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I set 16 eggs in the incubator 22 days ago. I candled before lockdown and there were 11 that were definitely viable, 5 questionable. I left them all in there. 1 hatched early on day 20 (Friday), another one hatched early on day 21 (yesterday). None of the others even appear to have pipped yet...

I’ve got 24 eggs in my Janoel 24, 10 buff orpingtons and 14 Wyandottes. I purchased the fertilised eggs locally. I candled at day 7 and all looked good. I just candled again at say 18 ready for lockdown and it looks to me like all but 1 of the buff orpingtons have stopped developing but all of...

My Araucana hen has started making this noise over the last week. I work from home and she makes this noise a lot, at all times of the day. At first I thought it may have been a respiratory illness but no other birds in my flock have any symptoms. There’s a smaller almost cough noise (at the...

Hi All, I’m still quite new to backyard chickens so I’m hoping someone can help me to understand what may be wrong with my rooster. We just returned from 3 weeks holiday & he’s looking very dishevelled. He’s missing a lot of feathers from his chest/neck, his comb has flopped over & the tips...

My broody buff Orpington is sitting on 5 fertilised eggs, she started sitting on 2 so I put 3 more under her 2 days later. It’s my first time hatching chicks! After reading up on various threads I’ve moved her & the brood box to a separate small coop, next to the free range run. Will she...

Advice needed from a new chicken owner regarding a sick chook please. All info below: -She is a buff orpington, 8 months old, very underweight compared to her sister of the same age & breed -She is very lethargic, still up & walking around & pecking but the last few nights hasn’t gotten...

Hi Everyone, I’m after some advice. We got 5 baby chicks in Sept to add to our flock & unfortunately 3 were taken by a quoll or something that dug under our secure coop. The 2 remaining ones have turned out to be roosters! We have a flock of 7 hens that we want to introduce the roosters to. The...

Hi all, I’ve got two pullets about 10 weeks old, a welsummer and a Barnevelder. I think the welsummer may be a rooster, interested to get opinions! We’ve heard an odd sound in the morning which sounds like one of them could be attempting to crow but I haven’t caught it in the act yet, just...

We picked up 5 x day old chicks on Sunday & on Monday morning noticed 1 of them had a very messy butt, not clean & fluffy like the others. After some googling I thought it may be pasty butt. We’ve been cleaning the area with cotton wool & warm water then drying her thoroughly before putting her...

Hi Everyone, I am a new member on the Mid North Coast of NSW in Australia. We got our first chickens about six months ago, a few Isa browns and some Australorps. We are interested in branching out into heritage breeds and have added 2 buff Orpington pullets to the mix. We picked up 5 x day old...