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I bought a full size female duck at a poultry swap recently. She has a leg band on one of her legs. It does not seem to be tight or bothersome to her. Do those need to be removed? I feel that the removal might be more bothersome than the band... but I also read those should be removed...

What is going on??? This has been happening for two days. I just found it floating upside down in the little swimming pool... thought "this is it" and went to pick it up and its walking around fine. It seems to seizure every once in awhile (I have seen it twice) and then goes so stiff that...

I added 4 new hens a few weeks ago and everyone gets along fine EXCEPT that the four hens sleep outside of the two coops I have. WHY??? They sleep outside of the coop even if it is raining. My husband is thinking of constructing a little coop annex for them. If there anyway that I can get...

I have a dirt floor in my run and even though I let the chickens, 2 ducks, and 2 goslings free range all day, their run is beyond disgusting. It stinks. It's gross and my poor Pekin ducks are a muddy mess. Advice with all of this rain in Maryland or is it just a hopeless mess until the...

I just wanted to pass on that the Southern States in Damascus, MD (Route 27) has Chinese (2 day old) goslings for sale. The lady there ordered them for me but I can only take 2 and she has 6 more left because she had to order higher numbers. In case there are any locals on here, I told her...

Ok - so I have 2 baby geese and Boy are they noisy!!! Everytime I walkaway from them, they cry. Constantly and ear-piercingly loud. This is the first time I've ever had geese. They have food and water and the company of two silkie chicks. Do they need something??? My husband is wondering...

Hello everyone! I have three 4-month old cockerels that are going to a new home today. I will be keeping only hens. The 4 hens are used to hanging out and free ranging with these 3 cockerels. Obviously that is too many roos for 2 hens so some had to go. We are getting rid of all of them...

My chicken is not right today!!!!!! Here are the details: I opened up my coop today at 7:00 a.m. Sometime thereafter one of my hens must have flown over the fence because I found her outside the fence around 8:30 a.m. The issue is that it was raining pretty hard and was chilly (around 45...

Ok - this was gross. And, frankly, I should have taken a picture but it was so gross and I needed to whip it over the fence. Now I am wondering what it might have been... there was a long (maybe like 6-7 inches), light yellowish tube thing lying beside the chicken poo. Honestly it looked...

Hello everyone! I have a 3 month and a 4 month old cockerels. I'd like to get rid of at least one. I do not have enough hens (only 5) to support hosting all of these guys who are getting quite frisky! Both are very nice, non-aggressive to people. The younger one is a Production Red and the...

Hey everyone. Yesterday I only found 1 egg and 2 shell-less eggs. Today I found 3 shell-less eggs. What is going on??? My girls are still pullets and only started laying eggs on April 1st. Is it normal to regress like this? They are free-range chickens during the day, are on layer rations...

Approximately how close does a neighbor have to be to hear a rooster crow to the point where it is loud and annoying? To me, he seems loud. My closest neighbor is maybe 300 feet away. I have no neighbors around here a rooster to judge crowing at a distance. Do you think that they can hear...

I wanted to post this so no one else makes this mistake!!! I suppose that my neighbors hate us now! Last night the rooster started crowing at like 4 a.m. And then again at 4:30, 5:00 etc. We've never had this issue before. I was like "what the $#%@!" This morning, when we finally rolled...

I got my first two huevos today! YEAH! Both hens threw out all of the straw from the laying box. So, when they laid their huevos, I think maybe they fell on the wooden bottom because both of them have a small hole on the pointed end. Why are they throwing out the straw? Should I use...

Hi all - not looking for anything in particular but always looking! Seems like everyone that has anything is always far away. Anyone from around Frederick or Mount Airy??? What I am NOT looking for are any more cockerels/roos or chicks. Anything else might be good. Let me know. If not...

Just the red one in the last pic! THANKS!

Anyone know of someone who can process chickens for me? I live in Mount Airy (Frederick Co.) Maryland. I have a few too many roos. Thanks!

I have a chicken whose gender is really in question. I caught the cockerel (crowing now so I know it's a boy) trying to mate with it yesterday. So, I thought, ok, it's a pullet. Yeah! And yet, today, I caught that same chicken trying to mate with one of my obvious pullets! What is going on...

I have a chicken whose gender is in question. I caught the cockerel (crowing now so I know its a boy) trying to mate with it yesterday. So, I thought, ok, it's a pullet. And yet, today, I caught that same chicken trying to mate with one of my pullets! What is going on? Thoughts - is it a...

Can I use cedar shavings/bedding for chicks? I have a huge bag leftover from the rabbit days. Are there any adverse affects on chicks? I haven't read anything about use cedar bedding at all. THANKS!