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well done Tim & birds! :D

hello and welcome.... from Derbyshire! 8-)

sorry for the abbreviations ;) our flock have just had wormer and a course of Baytril antibiotic, after losing several hens and quail chicks to possible coccidiosis.... possible gapeworm they are alot perkier, and I have bought some apple cider vinegar to try and keep them them perky...

my 5 new, two week old Aylesbury ducklings (yes, one is dark... there is apparently a wild gene in there somewhere down the line! :lol: ) I have a question... we are currently building their "run" outside, with a house one end, and the pond the other so they don't splash the chickens! when it...

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hi does anybody keep Derbyshire Red Caps? we have hatched 8 from the incubator, they are 4 1/2 weeks old. they were different colours, some quite yellow and some a lovely deep orange. now they have the "proper" feathers and just their heads are different. I wondered if anybody else could kept...

I currently have some runner duck eggs in the incubator. I've read up that much I've confused myself... and am now not sure when I should the auto turner off?! Is it like hens - 3 days before hatching? And just how many days should runners take? cos my book says ducks vary between 25,28 &...

hello and welcome :)

hello and welcome. what sort of girls are you getting?

glad you didn't end with "turkey" ...not sure that'd go down so well !! ;)

hello and welcome :)

hello folks... We have successfully hatched our first 7 chicks in the incubator (4 light sussex and 3 copper marans) the oldest is a week today, the rest came out last thursday/friday they are drinking and eating chick crumbs really well and are in a big cage under the heat lamp. just started...

hi folks just a general survey... where do you purchase your eggs from to put into an incubator? Any preferences for particular places? cheers

thanks folks....

Hello from Derbyshire :D We have... 4 warrens (since they were 13 weeks old) a black silkie cockerel, 11 ex - batteries( and 12 copper marans & 12 light sussex eggs in the incubator!) 7 jap quail, and assorted other pets and livestock. We lost one hatched and 3 in shell chicks (our...