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I've kept hens for several years now, purchasing and incubating fertile eggs every few years to replenish the flock. Thanks to discovering the collar trick this year I'm finally keeping a roo. Rocket is a 4 month old Black Pekin Bantam (I'm in Australia, I think he's similar to a Cochin Bantam...

I'm dropping some roo's off at the local Bird of Prey Rehab Centre this week but I'm still not 100% sure if this one is a boy or girl. I posted pic's of this bird a few weeks ago and got mixed responses, hopefully it's a bit clearer now? Thanks :-)

I posted them in a polish thread but didn't get any responses, hoping it'll be seen here instead. Anyone care to guess at these? I know polish are hard. They two months old now. Sorry about the potato quality pics, had to go visit the coop in the dark to get closeups. TIA Smooth White - Boy...

These guys are about 7 weeks old now. I only got one of each breed so I don't have anything to compare them with but I'm thinking both are boys. Am I right?

These chicks are 5 weeks old. They were hatched from a batch of eggs I bought as "Polish Bantam", all the eggs were small and white. I'm wondering though if there was a mix of bantam and full size genes in the mix? Is that even possible of do I just have a couple of runts? I have two chicks the...

One of my chicks was looking a bit off this morning (head down, eyes closed). When I picked it up a stream of clear liquid came from it's mouth. I can't find many posts with this as a major symptom, those I can find are pretty vague and mention possible sinus infection or crop problem? The...

So I've been the proud owner of some Pekin ducklings for 3 weeks now and I'm quickly realising my housing plans for them need to be reviewed. I really underestimated how quickly they dirty up their living space! Currently we've got 8 ducklings but once they are old enough to sex I'll only be...

After a very poor hatch from some very expensive eggs I've ended up with just two Salmon Faverolle chicks. Anyone care to take a guess? They are about 13 days old now. TIA

So my hatch is almost finished and there are several chicks that I know the breeds of (Bantam Cochin, Polish and d'Anvers) but I don't know what colours they might turn out to be. Is it worth posting pics of the fluffies or are there just too many possibilities?

I've been incubating some Pekin duck eggs along with some chicken eggs (I set the chicken eggs exactly 7 days later than the duck eggs). 48 hours ago the chicken eggs begun to hatch and 24 hours ago the duck eggs all pipped but two of the duck eggs pipped at the wrong end. I read a few posts on...

Since spring has started (I'm in Australia) I decided to break out the incubator for the first time in a couple of years. I've had a batch of Pekin Duck eggs in my Hovabator Genesis for almost 3 days, about an hour ago I noticed the outer well was full of water, I have no idea when I filled it...

Hi it's been a long time since I last posted, mainly because my girls have been problem-free for the last couple of years (yay!). This year I broke out my incubator again, these chicks are just 3 weeks old. Any guesses on sex? I know I'm a bit early, but I'm giving some of them to a friends...

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me work out what is causing this problem. One of our girls has a badly plucked bottom, I'm not sure if it's caused by a disease/parasite, self inflicted, or from bullying. Everyone else in the group of 7 looks fine and have their bottom feathers in tact...

Any guesses? Girls or Boys? 1 x 16 week old Araucana (I know, it has a tail, but I'm in Australia, that's what we call them here) not sure if this is a tom-boy girl or a late blooming boy. It's hatch buddie a black araucana from the same parents has a much bigger, redder comb, flashy feathers...

Hello These three are now 6 weeks old, they are from a selction of pure breed eggs I put under (my first) clucky hen. There is also a Salmon Fav in some of the pics from the same hatch but she has light chest feathers so I'm pretty confident she is a 'she'. What do you think? Are these all...

Well here it is, my coop is done. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=20046 I only posted here once or twice, but I used a lot of information from the coop pages and this forum. Thanks for your help, even if you didn't realise you were giving it. Ashley

We'll I've been lurking here for a few months and have changed my original chicken tractor/vegi patch idea to a permanent house and run. So it's the end of the Easter Weekend and after a couple of false starts we have the frame and floor done (photos tomorrow, I've lost my camera cable). It's...

I'm sure there must be other posts about this but I havent been able to find anything. We're almost ready to stock our coop and I'm wondering if it is better to keep a single breed or a mixture? I'd like Australorp's and/or EE's and/or Rhode Island Red's. The coop is big enough to house ten...

Hello from Lesmurdie, Western Australia. Hubby and I bought our first home a few months ago, it's an old 60's place with a yard that's hadn't been touched for years. We've just finished building the vegi patch and have stared planting fruit trees. Right now building a chicken coop is our...

Hi again all, thanks for the great feedback on the Vegi Patch Project. I've just been playing with the design and had a go at modeling it in Google SketchUp. http://sketchup.google.com/ it's a free download and pretty easy to use. Might be handy for anyone else in the planning stage too...