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I have babiesWell, so far I have one baby. One hatched this morning. Now I wait for the rest I’ve left Mrs Broody in the main coop with her one baby and eggs and opened up the second coop for the rest of th flock for the next 24 hrs I’m so tempted to keep looking but not sure if I’m doing more harm than good, wh...
Re: GooseberriesThanks , thinning on Saturday
Re: Help. First timer here I hatched some under a broody last year in the main coop with all the other hens and cockerels I have 70 hens and 5 cockerels and the chicks where fine I only moved them after hatch to a separate pen with a net over because I was worried about the crows getting them. I have a small holding have duc...
GooseberriesFirst of all, I live in Spain so cropping seasons a little different. I planted gooseberry bushes two years ago, a few last year but this year WOW absolutely smothered. At what stage do I pick them, how will I know they are ready.
I’m looking forward to gooseberry crumble
Re: Help. First timer here6 each, well 5 each now! We have 9 hens and a Brahma cockerel. These eggs were given to me. If we get cockerels we will see how it goes. Our chickens free range in an acre of land so I can always separate some off for a differently group. Otherwise the cockerels will go to the freezer. We have a sma...
Re: Help. First timer here I've hatched a few times under broodies, but the only dead chick I got was one at the end that died while trying to hatch. I wonder if your chicks died then the build up of bacteria from them broke the egg open? Did they smell bad? If the eggs were broken before then, I presume you would have notic...
Help. First timer hereWe are on approx day 16 of the 21 days eggs under hens. Bearing in mind these eggs were given to me. We were about to relocate them into there new brood house. Both girls came out in the afternoon, as they always do, for a feed and a drink. Temperature here now 30+ I went into house to check and one...
Re: Broody hens I recommend being ready to move them into their own runs if needed & keep a close eye. I had 2 hens hatch at the same time once & the mums, that normally get along fine, fought viciously when the chicks arrived. They were in separate runs too, but one would fly into the others run & att...
Re: Broody hensGreat that’s what I will do, see no point in disturbing Mother Nature at this point
Broody hensHi there. New to site I live in Spain. We have 12 hens regular browns and greys. Two Cochins and a male and female Brahma. The two Cochins and Brahma have all gone broody together. A friend arrived two days ago with 15 fertile eggs from his blue and green egg layers. I wasn’t ready for them but they...
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