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I'm getting four runner ducks this weekend, which came as a complete surprise to me. Someone where I get my feed from wanted to get rid of them and asked if I wanted them. I was going to wait till next spring, but the price was right and I couldn't pass them up. Anyways, I need to make them...

Will a bantam rooster have any problem breeding standard size hens? My roosters I have are a SLW bantam, a silke and a polish crested (he's the one who's going to get kicked to the curb though). My SLW has started to take an interest in the ladies, but he focuses most of his attention on the...

I'm going tomorrow to buy some 14 - 16 month old hens (take that young chickens in the coop - I won't have to wait for eggs anymore!) and I'm wondering what breeds I should choose. I'm looking for something that's going to continue to hopefully lay for awhile, deal with confinement OK (have a...

I have a 20 week old salmon faverolle who got a roll of fly tape stuck to her and I'm wondering what's the best way to get it off? Maybe soap and water, or should I try to cut it out? Its still pretty sticky yet - I just put it up this afternoon. Thanks!

and I'm wondering if everyone could fill me in on some of the downsides of having ducks. I don't have a whole lot of room for free ranging, and right now I only let my chickens free range for a couple hours at night. Would a duck be OK with that? Also I'd prefer to have a quieter duck (would...

I'm having problems with my four month old puppy that I just got on Wednesday. He's been having diahhrea (sp?) today - really runny - it was the consistency of chocolate milk (guess who won't be drinking that for a while!). DeSoto is a 4 month old GP/doberman mix, he's eating Purina Puppy...

I've got a new sheet of vinyl that I bought from Menards to use in my coop - but my brother in law spaced it out and bought another sheet, so I'm stuck with 96 sq ft of horribly tacky vinyl - but I thought maybe someone would want it for their coop or who knows? My digital camera is broken -...

So, its been a while since I've had puppies - and I'm wondering when its OK to stop the puppy chow and feed adult food. My new baby De Soto is a great pyr/doberman mix, 4 months old, haven't weighed him yet but he's probably a good 45 lbs. I'd post pics, but my camera is on the fritz.

So, there's a Saint Bernard available for adoption at a local humane society - and I am considering going up and taking a look at her. Just wondering how everyone likes their Saint Bernards? I've got a husky, so I'm used to the never ending hair and I know about the drool - but any other...

OK - sorry BYCers, but I just gotta get this out or my head is going to explode! My ex-H and I divorced, was final in late 2008 - but we've been separated for approx 2 years now. I have 2 sons (ages 10 & 7) - the 10 year old is not biologically my ex's and ex was raising 10 year old as his own...

I put my 11 13 week old chicks out in their coop tonight (they were staying in a pen in the garage) and I just went out to check on them and they are FREAKING! Making lots of strange noises, trying to roost on me (they normally don't even want to be picked up), and what looks like general...

So I have a problem with my female mini rex - I had a piece of wood (I think it was a 2 X 6) in her cage to sit on to get up off the wire. Well my stupid rabbit decided that was also a good place to go to the bathroom. I just noticed tonight that around her bottom is red and missing hair...

As my chicks are growing up, I'm realizing that I have too many roosters, and I need to figure out which ones to get rid of. I'm keeping my birds for eggs/pets, and I don't plan on hatching babies (because I already have a list of different breeds I want for next year). They won't be free...

This may be a stupid question, but I've been wondering all day about it. So I'm home sick from work today, and I'm not sure what I have - nasty cough and congestion - I was exposed to bronchitis and swine flu last week (really hating sick people now.....). Can my chicks catch what I have?

So I have a dilema, my dad lives with me and has a 6 year old dachsund (who was my mom's, but has now passed away). Long story short this dog was abused as a pup and has a lot of problems. About 6 months ago he bit my son. It didn't require stitches, and I wasn't so sure of the circumstances...

So I have a sick/sneezing 3 week old chick and I'm wanting to give her some egg yolk - and this is a stupid question, but how should I cook it? Hard boil the egg? Can I fry it?

So this afternoon I noticed that one of my BR chicks (3 weeks old) was sneezing. She does it pretty frequently, about every couple minutes. I also noticed she had a very runny poo that shot out a couple inches. I segregated her and she's inside and I hope she's OK, but I'm also worried...

So, even though I already have 23/27 chicks (it may be 27 - I sold 4 extras to someone off of craigslist, but he has yet to show up with the money), I decided I'm just not going to be complete until I get some australorps - I only need a couple! I've tried craigslist and all my local chicken...

So I noticed that my female rabbit that I bought last weekend has been acting a litttle strange - not eating so much and just more generally skittish than she had been. Then I noticed today a little bit of blood in her urine. I called the breeder and she was exposed to a male 30 days ago, but...

I'd like to get a few black australorp chicks - they're the only breed on my wish list I haven't gotten yet! If anyone in Southern Wisconsin/Nothern Illinois has any for sale please let me know. Thanks! Amy