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We currently live in south Missouri. My husband is going to be interviewing for a job in Houston, and if offered he will accept it. The problem is, he will most likely have to start down there soon, they won't wait for us to list and sell our house, so we will have to live in an apartment down...

We have 3 six month old ducks, two females and one male. I have had them since they were only a few days old. Three months ago we got a toy poodle/min pin mix puppy, who is now 5 months old. We also have an 18 month old Australian Shepherd. In the past month or so, our drake has become...

So, I got these two chicks at the feed store in the "Ameraucana" bin. They were mixed in with chicks of a million colors. I thought they would be solid blue when they were grown b/c they were both solid when I got them, but obviously not anymore. Does anyone have any clue what color they are...

We have a 14 week old small breed puppy that has never once messed with the chickens. If anything, he avoids them. My chickens free range, so he is around them all the time, and we have had him for a month. One of my chickens suddenly today started being very aggressive with him, for...

I was wondering if anyone could throw out some guesses on the breeds of 3 of my chicks? The first two I got at the feed store, in a bucket that just said "Bantams" and it was just a huge mix of different breeds. I got two that I am assuming are buff Cochins, but I'm not sure what these two...

My broody hen was sitting on 5 eggs. Yesterday I noticed that one of them had pipped, and by the time we went to bed it still hadn't hatched all the way. When we got up it was out walking around. When we went to do our shopping at 2pm today, another one of them was pipping. When we got back...

I have a broody hen that is sitting on eggs that are set to hatch this weekend. If I leave her with the chicks in the coop, will she protect the chicks from the rest of the chickens? I don't anticipate any problems (but who knows) b/c they are all really accepting of new birds, and I have...

One of my hens is broody and she has been sitting on 5 fertile eggs that are due to hatch this next weekend. My chickens free range, so I don't have a run for them. Today there was a coyote on our property, and since we lost 7 of our hens on Saturday I decided to play it safe and put all of my...

(typing with one hand b/c i'm holding the chicken). I went out to give my chickens a treat of chopped up tomatoes, and when i called them one was laying in the grass not moving. I went over to her and she tried to run but her legs weren't working well. I picked her up and she is jerking...

My chickens used to sleep in their coop without a problem. They would go in on their own and stay there all night. Then suddenly one day, all but about a handful of them refuse to sleep in it. Instead they sleep up on the high 2x4s that we have framed out for a future run or coop addition, or...

I have a hen laying on some fertile eggs, and today I went to candle them and they are all covered in yolk!! I have been getting the same number of eggs every day, but could they possibly be eating eggs? I'm not sure how they managed to get the yolk on the eggs she was laying on, since the...

So, I had one chicken that went broody on me, then today I had a second one decide to go ahead and do the same. I guess I need to find a couple hatching eggs for each of them, even though we really don't have the room for more chickens. The problem is, we live in the middle of nowhere, and...

So, I have my first broody hen. I have tried going out a couple times a day and removing her from the coop, I've tried going out every 30 min and removing her, I've tried dunking her butt in cold water....so far nothing has worked (other than getting me soaking wet from her flapping her wings...

Most Anconas I've seen have been mostly white with some black spots, but mine are have a mostly black body (some white spots on their belly or tush) with a white bib and speckled head. It doesn't matter too much b/c they are just pets, but I'm curious. (I fixed the pictures, sorry.)

I am new to ducks, I just got mine less than two weeks ago, and they are all from different hatchings, so they are different ages. My oldest one is about 6 weeks old, and she has been making some weird noises. She is starting to get her "big girl" voice. Now, though, when she is resting she...

I had my ducklings outside today in the chicken tractor. They were outside from around noon until 6:00 or so. I just noticed that one of my younger ones, ~2wks, has really red feet. The webbing between his toes seems to be burnt. Is that possible? They aren't normally like that. They had...

I got 4 new Ancona ducklings on Sunday. One is 5 weeks old, one is 4 weeks old, and the other two are now a week old. My question is about the oldest one, the 5 week old. I noticed today that her wings are bald, but only the lower end toward the end of the wing. She started getting her...

I got these guys yesterday. This morning I let them have their first bath. They LOVED it! I couldn't catch it on video b/c he would stop when I tried, but the medium sized one kept swimming super fast under water from one side of the tub to the other, then back again. It was SO funny! LMAO...

I'm new to ducks. I've read that Niacin is important for their leg development. The feed that we got for them is DuMOR Chick Starter/Grower 20%. One of the reviews said it wasn't good for ducks b/c it didn't have enough Niacin so their ducks were having problems with their legs. How would...

I found two 1-week-old Ancona ducklings on Craigslist, so we are picking them up on Sunday. We are getting them mainly for pets. We live on 5 acres, and our chickens free range all day long, so I think that ducks will be happy here. We also get TONS of banana slugs, so they will be happy...