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I think it would be the same form discussed in this thread. From your local Dept. of Agric.
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Shortly after I got my herd no., I had a phone call from a Dept. Vet so he could pinpoint exactly where we were on their map. And that's the last I've heard from them - no visits, no inspections, nothing.
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Hi Finbarr, if you don't want to actually get your chickens over Winter, you could spend the time doing thorough preparation - checking out your ground, and seeing the best area, i.e. where doesnt get water-logged, where has the best sun/shade ratio…
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I've heard they are among the hardest to sex - you often have to wait until it either lays an egg or crows! But if you have other similar chickens to compare to, you can sometimes (but not 100% accurate) tell by the comb- a cockerel's would be muc…
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Oh, no. They will send you a Herd Number! You and your flock will be registered under that for all future correspondence.
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Put in the number you have now I would say - although if you intend selling stock, I think that's a different thing. Maybe you could put a note on the bottom to say that you will be breeding in next year, so numbers will vary? PS. Once you send in…
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Not sure about just feeding seaweed. I know there is seaweed meal in tonics for them. I don't know if they could digest plain seaweed. Glad they got the idea of the nest box. Mine used to use it, but now have decided they prefer the small "quaran…
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I know what you mean. I had to kill my first one this Summer. I came home to find her hiding in a bush, sitting in a pool of blood. My first thought was that she had been attacked - after possibly a prolapse or something - so I brought her in the…
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I don't know about eating a bird that was sick. I don't think I would.
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Oh, golly gosh Susan, What shall you do if those birds should by chance fall in love with each other, and have little chicks?? And my, my, you will have nice shiney hair, from using all those eggs as shampoo!
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Adele, did you find out what was wrong with him? Is he any better? You could also try something like poultry Nutri Drops, available by mail from either MacEoins or I think Old MacDonalds Farm shop in Carlow have it also. It's not a prescription med …
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Yoo-hoo! Susan! Tis me - LadyA from the PP forum, under an alias on this forum! Welcome - now there will be no time in your life at all, between chickens and chicken-y forums!
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Didn't you say you're near Gorey? Have you tried Gardiners Grain? Can't remember exactly where they are but they are reasonably near Gorey. I trekked up their once, but it's a long way for me. They have lots of poultry stuff - maybe they'd have w…
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It's kind of hard to explain our set-up. The run that I'm going to cover is the "secure" run - it's 6 ft high fence with 13mm heavy guage aviary mesh. That's 11ft x 18 1/2ft. That stands within the free-range "run" which is about 70+feet by about…
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The one in the run is under the henhouse at the mo. Crows & Magpies are a problem in general, but at the feeder it's robins & chaffinchs are the biggest culprits. I'm working on covering the run - but it's a bigger job than I can do myself…
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Their main feeder is in the run. I usually take the feeders in at night to discourage vermin. There is a small feeder in the coop especially in Summer when they would be awake from about 4.15! Even in Winter I find that they do eat some in the coop.
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If you need to know who's laying what, you could put a little different colour paste food colouring on the vent of each hen. It will leave a bit of colour on the egg as it passes out. Maybe one is a late bloomer?
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I wouldn't worry too much about the cat - except maybe with the bantam. I have three cats, and they are all terrified of the hens, with good reason! I think cats get a bit freaked out by something that's obviously a bird - but huge, and a bird that…
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The Glanbia places should sell wheat or something like that. I'm lucky in that although the local co-op only sells standard layer's pellets, there's a pet supply place fairly near me that do a good range of poultry stuff including organic chicken f…
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Shane, if no-one on here can help (don't know if anyone breeds quail), get on to the Practical Poultry magazine forum http://www.practicalpoultry.co.uk/ and ask on the "Other Poultry" board. If you aren't registered, I don't know if you can see or p…
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I was taught that you shouldn't feed layers pellets until hens have actually started to lay, because the extra calcium would be bad for younger birds' kidneys. Whatever your birds are on when you get them, you'll have to leave them on for a week or…
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If you really need to know who's laying what, one way to find out is to put a little paste food colouring on the vent of the hens (different colour for each hen). It will leave a bit on the egg as it's laid.
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The quality and variety of their food will make a difference to the colour of the yolk of the egg. A good quality feed, and access to greens and extra protein (in the form of whatever they can find themselves as they forage) will give lovely deep ye…
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And are you absolutely sure they are not laying and that something isn't getting to the eggs before you? Crows, magpies, rats, hens?
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Glad she's ok. Let's hope it's a one-off glitch. How old is she?
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I've not experienced it personally (touch wood!), but from what I've read and heard from others, you may have to put it back several times. You might also try keeping her in the dark or near dark and stop giving her layer's pellets - give her somet…
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The fly traps contain a natural bait of some kind. some kind of protein. Another thing which does help - poo-picking daily! If you don't have something in place already, get some cheapo plastic trays (in a pound shop or somewhere) and put them unde…
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What you need are these: http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenho ... _Trap.html I used 4 of them over the summer, so it wasn't cheap - but I think the reason I needed 4 was that we are surrounded by trees - and the chicken free-range area is totally…
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Maybe he had a heart problem? Often if it is a sudden death, it can be a heart problem behind it. Some breeds are more susceptible to heart complaints than others (larger heavier breeds, obviously), but apparently, chickens do have high blood pressu…
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Trish - I think you can sell eggs from your gate, but not supply shops. Ideally, they should be stamped (date etc.) not if you are only selling a few not neccessarily I think. I did see somewhere online, a small stamper for sale for small egg prod…