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Here's our Little Pip on a supervised late afternoon stroll with Mama Lavender. Thankfully all is now going very well.......We even get to keep him/her, as we have only one chick out of six. Just hope he turns out to be a her....our first Poland......and what a little cutie.... wasting lots of...

Hi, Ros- thankyou, have managed to dip chicks beak into the water, as you said, and it took several little drinks!! Yipee..... Also put some crumbs in my hand and mum had some whilst chicks was watching, and then the chick had a go. :D Now we feel a little brighter and a tad more confident ...

Hi, One Poland chick hatched on Fri afternoon between 2pm and 6pm. It seems fine, active, chirping etc. Our broody pekin is still sitting tight on the other 5 eggs this morning. Only one of those eggs shows any signs of hatching, but we think the chick has died. The small 2cm break is dried up...

Hi all, Well we are on day 19, and our broody has done a fantastic job sitting tight. Am feeding mama hen chick crumb as of yesterday. I have noticed that she seems more eager to leave the nest box for longer periods yesterday and today. She got off for around 20 mins about 3x throughout the...

Hi Liz, As VP says D'uccles have a beard- something we didn't realise when we were offered our Tillie whom we understood to be a sablepoot. It wasn't until we sourced a second sablepoot that we were informed Tillie was a d'uccle. Are you thinking of having one? Our sablepoot, is as VP says...

Just an excuse really to post some pics of our extended family...... lavender will have her work cut out this evening- 6 eggs are arriving for her to sit on- 4 Polands & 2 Pekins We get to keep the 2 Pekins, if our broody does her job! Any cockerals will go to our poultry lady, and...

Hi, Having read your threads you seem to have everything in hand.... and I can feel the excitement. I was exactly the same. Here are our coops, and given our budget they are fine, but now we have more experience and know our girls very well, we would probably modify things......

Hi, I am honestly beginning to wonder what normal is as far as broodiness goes. Mothernature seems to be winning hands down. I guess in your case, as in mine its not a viable option to give the broody eggs? Our Pekin, Lavender, has now been broody on and off for well over a month. Our first...

Just when you think everything is settling down!!! Was giving one of our Pekins her once over for crawlies today, and as usual I turned her upside down for a couple of mins, with her body secured between my legs, so I could check her vent area. When I righted her, her nose was bubbling, which...

Hi, After 11 weeks of hen keeping our 3 pekins house is still looking clean and fresh. The 2nd house for the two new girls is now 4 wks old. I remove the daily poohs each morning. We line the floor with newspaper covered in a couple of inches of wood shavings. Nest box and perches plus the...

Hi, Just an update on the recovery of our five girls. They all appear to be full of renewed vigour, and happily foraging- thankfully. No sitting & having a crafty 5 min shut-eye, oh no they are on the go from dawn til dusk. Their little legs must be muscle-bound! Just feel terrible when they...

Hi, Our Sablepoot of approx 20wks, is sounding unwell. She is sitting around, keeping herself to herself, and falling asleep. To be honest for the past two weeks we have had her, she hasn't been particularly energetic. We just thought she was exceptionally laid back. Anyway, I have wrapped her...

Hi, Our baby sablepoot, 18 weeks, has a broken and bloody foot feather. It was snapped at an angle and with slight pressure I have removed it- I didn' yank it. There is some blood, which I have cleaned up, and it looks as though it is now congealing. I have applied pressure to the foot, and...

Hello, Mollie is well, fluffed up, and smells a little more fragrant. (Will add a link to the blowdry when up-loaded) Hopefully you enjoy watching it if nothing else........ BATH - PART 1:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXAXRHNjwMk BLOWDRY PART 2 :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9TNRNZvKM8

Oh Dawn, you sound as guilty as me. Our Lavender is still pacing up and down, but the sun has come out and the other two Pekins have joined her, pressed up against the netting on the run. Talk about sisterley love.... we are giving her one more day to cool down, and after that guess its the...

Hi, I can only comment on my experience with our youngest Pekin, who arrived seven weeks ago. Three weeks ago, we learnt she had scaly leg..... So, as it was a poultry breeder who diagnosed it, I bought some scaly leg treatment from her......she hasn't any on ebay at the moment but it is...

Hello, Its all happening, and I am sorry for posting so much recently..... As if we havn't got enough going on, our Lavender Pekin has definately gone Broody. Now from what I have read, this is not a positive thing. She is so irritable and her chest is so hot. She it pulling her chest feathers...

Hello, Me again, with more photos- My other thread about last weekends new girl, Tillie, meant we decided to have a little friend for her. Not only has it turned out she wasn't a Sablepoot but a D'Uccle, she is now mothering our new little Millefleur poot who arrived yesterday. So our three...

Hi, We have three Pekins and each one has had what I call a half bath. I was dreading it, but was pleasantly surprised how little fuss was made. They seemed to enjoy it, and the blow drying almost sent them to sleep. Used an old washing up bowl with about 4 inches of warm water with a squirt...

Hi, I am confused? How many have you now got? Whats happened to Bertie, Gertie, Lemony and Buffy plus the other two you had recently? I started keeping chickens the day after you did, and have read all your posts with interest, as us newbies all seem to have our doubts and worries about the...