

Hi all, I've got a broodie sitting on some eggs with a little chance something might hatch. My boy is barred and the egg mum is not. This is the wrong way round for the sexing thing isn't it? Is it female needs to be barred and male not barred? I've tried googling but I'm not explaining...

Hi all, Is there anyway or anyone that can figure out the age of an egg during incubation. Marshmallow is sat on eggs we don't know what stages they are only that they are 9+ as it was last Wednesday when we realised she had eggs. I've been looking at examples online and it's very difficult...

This was meant to be a question about do teenage runner girls quieten down and instead a vent. I hope it's okay, you can all ignore but I need to get it off my chest. We have the most beautiful runner ducks with the sweetest characters but one of the girls is very loud when she sees us she...

Hi all, We have a 30 odd week old sat on eggs. We do have a rooster but he is only around 20 weeks old. About 3 weeks ago she started sitting but we kept removing th eggs and trying to encourage her out. Her sister had already been through this and we had broken her. After a week or so of...

Hi all, We have some adorable chicks, they are the sweetest little ones we have had so far. They are 10-11 weeks. Now a few weeks back I did a post about gender guessing for them and a few comments were that the Speckled Sussex's weren't SS which is no problem because I'd actually wanted Buff...

Hi all, We took in a lavender Brahma around 1 year old in July. She had been bullied and was a mess (irony is she's a bit of a bully herself!) Anyway we are pretty sure she hasn't laid an egg in her time with us. Her moult finished around a month - 6 weeks ago. Should we expect eggs from her...

Hi all, I got lots of great advice for my corn problem and so I've moved on to my tomatoes. I was late to the party planting this year and so my tomatoes were late to get started and I now have hundreds of green tomatoes. What can I do with these? Should I leave them, will they go red? The...