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When using the progressive application, it will not allow me to pick the orientation of my screen in portrait mode. I only use portrait if I can and every other app including BYC on chrome stays locked in portrait mode. However, the app does not lock and will swap to landscape if I rotate my...

Are they okay? It was a little crusty last week but I just saw it up close and it looks considerably worse.

We live in a mobile home park, it is not exactly pristine. Our main water supply is fed down a 15mm plastic pipe across a pretty far distance (unsure exactly but way over 5m). Our pump is a positive head shower pump @1.5 bar. When it works, it's great and the pressure is alright. When it...

Okay so I have butchered more quail than I could ever remember. My preferred method is to dislocate their neck with my hands then skin them, keeping only the breasts and legs. Most my quail were skinned whole then spatchcocked though, the breast/legs method is relatively new. My bantam silkie...

Needs fixing ASAP! Cannot use BYC like this :hit

@TudyBOT Do you have more detailed information on sexing silkies, with more references to their age? My silkies are currently 9 weeks old, are they too young? I find conflicting information on how silkies sleep overnight, some say they roost and some say they sleep in a group on the floor...

I have used artificial lighting for a while with my quail as their shed doesn't get much sunlight until right in the middle of summer. I now do the same for my silkies. When the lights go off for my quail they're pretty chill, occasionally a crow but not much. The silkies go MAD! It lasts...

The doors to our coop open like this shed, they slide inwards and close by sliding together and using a lock. I wanted to make them so that I can enter but no chickens will run out, I also need to be aware there are small dogs running wild here so need to prevent them getting in! I also need...

I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone on this forums who has at one point helped me or someone else. In reality, one year isn't long at all, but considering how much I have learned in that time, it has been invaluable. I set up this account to create a hatch along coinciding with my...

Finally.... Success! 12 baby bantams! They are now two weeks old and all twelve are thriving! We had a leg issue with one chickie, the elastic band trick didn't work but on day four I used a plaster and by day six they were indistinguishable from the others! Currently in their nice roomy...

Alright so I had 16 eggs, stupidly dropped one which was fertile on day 4 or 5. All 15 left are still going strong and looking well developed. I put them in around 6pm GMT on the 5th of January. Everywhere I look has a different lockdown/hatch day, what am I to do? Originally planned to do...

Just have a few more questions about silkies, I am currently incubating 16 bantam silkie eggs. My last three attempts all failed for various reasons, one power cut, one was infertile eggs and the other was poor delivery, very mixed up eggs. I am in the UK since apparently Silkie bantams are...

Always on the lookout for more incubators, seen this one which is a nice size and currently a decent price. Something is telling me it's a Chinese knock-off though?

I have recently been gifted four of these cages, the cages I have been given are much bigger than this listing I've found. They're the exact same model, just every length is longer. I wish to stack them as I have limited space, their roofs are sloping backwards and the entire roof opens. The...

Okay so turns out this winter has started off much colder than I've witnessed since living in a caravan. We seem to be able to keep the air very warm and our thermostat is reading at 20°C which is great, however our floor is FREEZING. Done a lot of googling, seems best thing to do in insulate...

Only place I can find it is eBay and I'm not paying £50 for a 20kg bag on there. Every website I go to is sold out of all game feeds and all turkey feeds. Previously when we had a shortage I mixed in some fishmeal/ground mealworms to increase the protein a bit, guess I'm going to have to do...

My eggs were delivered to my neighbour yesterday, without my knowing. They've been on his counter for 24 hours but the wrong way up, should I let them rest for another 24 hours with the point down or incubate them now? They could be three or four days old at this point so I am undecided. I...

Are either of these coops any good, ignoring the runs I know they are small. I may be getting some bantam silkies and will likely keep 2-4, I have no plans to upgrade to more birds afterwards if these are okay, and will not be able to. I will make my own runs for whichever. The cheaper one would...

Today I have used 90 quail eggs! 45 for bird-scramble (eggs and shells mixed), 40 for our breakfast (bree scrambled eggs) and 5 for little man's breakfast! Collecting about 120 eggs/week ATM so still have lots left over!

Occasionally, I hatch eggs for other people for little or no cost (so long as they provide the feed). A lovely lady has asked me if I could try to hatch 24 bantam eggs for her and I have a few questions about these. She only wants approximately 12 chicks for herself, based on shipped eggs...