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In our NRC news, just to share about Animal behaviour.: Biologists, with the help of computers, have found strong evidence that African elephants can call each other by name. African elephants also seem to have a call sign. In the wild, animals address each other with a specific, personal...

I had more trouble with separated hens than with co-brooders or co-mama’s. The separated hens (2x) who waited for their own chicks pecked on chicks of the other hen who hatched nearby. The first time I relocated the broody with the eggs. The second time I gave the eggs to the broody with one...

Great post! ❤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ I even can imagine the interaction/disturbance. What you can do for the broodies comfort and protection (if you like the idea): Buy 5-10 meters of hwc or 4-8 panels to make a fence around the coop where ms Speedy (Fez) is sitting. In the evening the other flock members will...

This really sucks. My experience is: The cord is the weakest part of the chicken guard. I could roll off the cord quite a bit after it got worn out. I could cut the bad piece off without any problem. After a reset it worked fine again. You have to put it up in the coop to reset and check the...

BBC message: BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues. Have to wait till our TV station buys it.

I changed mine once to natural, but cant see how to change that anymore. A request to one of the managers can do wonders. @Kiki Or you can add it in your signature. But people on a mobile don’t see that in portrait. Tintin is bigger now than his momma. The photo doesn’t show but trust me he...

Yes. But,…. The farmers won’t cooperate. They are afraid export will be forbidden for vaccinated poultry. 🤬😤😡😖

I have 2 bowls with chick feed and one with layer. Not because I want to poison Tintin, but the layer gets old and its a waist to throw it away. The laying hens eat from the layer and the chick feed. Havent seen Tintin and momma Pearl eating from the layer. Momma and son are out and about...

Probably they will take a break next year. Or at least when they get older.

To me it looks as if Hafod submits to Fforest. But Im no expert, so Shad/ all multiple rooster keepers please chime in , especially if I am wrong.

These are better daylenghts for sure. And probably you have more sunny spells too to make a difference in relation to most of us. Forgot to ask about the breed (some breeds are known to keep laying in winter as others don’t) and the age of the hens. I had a young hen (Tournaisis) who skipped...

Where do you live? How mild is mild. How short are the days around Xmass? Where I live it doesnt get very cold in winter either (around 0 C) but the day length is only about 9 h in midwinter. I noticed they started to lay sooner in February when it was very sunny. The cloudy weather we had...

+ A chicken that comes out of an average chicken-factory after 18 months has lived a very poor life in an overcrowded environment. I think the way these poor chickens look is caused by a combination of several things. Food is maybe one of them. The stress and feather pecking from the...

The results of the inquiry on longevity I mentioned above. Not on a thread of Perris but almost half a year ago in this long lasting thread (thank you Shad for continuing so long!) : https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/shadrachs-ex-battery-and-rescued-chickens-thread.1502267/post-27447083

You don't have to reverse. There are still a lot of heritage breeds that don’t lay an extreme amount of eggs in the first 2 years. Some BYC keepers have several generations of mixes that get old. I cant tell if the normal live spans of all heritage breeds are all over 8 years. But my tiny...

Wow, what an event and great storytelling! Do enter it if there is a contest in poultry storytelling again!

I had this problem with my previous phone cameras too. But not with my Iphone (4yo now), and mdh bought a new (expensive) phone with multiple cameras that is good in poor light too. Since we are talking about small machines… Just to share. The cheapest incubator you can buy (new 20€, I bought...

Not with Lucy in sky for sure. In strawberry fields maybe? Or a in a dancing doing a golden brown walz? Please keep us updated Ladies8.

I find it too hard to write an article in proper English. English not my native language. I suppose its okay to reply in these threads, but I need better skills to write a book or an article.

@Perris it would be interesting for a lot of backyard chicken keepers if someone writes a good article about the history of chickens and the feeds the different breeds/hybrids need. The basics to take into account would be The number of eggs they lay (old heritage breeds vs average breeds vs...