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So I came home from the allotment today to some escapees... They're so big already!

Hi, I'm not sure whether to buy shipped eggs or not. I'm in the UK and pretty much all sale of fertile eggs has stopped, but I did find some of my favourite (chocolate Pekin) eggs for sale on eBay. The places they're coming from is actually only three hours away and the seller seems very...

When sexing Welsummer chicks based on markings is it a definite or a guess? I have two that are fluffing up, third is still hatching and based on markings they look like cockerels. Maybe there's some breed enthusiasts who can help?

My second AC cockerel just started crowing today (sounds bloody awful) but I noticed his tail is lent to one side, when I look back at old pictures of him, it's always been lent to one side? Is this bad? Does he have a deficiency or is there something supplemental I can give him to straighten...

If you've seen my other posts you'd know my chicks had coccidiosis, I followed the treatment with Coxoid for a week, then the preventative treatment, then vitamin boosts. It really doesn't seem to have done anything though, they just stand under the heat lamp not doing anything all day. There's...

I have three pens next to each other, there's a trio in one, a trio in another and a bunch of Pekins in the last. My Ayam Cemani pullets recently started sneezing so I looked at them and have seen snot in their nostrils and one has a few bubbles on her eyes. None of the other chickens are like...

I have three pens next to each other, there's a trio in one, a trio in another and a bunch of Pekins in the last. My Ayam Cemani pullets recently started sneezing so I looked at them and have seen snot in their nostrils and one has a few bubbles on her eyes. None of the other chickens are like...

I have three pens next to each other, there's a trio in one, a trio in another and a bunch of Pekins in the last. My Ayam Cemani pullets recently started sneezing so I looked at them and have seen snot in their nostrils and one has a few bubbles on her eyes. None of the other chickens are like...

I have three pens next to each other, there's a trio in one, a trio in another and a bunch of Pekins in the last. My Ayam Cemani pullets recently started sneezing so I looked at them and have seen snot in their nostrils and one has a few bubbles on her eyes. None of the other chickens are like...

What will I get if I incubate eggs from my frizzle naked neck after the Silkie mated her?? I've heard of the sizzle but haven't seen pictures, if the sizzle works the same as a showgirl wouldn't you have to breed the offspring to one of the parents? I would like birds with frizzled feathers but...

Today after dealing with the chicks we went to the auction just to be nosy and saw this beautiful trio. Does anyone know what they might be? I don't have anymore pictures, sorry. They went really cheaply to a known rooster sparer (spelling?), wish I bought them now!

So if you know who I am then I bought my Barbu D'Anver chick a friend, the woman sold me it singly after I explained everything. The chick was so healthy and jumping about and they play but I found the chick rolling around on the shavings, she's breathing a little but I'm pretty sure she's...

My Pekin hen hatched one chick five weeks ago from a batch of six eggs which were sold to me as "Barbu D'Anver" eggs. I don't really know much about them except they're pure bantam. She's really energetic and tame, she follows me around but her mum doesn't seem to like her much so I put her with...

So I've been breeding my chickens (Silkie and Bluebell) and this is what the first chick looked like: He's what I expected, full black skin, pale grey/white feathers, five toes on one foot. I have two more due to pip soon but last night, another hatched... He looks completely different...

So I live with my dad, I have an allotment because we don't have a garden. But my mum does have a great garden that my chickens can free range in. My hen went broody again and wanting some mixed pullets to add to my flock I bought a good mixed box of eggs, the chicks that hatched are: white...

So I bought two chicks off a woman for £8, they looked okay in the brooder but I took the risk of buying them as day olds. When I got them home and given to my broody hen, one chicks eyes started swelling like peas, within a few hours it died. I asked the woman if she had any disease in her...

I have a few Silkie cross breeds, they're friendly and some of the best broody hens I've had. I came to own a Bantam Silkie cockerel a month ago and he since managed to mate with my LF bluebell hen, I popped an egg in the bator imagining the chick would be a pale lavender colour. These are the...

I bought three Ayam Cemani yesterday, I know one is a cockerel. There's two I think are cockerels but people keep telling me they look like pullets. Bird number 1: Bird number 2: And all three of them: Does anyone know? Their tails seem cockerel like to me but I've seen pullets looking...

Hi! I have a four month old cockerel I bought a few weeks ago for 50 pence! I love him to pieces but I would love to know his breed. He's already crowing and trying to mount the hens. He has a fluffy beard and cheeks. And his crest looks awkward as it's fully feathering out. Next to him is his...

I bought 12 Japanese Bantam eggs but got given 6 Barbu D'Anver eggs and 6 Japanese Ohiki eggs. Only two of the "Ohiki" eggs hatched. I did some research and I'm not sure if they are pure breeds or about the general care if they are? Some say they're really difficult to care for and some say...