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I've got a new baby it was born Friday May 8th we found it just cracked out on ground in our coop I don't know if one of my hens didn't want it or what (I have 2 hens sitting) so we brought it in & it's doing great. I'm unsure if any others will hatch & momma will kick them out is this natural...

I have a drake Muscovy can they become protective of other animals? I have chickens, turkeys & 2 other ducks(not Muscovy) & my Muscovy spends most of his time trying to mount my turkey & chasing my rooster away from the hens, when you walk in the pen he starts hissing & feathers stick up. I...

I really thought there was something wrong with one of mine I didn't know they did this. First year with chickens, turkeys & ducks.

What can you do with an aggressive duck? I have 4 ducks, 2 turkeys, & 20 chickens, one of my ducks is aggressive to one of my roosters they grew up together & now my duck will chase him around pull his tail feathers & yesterday I caught him with the rooster in his mouth shaking him lik rag doll...

I put pink wound medicine on mine I got from vet it keeps the little vampires away until it wears off then they are back at it. I only have 2 that do it. All mine are great layers we get 18 to 30 eggs a day, I'll have to try the tuna see if it'll work on mine thanks

They are rhode island reds & production reds. Is there another kind of food we need to feed them? We also give them grass

They don't eat the feathers they just peck at the butts until they bleed & make a hole, we give them layer crumbles, chicken scratch, scraps & oyster shell, we have about 20 in a 24 x 20 coop. We got them all at same time when they were babies.

I have couple of chickens that will peck on the others until they make holes in them & bleed why do they do this? :/

I've only had my turkeys for about 2weeks I don't know how old they were when I got them but how old do they need to be before I put them outside & how can you really tell them apart?:/