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Hi Has anyone ever imported any poultry from abroad? Im thinking about getting some new blood for my rarer breeding groups and have no idea how yo go about it lol So any help would be great! Thank you

Hi my chick hatched first and had yolk sack still attached. She took a day to two days to dry out as she was covered in yolk. shes not really eating but is drinking. day one and two she was very perky but noticed crooked leg. Not sure if just curled toes or a slipped tendon also as her leg...

Hi all Can anyone explain to me how to tell the difference between a white leghorn and a white star? To me they look the same they are white with floppy red comb white earlobes and yellow legs and they both lay white eggs So is there something im missing? Thank you

hi all i was just wondering if anyone could tell me about breeding lf with bantam? i had a pair of lf brown leghorn and the hen got ill and died :( and ive been looking around for some more lf hens but i have only came across bantam so i was wondering if i breed a lf cock with a bantam hen...

hi all i just wanted to know is it true thats if ur hen has been broodie for longed them 21 days u can put day old chicks under her and she will raise them? my hens been broodie for about 2 months now and i cant break her ive dunked her in cold water and ive seperated her by putting her over...

hi all im looking for some hatching eggs because my hens gone broodie again lol im looking for these in L/F polish/poland cream legbar araucana fizzle cheers :)

hi all over the past few days ive been converting my shed in to a hen house ive put nestboxes and perches in and ive built a feeder i just have to pop a door on for the hens to go in and out :D im looking to have the door pop down to make a ramp i just wanted to know how high the door needs...

hi all i have a silkie sussex cross hen and she started laying in january for about 2 months and now she has stopped laying :s we was getting an egg aday from her she missed about 3 - 4 days out of a month and now she has stopped while all my other hens continue to lay i was just wondering...

hi all if you remember, i put some pics up of our black leghorn as we wasnt sure if it was a roo or pullet. everyone that replied said pullet. here are the pics i posted a few weeks ago...... and here are a few more i took today. i am not too sure if shes a pullet anymore. she looks...

hi all :) our chicks are now 6 weeks old :D no idea what they are though :( just wondered if anyone had any idea's on what they are? :) ...... roo's or pullet's? chick one chick two chick three Many thanks :D :D :D

hi everyone i was just wondering if anyone cud tell me if this is a maran it hatched out of a mixed batch of eggs ive been looking at pics of marans and it looks similar but im not 100% sure heres the chick at 11 days old :) sorry about the pic quality and has anyone got any idea on...

hi all can anyone tell me what breed my chick is? i think its a cross because its feathers look like feathers from a welsummer chick but the chick dont look like a welsummer lol i think its crossed with a maran or black orp :-)11 heres my chick at 11 days old :) heres a welsummer...

hi all :) this is our new black leghorn bantam :D we are pretty sure its a pullet but not 100% sure, what do you think...?? :D :D :D

hi everyone my broody hatched some eggs for me and we have two chicks that are all black with white tummy and white on the tips of there wings and ive been looking through pics but i cant tell if they are black orps, cuckoo marans or silver sussex i was just wondering if anyone had any pics...

hi everyone i was just wondering if anyone has crossed a RIR with a maran? my broody hatched some eggs for me and we have a chick that is a black/gray colour but has a buff coloured head and the closes breed i can find to it is a RIR plymouth rock X but the man i got the eggs of didnt have...

hi everyone we have a cockerel free to good home we are based in northfield birmingham we was told is was a maran x plymouth rock but we dont think he is we think he is a leghorn x he is 28 weeks old he is a stunning bird its just that weve had complaints from the neighbours and nextdoors...

hi everyone my chicks hatched yesterday thanks to my broody :) and i was just wondering if anyone knows what breed they are? we brought a mixed batch of eggs and the breeds the seller had are- (buff, black, blue, splash and gold lace orpington) (silver, light, buff and speckled sussex)...

for all that have been keeping up with us know that one of our hens went broody :P and we brought 6 fertilised eggs for her to sit on 22 days later...... and look what we found yaaaaaaaaay our very 1st chick :D :D we think another one or two have hatched but we havent seen them properly...

hi everyone i was just wondering if anyone could tell me if a gold duckwing a breed on its own or is it a type of leghorn? cheers :)

hi all i was just wondering do i put food/water in for the last 3 days? and also when the eggs hatch do i have to remove the shells or will they be ok left in till she moves off the nest? cheers