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All 5 chicks out - last one hatched yesterday. All eating, drinking and doing well - such a relief! :D

Yes!!!! 2 little chicks out and running around - knocking into the eggs I was so careful not to move!! :shock: I know it's ok though so just waiting for the others - 2 got cracks in so fingers crossed :D :D :D

Heard one cheeping and 3 out of the 5 move so .............I WISH they would just get on with it !! :shock: :lol:

Well, here we are - day 18!!! :o I have taken the incy off the autocradle and removed the dividers and will turn up the humidity before I go to bed . Can't do anything more than wait now !!! Do you get the impression I am a bag of nerves ? You are dead right :? :o :lol:

Got my very, very first eggs yesterday safe and sound and after much re-reading and help have got them in the incy!!! Keeping fingers crossed that all is well and got to be patient ( :o ) for a few days until I can candle them. At least when I do it again I will know what to do and what to...

Got my new incy today !! :D Got to call it that as now I am part of the Incy Brigade it isn't cool to call it an incubator any more :lol: Hmm! got to face this ' hope I don't get too many cockerels' thing now! I think it is a case of "welcome to the club" :o

My chickens and turkeys are kept away from each other but one of each has got rattly breathing. Never had this in the 14 years I have kept chickens - vet says it's probably mycoplasma and has given me Baytril 10% for them and to put in the water for the others. I have been giving the Baytril by...

Welcome to the forum Jon :D

Can anyone tell me the postcode for the Federation Show please?

Have found books on Silkies and Faverolles for my children to give me as Christmas presents - does anyone know of a good book about Brahamas? Doesn't need to go too much into the genetics etc but as each breed has it's own little idiosynchrasies ( big word! :o ) I like to learn as much as...

...and then you came along Lydia! I reckon you make up for the lack of females in your family :D :lol:

Welcom Maryellen. This is a great forum - you will really enjoy it. Regarding your question about your excess rooster problem I am useless! :roll: I can't get rid of anything - let alone eat it :o I feel the same as you which is why I am reluctant to hatch eggs - I would love to because it...

Hmm! Just realised that the new birds I have chosen to get next year are all feather -footed! Silkies, Brahmas and Salmon Faverolles - how did I manage that?!! AND I always said at the beginning of this exercise that I wouldn't want feather- footed chucks! How spooky - do you think I 'm a...

Yes, this forum is great fun as well as being invaluable - it's amazing how just by listening to others our poultry numbers, and range of breeds just keeps increasing!! :o I now have orpingtons, barnvelder, maran, couple of unknown hybrids , soon to have silkies, salmon faverolles, and brahmas...

Sorry - pressed button before I'd finished. What breeds do you have?

Hello and welcome.

I am going to creosote my new chicken house. Now this is a bit embarassing for me :oops: as I have always gone on at my husband something alarmingly when he has used creosote near my animals, birds or plants as I had always believed it to be dangerous. But, I have read numerous times that it...

Set my heart on Silkies but really apprehensive about their susceptibility to Mareks. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have other breeds - especially my original hens - some ofwhich - the Orpingtons - are ten years old. Touch wood, touch wood, touch wood(!! :shock: ) I have never had trouble with...

I can't find any info that tells me if ducks or geese can get Mareks. I thought I read somewhere that turkeys can get it but not sure. Anyone know?

One of my chucks is laying elongated eggs - only 2 so far - but I wondered it if it was an indication of a problem with her.