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Hi, Just checking how long eggs can be fertile for once you remove cockerels- At the moment I have 2 cream legbar cockerels and 2 pekin boys in with my pekins and other pullets- The legbar boys are going at the end of the month- When will it be safe to consider the pekin eggs pure pekin...

Hi, Hopefully someone with experience can help me out a bit here- I have two frizzle chamois poland bantam pullets - both of whom I'm keeping and four, 13 week old plain feathered chamois poland cockerels- Can any one give me any pointers in what features to look for in poland cockerels so I...

Hi, I was having a nose around about pekin colours online and came across some described as rare Crele/ Creole. Does anyone know what exact patterns/ colour a creole chicken would be as my cockerel looks suspiciously like one of the pictures I saw- and he's just a lemon cuckoo x blue! - There is...

Hi, I have a surplus of cockerels at the moment and despite trying to rehome them (they're nearly all pure bred birds so was worth a try!) I am left with 2 cream legbars, some pekin x polish, and there may be some others once I have worked out if the youngest birds are pullets or not! :? My...

Here's a few photos of my chickens that I took this morning in beween rain showers- They're an odd bunch but I like them! The one with the chicks is the eldest, and the next eldest started laying a few weeks ago so they're all babies really! :)

Another day, another question! Does anyone have any experience of polish/poland bantams? Are they um well a bit daft? I incubated 6 chamois polish eggs about 8 weeks ago (with some other breeds) and one hatched out- Bobble! She is the funniest, friendliest, oddest creature ever- but ever so...

Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone has used an automatic pop hole opener and how well they have worked? I keep my chickens at my partner's parents farm- I currently have 10 pekins there and some growers in my back garden. The pekins currently have a large chicken shed and a fox proof covered...

I have had a few chickens over the years but hatched out my first brood (with an incubator) 5 weeks ago- I had 12 pekins and all were healthy. About a week ago I noticed one of the smaller ones had developed a bit of a "wobble" when she walked- often going over to one side, and her wing dropped...