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On my birthday last year Butterbean the bantam hatched out 13 chicks in my bedroom! Her second attempt building a nest there as the first time my dog ate all the eggs A couple of weeks before, silver spangled hamburg hatched out 6 chicks outside (which I'm told is very rare). Rarer still, her...

I got them all moved successfully with someone else's assistance, no casualties! (one chick plummeted about 4 feet but was unscathed) Also turns out there are eight little ones, 4 white and 4 brown :) Thanks for your response!

thanks for your reply; yes looks like I'll have to move her. What you described is what I'm worried about as it's such a tight space and very difficult to grab a hen at the best of times without her flailing around!

They were out earlier for a bit and had a little bit of food, but I understand they are fine without food or water for the first day or so. Here is the barrel; there is enough space for a water dish, but mother hen pecks indiscriminately at anything too close & it ends up getting spilled very...

Hello all, My broody sussex light just hatched out 7 chicks this morning! Only issue is that her nest is in a barrel which is half full of sawdust, so there is no way for the chicks to leave (and also difficult to place water dishes in, due to space and the mother's defensive instincts) Should I...

That he does, that he does... a stream of tawdry gibberish is what he produced! Yard Candy has a nice ring to it, but due to being British I must refer to them as 'Garden Sweets'.... Incidentally, I now do have three roosters! One of my silkies started to crow. he even has the temerity to do it...

Brightside clearly stated: 'Personally I very much enjoy seeing that in a man, or woman.' Curb this feminist nonsense, we're hear to discuss roosters! (and hens) :celebrate

Perhaps I could have expressed what I meant better - avian influenza will serve to create a scarcity of the meat IN GENERAL, which will in turn create a scarcity and demand for protein from other sources. This vacuum will be filled and demand met by corporate interests seeking to form a monopoly...

Believe whatever makes you feel comfortable, I care not; I know what I say to be true. 'tis but yet another case of the 'cure' being worse than the (contrived) problem. 'Support Ukraine'.............. ''If Television says so, it must be true!''

Well think of it this way - if USA farmland is being monopolised (which it is) and people are being convinced to cull their livestock (which they are) it creates a supply & demand dynamic which is very favourable for the few people left who are able to produce meat, and puts the public in a...

Thanks for the info, however I strongly suspect that 'avian influenza' is a nonsense fabricated by the media in order to deprive people of independent food sources

Thanks for the info! Yes speculation's all well and good but you'll never really know until the plan becomes reality On this occassion I decided to just leave my flock as it is, in relative harmony. Would have been meddling with it for my benefit rather than that of the birds, plus I'll probably...

Yes was just thinking that I could house them separately if needs be, if they had separate sleeping quarters would it be okay to let them all outside together? They'd likely cross paths from time to time but would they have a need to fight if out in the open? Wouldn't normally try and introduce...

Was thinking it'd maybe be too much of a risk, although i could always keep the new trio separate from the main flock ie different sleeping spots. I don't think there'd be a need for fighting when outside due to the amount of space?

So I have 19 hens and 2 roosters, they free range on a large area of land and have a big shed to sleep in. The roosters are father and son, they get jealous at times and push each other off hens but have never been aggressive beyond those tiny squabbles. Recently I saw for sale some rare and...