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Our chickens are now 21 weeks old and are happy and healthy. We thought that they would be laying eggs by now, but none have started. Should they be laying at this age or are we a bit premature in expecting them? If they should be laying by now is there anything we can do to encourage them...

We live in Crete and are planning to allow our chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys to roam free over a large area. If they go off and emerge a few weeks later with babies (which is what we hope will happen) in tow what is the best thing to do? Do we isolate Mum and her babies until they grow...

We have 6 ducks and 4 geese, all youngsters. We live in Crete and they are house along with 40 chickens and 4 turkeys (again quite young). I have been told that all of our birds can eat avoacdo but that I need to remove the skins and the stones. Is this right? We have 25 avocado trees so if...

We live in Crete and just bought 4 turkey poults. They are the white ones. How can we tell what sex they are?

We live in Crete. We have just bought 4 goslings - all very cute. :D We wanted 3 female and 1 male. The farmer admitted that he could not be sure but sexed them by the size of their heads and necks. On the internet I have seen that some say that if they have blue eyes then they are male and...

We have a lame chick. It is eating and growing. It can hobble about but gets knocked over and trampled on by the others. We don't know what caused this problem. It is about 5 weeks old. As newcomers to poultry keeping we don't know what to do for the best. Please advise.

We live in Crete and are new to poultry keeping. We have made a great hen house and installed 41 chicks and 3 ducklings in there. All seem happy and healthy and growing well. They are now 4 weeks old. We have a huge plot of land and want them to be free range. At what age should be start...