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We have also 2 dogs, one is husky who is such a big guard, that even my son and husband cant go near of chickens. I told to my dog, that no one can hurt the chickens and he thought that people can hurt birds. But our chickens are all inside at night (summertime) because dogs are inside too. We...

Yes we have pet cage, but 5 chickens dosnt fit in there anyway. I went this morning in the coop and there was no breakthrough in the nestboxes. I hope to have some order there. I also open the door everyday and show them, there is no spring yet, only cold, darkness and snow. Its so funny to...

Oh, we have a coop about 6 m2 and there is nestboxes, a place to throw peat at themselves and roostbars. We also have shelves because some of chickens like to be up high. When we started to breed chickens, we didnt know that we needed 2 coops. So we dont have an extra place.

Hi! Does anyone have a clue how many days takes break a broodiness? Today went broody fifth chicken. I dont care, but in the coop is mess. I have only 5 nestbox and other laying hens drops their eggs on the floor and infront of nests. Broody chickens going to eat and they just crush these eggs...

Hi! Yes its nothing- global warming. The lowest temperature in Estonia was in 1940 january -43,5 C :D

Yes i understand. Unfortunately, in my mind i can not breed (mix) siblings. If in my flock dosnt have marek, then its genetic malformation ( is it wright word? I dont know) Ok, the cochin rooster had twisted toes- upside, also slow development. Faverolle chicken has one eye normal, other blue...

Hi! Unfortunately marek disease spreads allover the plot with feathers dust. But yes, the plan is buy only hatched eggs. (Bielefelder is my favorite) Eggs must be sterilized and egg boxes should be burn.

Yes this is correct. We had to send the whole bird to the lab, with head. So we rented CO2 balloon from the gas company. It was so easy to put him down- very peaceful, took 5 sec. and he sleeped away. So in my country, they did autopsy and sent sample (I resume it was bloodsample) to Poland...

Hello Canada! You are welcome here! About 20 years ago in my country Estonia was same weather as in Canada. People always compared. Cold winters and warm summers. This global warming affects now, we dont have any heavy winters anymore.

Hi! This problem does not leave me alone. I copy here my last topic which I posted to general BC- s forum. I didn´t get any answers. Here it is: Hi! I have a question: if you suspect there is a marek disease in your flock, what you do to find out? I sent my rooster to the laboratory and...

As you see, she is my favorite chicken.

She is 8 month old- no eggs. Next month i hope to get my first blue egg. Cant wait!:bow

Yes i have.

Thanks! Wild is color- dark brown.

Thanks! We use old oil heater in coop. But there is always some problems, half of our flock is broody now. There is only 5 nestbox and one is available. I tried to break them, but it was waste of time, they got broody again. But our hard weather is very good for us, because then is coming a very...

Hi! I have small flock ( almost a year now) There is 3 faverolle hens, 1 black brahma hen, 1 sulmtaler hen, 1 wild araucana hen, 5 ayam cemani hens and faverolle rooster. I still mourning, week ago we have to put cochin rooster down. He was first in our flock,who went behind the rainbow. Sorry...

Hi everyone! I am glad to see europians in here. I am from little country called Estonia, North Europe. We have cold winters in here, yesterday morning temperature was -22 C (-8 F)