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I just acquired a 5 week old mallard (the previous owners said that it is a mallard) and that they weren’t sure of the sex. This is our first duck. We have a flock of chickens. So, first of all, is it in fact a mallard? Secondly, can you tell the sex by 5 weeks? If yes, what do you think we...

This is a pullet, right?

One of my girls is pretty sick. I have already isolated her. She's about 6 or 7 months old now. She has lost weight. She's stopped eating and drinking. I have been giving her water with electrolytes with a syringe. She takes it pretty well but just won't drink on her own. She favors one leg...

We got our first egg yesterday! It was a little, tiny egg. So cute! The whole family was so excited. All the children were fighting over who was going to hold it. We also had to explain why the egg wouldn't hatch a baby chick. Our first egg unexpectedly turned into a "Birds and Bees"...

This morning I noticed one of my girls has a very pale comb compared to the others. They are all about 5 months old. She is also not as active as the rest. I separated her so I could keep an eye on her eating, drinking, and pooping. She's not pooping much. Sometimes she looks like she's going to...

Tell me I'm not the only one!!! Please. Friends and family say I'm earning the title of CRAZY CHICKEN LADY. Let me see some of your pictures! By the way, we are in southern Alabama.

Can anyone help me with this? What is wrong? What do I do?

Just interested in what you guys think. So far, out of 24 3month olds, we think we've found 4 roos.

I'm new to this chicken biz so I'm just learning as I go. I'm mentally taking notes on what I need to paint on my Chicken Coop Rules sign. 1. Never wear flip flops when you have pretty pink toenails like mine. 2. Never go inside empty handed. They expect treats. They EXPECT treats. 3. Do the...

I ordered Buff Orpingtons about 9 weeks ago. I just realized that one has yellow feet unlike the rest. Is that normal or is she a different kind of chicken maybe?

We ordered all pullets but now that they are about 9-10 weeks old, I just want make sure. Since this is our first flock, I'm not very confident it picking out differences in the sexes yet. I hope you can help!

I have a 5 month old rooster that I want to add to a coop that has 23 2 month old pullets and 2 2month old Roos. When is it ok to put him in with the others in the coop? He free ranges mostly but he stands by the coop looking so sad. He paces around and around it every day. He also does a...

I'm still pretty new at this so I just wanted to make sure! Thanks for your help!

Hello! My name is Jackie and I'm from Semmes, Alabama. My husband and I have 7 kids and, for some reason, decided that we needed a bunch of chickens!! Heck, to feed our family we probably need to have an entire farm. Lol. We are still newbies to the whole chicken raising thing. We're learning...

My chicks are between 7 and 8 weeks old. We ordered 25 pullets from the hatchery. Of course, we knew there would be a chance that we'd get a cockerel. I have a few on my watch list because of certain features or behaviors, but this one is so different from on the rest that I thought I'd get...