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The Fly
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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:01 pm Post subject: Day Old Chicks |
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My neighbour showed me day old chicks today.
Haven't seen some for years.
In my young days all country poeple had hens.
That day is gone.
So, have a look
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The Fly
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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I also saw a very small egg that was in a nest with normal size eggs.
It's not much bigger than a crow's egg.
Anyone know why that would happen to a hen.
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The Fly
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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About one hour ago I came across more chicks on a bale of straw in a farmer's shed near me.
I think they are owls but I'm not sure.
I never saw young owls before.
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Sive
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| They are amazing...... please no more sad stories though ! |
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Adam
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| The Fly wrote: | About one hour ago I came across more chicks on a bale of straw in a farmer's shed near me.
I think they are owls but I'm not sure.
I never saw young owls before.
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They don't look too happy with you taking pictures of them 
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The Fly
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A week later. I think they are Falcons.
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Freckles
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 My day old chicks, possibly two days. I can see five so far. We put ten eggs under her.
Mammy and babies all doing well This is my first hatch, we have had our three hens for about a year now! |
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Greengage
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| It just so happens I know a bit about chickens as well as everything else as I have two white suffolks and two Colombian black tails the reason for the smaller egg is possibly first time layers. |
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Freckles
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I now have seven baby chicks!! They are nearly two weeks old and they grow fast!!
I will try upload some pics of them. They are wonderful, I can already tell which ones are the cockerels although it will be interesting to see if I am right! They are supposed to be Phoenix bantam chicks but they all look quite different at the moment! My three girls are a silkie sussex cross, a barred rock and we think Papillon, pictured above is a wild gold buff type |
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davidk
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| Got 3 hens about 2 years ago. Best eggs ever. |
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