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We have 13 wonderful Orpingtons, now aged 12 weeks, we are sure that so far one is a cockerel,Diggory standing at the front! although the most docile of them all. My question is, will they all live together happily, if I discover more than one is a boy ?

After my very anxious wait for the first lot of eggs to hatch last week, the week has flown by and they are all doing well, including the little one that I thought wouldn't make it, so I am one very happy lady. Already of the second batch of eight I have two hatched and three with pips, such a...

I now have four chicks pipping, one of them has a hole a cm wide and I can see the chick's beak and it is breathing, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything else, the hole is on the top of the egg in the middle, is this normal and will the chick continue to break the shell and get itself out ?

I candled the 8 Orpington eggs at day 18 and all were moving well, we are now at day 20 and no sign of anything, do LF take longer to hatch and what should I be expecting, I have run the inc dry and now filled the water pots but do not know the humidity its a Brinsea Mini.

Hi Everyone I am after a bit of advice, I have a Brinsea Octagon, which had 18 eggs in, I have candled and there are seven healthy little ones, I am about to take out the other 11 eggs, but will this affect the overall temp/humidity. I have a smaller Brinsea that only holds 10 eggs, would I be...

Hi We have one of our v large Orps gone broody, was just wondering how many eggs would be best to put under her to have best chance of success. When sat she completely fills the laying box.

Went to put our ten chickens away yesterday, the one maran was not in the coop, found her in the garden quite listless, put her in the coop, however found her dead this morning. No signs of illness from our four orpingtons, three Pekins, Wyandotte and Light Sussex. Any ideas, and are the others...

Hi I would like your advice on introducing new chickens to my gang of six. We have today purchased three 10wk old Pekins and a 10 wk old Orpington. My other six chickens have full run of our garden during the day and are put in at night. I was just wondering the best way to get them all to...

I was just wondering if you could advise me on the best time to hatch chicks, after our failed attempt with our broody, may possibly look into purchasing an incubator, I read in a previous post that L/F were better being hatched in the winter, is this correct? We purchased our Orpingtons aged...

Hi I have 12 orpington eggs purchased from ebay under my big broody orpington, everything was going fine, it is day 21 today but no sign of anything, I haven't candled, just let nature take its course, however on inspection tonight, most of the eggs don't feel very warm and some are soiled, is...

hello, we are just outside of Great Yarmouth on the lovely East Coast. Our family has been keeping chickens since April and we love it. We have three Orpingtons, a Maran, Light Sussex and a little Pekin/Wyandotte bantam. Mandi & Co