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I have a baby about a week old with her momma. She had been getting severely picked in by the other hens ( as in drug around by the neck at breakfast) and accidentally got stepped on by the dog yesterday. Poor thing is in rough shape but momma is keeping her in fairly good spirits. She doesnt...

I've just begun ranging my baby flock on about 8 week old (clearly tom) Turkey poult and some pullets with my older chicken flock. Just came across him violently trying to mount one of the hens yesterday, which I can see can be a big problem. Hes barely a teenager and bigger than they are. He...

A few things have been happening in my flock lately and I'm trying to sort out exactly what is going on, so this may be a bit long... first off, we have seen egg production drop dramatically in the last few weeks. We had our typically freeranging flock locked up in the run for about a week due...

I just had two clutches of precious chicks hatch. One is from a splash maran momma and the other is buff orpington. The daddy is a black (copper? ) maran. I'm not entirely sure that all the eggs hatched were from these two hens either, so trying to see what I've got. And at this point they are...

My dog thought playing with my sweet little hen was a good idea till he got his butt beat. She got a bit of a slice between her leg and breast. Only the skin. I taped her up best I could and put antibiotic ointment on it. Should I give her some oral antibiotics ? Anything.g else?

My youngsters have had a muddy time of it in the little space I made them in the coop. They are so filthy and its been raining all week. Dry today but they don't seem to be getting any cleaner. Should I give them a bath? How does one give a chicken a bath???

One of my tractor supply chicks has a puffy belly from crop to vent. Hes about 4 days old. Doesnt seem to be acting weird. His belly also seems a little rubbed raw....? What on earth? I gave them chick grit. But the feed is not medicated. I have to get that tomorrow.

I came home tonight and my little babies I got yesterday were panting. Its pretty hot in there so I moved around the heat lamp so there were cooler spots but I'm worried there still won't be enough room for them to really chill out. How bad are hot chicks? Will they work it out ? Will they b OK...

My roommates stupid dog just killed my favorite new little pullet. She was a blue maran and I was so excited. My roommate just is not training her dogs and I asked her to feed the chickens and she must have let him get in. I bet this is not going over well with my already anxious rooster. I...

After about a year and a half chickenless I fixed up my coop and got a new flock. Two 6 mo old hens ans a roo and four 2 month old pullets. The hens were ranging when I got them but the babies had never been out of the box. Theyre settling into their new coop and after a few nights of having to...

Well a few weeks ago i think i had 8 hens, a pullet, and two roosters. Right now, ive got one roo and three hens, and who knows what the count will be tomorrow. They seem to be dissapearing one at a time, but today am missing two. They free range, and have to say the pen is a bit unprotected at...

My Little Cassie girl who had been missing for 4 weeks showed up yesterday with three cute little peanuts! After a bit of a maggot butt problem which i believe i resolved (Cassies momma ended up dying bc of the same problem), I put them back outside to do their thing. Shes got her little safe...

I have a duck who has been sitting on a nest for about a week. I wasnt so sure she was serious at first but she seems to be settling in. Problem is, her eggs are fertilized by chickens. which apparently amounts to nothing. there are also a few chicken eggs under there as well. I am thinking...

I came home today and saw my little Wave squished on the road..... I have another female duck who is currently sitting on a nest (of what, i dont know.... infertile duck eggs and chicken eggs....) I don't know if i should get her another friend, or wait, or just give up and give her away. ducks...

I have two female ducks, the boy got eaten. I do, however have three roosters who constantly have their way with the ducks ( as well as the hens, and sometimes, each other...) Well, i just found one of my ducks sitting on a nest..... Can the eggs be fertilized by the roosters??? will i have...

One of my hens showed up the other day with a severe cut on her neck- to the muscle. I am assuming from the stupid young rooster trying to breed her. I brought her inside, treated the wound and she formed a nice scab, so a few days late i put her back out. Not very long after the scab was off...

I am confused about my ducks sleeping habits. They go to bed later than the chickens, get up way earlier that the chickens, and it seems like they hardly sleep at night! If i go back to the coop at night they are easily awakened. Last night when i came home, i thought i saw Giblet hanging out...

This is Wave, shes about 3. What do you think she is? and why does she hold her head like that? she does it all the time...

Let it first be said that i love roosters. I have one AMAZING rooster who leads my flock, and now, somehow, i have two younguns, and one baby boy. Of the younger ones, i had planned to keep one of the teenagers, Colonel Sugarlumps, cuz hes just so cute and pretty docile, and i plan to keep the...

Ive heard some things and now im confused and wondering..... whats the deal with duck crosses/ mixes being unsterile or sexless or something? is this with all mix breeds or only certain crosses??? I have what i think is an ancona or some pekin cross- cant figure yet if hes a he or she...