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I have a bunch of Bronze poults, about a month old. They all look pretty much the same to me. Some have little snood bumps that are bigger than the others' - are these ones boys? Also I've seen one or two of them kind of puffing up at each other- holding their wings out from their body and...

I got a bunch of day old Bronze poults today. Going spare at the place I work - they were hatched to order for a guy who got his collection dates mixed up and realised he didn't actually want them till next month! So I got a few questions... I'm treating them pretty much the same as I would...

Another forum I'm on, somebody asked a question about fertility. Eggs from their own birds. Said they weren't developing in the incubator and sometimes they were getting only one developing egg out of a whole batch. Poeple gave various advice about feed, trimming tail feathers and checking the...

Ever freaked out cause your power went out for an hour or two and your temps dropped? Well check this out: New for 2012, all of Brinsea's 'Advance' model of incubators will come with an inbuilt cooling function, allowing you to set the heater to switch off automatically for up to SIX hours a...

Like the question says, is it possible? Or is there some genetic reason that would make it not possible? The breed of chickens that I keep have a (somewhat experimental) Black variety. I don't actually have any myself; they're VERY rare. But there's been some discussion lately among the...

I've got a whole pile of roosters, old and young. Some are for breeding from, some are for eating. I was hoping to be able to put them all in one big bachelor pad over the winter, but the first time I put two in the one pen, they started tearing chunks out of each other. So I separated them and...

Okay, so this is probably really simple, but I'm obviously an utter dunce I'm selling an old trike on eBay. I also bought it from eBay, about a month ago In the listing I'm making up now, I'm trying to include a link to the previous listing where I bought it But when I copy-and-paste the...

Just like the question says... If you only have a very small number of birds, say a trio, how do you go about expanding your flock while being careful not to inbreed too closely? I know breeding siblings together is best avoided, so presumably you would hatch a bunch of offspring, then...

I'm looking for advice on how best to set up several breeding pens and maybe a bachelor pad as well. Up until now I've just kept one big free range mixed flock of about 30 birds, with two roosters and another two hens of the same breed in there. Any time I wanted to hatch their eggs, it was...

I'd like to know if it's a simple thing to breed for or a difficult one. I'd also like to know the basics about it. I have some green legged roosters and some pink legged hens. When I bred them together, some of the offspring got fabulous yellow legs. Some of them also have pink legs, but...

Any new chickens I've ever got have learned quite quickly to go roost in the coop at night. The longest it's ever taken anyone to get the hang of it up till now is about a week. But now I've got these ones that just don't want to go inside at night any more. I've got about 20 hens in my main...

These three are ten weeks old. Out of my two White Leghorn pullets and one or both of my Marsh Daisy roos. I was sure they were all pullets. Then yesterday they got rained on and I could swear I saw pointy saddle feathers on the brownish ones. Please people, tell me I was imagining things...

I have just been offered a black Silkie roo grower. I think he's a few months old. I'm not hugely keen on Silkies in themselves, but I do fancy hatching out some Silkie X pullets who would hopefully turn out to be good broodies. I can hatch and rear a bunch of chicks no problem, so I'm wondering...

Well... I just received some much anticipated hatching eggs, and unfortunately they didn't travel too well. Out of 20 eggs, only 9 arrived unscathed. One was smashed completely and four more were leaking goo. Another six were cracked but didn't seem to be too badly bashed. I figured if the...

I have a duckling with curled toes on one foot. I know the theory of toe/foot taping, but in practice I can't figure out how to actually DO it. I mean, you can tape a chicken's toes to a little flat cardboard shoe, but how do you do it with a duckling? Obviously you can't tape in between their...

So I've hatched out this one little duckling, an Aylesbury. I was incubating for a local farmer I know, and I've already done one hatch for him, but now I've got just this one little duckling I don't think he's too interested in all the hassle of raising and looking after just one bird, so I...

Two hours ago I found one of my chickens hopping on one leg. When I examined her, she had a horrible case of bumblefoot - really swollen and puffy, with it extending up her ankle too. I phoned my friend who is the local vet for some supplies and after reading through the surgery threads on here...

So I've just gone into lockdown with three duck eggs in my Brinsea. I'm not all that hopeful for them cause when last candled only one showed any movement and they haven't lost nearly enough moisture. My own fault; I was so busy with chicks etc that I just didn't check my eggs carefully enough...

I have three tiny little chicks who are just over two weeks old. They were hatched by one of my Marsh Daisy hens who has been a very attentive mother so far. But she's used to free ranging, and was getting rather squawky and fed up after being confined to a shed for the last few weeks, so...

After nearly 24 hours in the Injuries/Illnesses/Emergencies section this post got no answer, so I'm reposting it in this section to see if anyone can help me. I have a one day old duckling - last one to hatch, just taken out of the bator yesterday afternoon - with splayed legs. Not too bad...