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hey folks, We need all new ducks, just lost ours to a fox and I am trying to decide what breed. I have been reading different posts on personality but wondered what people would say. We want some great layers, a broody mother, & very friendly. I was thinking some khaki's, a muscovy and...

hey folks, Who has ducks in Vermont? I could have put this under where are you to I guess.

I have some hens that lean toward being broody but I am not sure. Can I just seperete one with a pile of eggs and see if they go for it? Especially one that sits in the hen house nest for hours. I would like for some to go broody and raise some chicks.

Can baby ducks eat grass and greens right away?

I have a RIR hen with a large wound on left hip under wing. I believe from our Giant rooster constantly jumping on her? Most of the skin has been pulled away!!! Exposing underneath. Wound is 3 inches by 2 inches or so!! It has started to crust over but is not very clean. I will clean it out...

I brought 2 chickens to the vet. He seems great? Since the one's with most symptoms seems to be a little better he says we should wait a few more days and see how they do. If they seem to get worse he recommends antibiotics. He was not able to do a specific test /diagnosis, he said can't be...

Hello sarah here, I live in Vermont. Big on homesteading and a photographer by trade. Currently chicken mom to some chickens with colds ughh. But I am hopeful that they will pull thru and have super immunity... We have a portable chicken tractor that we have burried in hay bales for super...

Hello, I am reposting this under different heading.... So No place around here sells Vt RX. I don't really want to do antibiotics but I was resigned and went to the feed store. The 2 antibiotics they sell specificly say do not give to layers??? Even the feed guy said maybe I should wait...

Well the subject mostly covers it... Hello my chickens are sneezing and wheezing. Started with one two days ago. Then I brought that one in. Now a few are having the same symptoms. The first one is eating a little but still sneezing. Also the first one seems to occasionally make a gurgling...