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one of our Muscovy ducks just hatched her batch. Some are all yellow, others are yellow and brown, is their a difference? I have both Muscovy and khaki Campbell drakes so could it be the coloured ones are cross? can I sex based on colours?

I found cluster of tiny white rice size worms when cleaning the poop out of the coop, I assume it's tapeworm(?). What does everyone use to treat it? I have ivermectin (bimectin) that I will be giving them to treat for mites and fleas, but I don't think it kills tapeworm. Any suggestions? Thanks

I have a hen that's been sitting on eggs well over 21 days now, I'm pretty sure all her eggs are bad. I have a duck that's maybe 5-7 days away from hatching, can I put a duck egg under her? Or wait til the ducks hatch and put a duckling under her? Or can I slip more fertilized chicken eggs under...

If they are indeed 3 cockerels, once they grow up I will have 6 roosters (currently have 1 rooster, 5 cockerels), and 24 hens. If the majority of them grow up together will they be able to coexist? What's the lowest ratio one can get away with?

17 weeks old. Bought them at 5 weeks, was given the smaller ones out of a big batch in hopes they were pullets.

[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG] The last 3 are of the individual birds. They are about 17 weeks old.

Thought I had 3 black australorp hens but they seem to be getting long tail feathers, does that mean they are all Roos?

Thanks for the reply. She doesn't seem lethargic at all. Eating and drinking well, foraging. I included another photo, you can see the redness a bit at the base of the wing feathers, not sure this has anything to do with molting though(?). She did have lice or mites, not sure which, we treated...

Anybody have any ideas? I just joined this community so hoping to get some help with this hen before it's too late.

What is wrong with this girls feathers? Is this moulting? This is my first year with chickens so not too familiar with molting. I would guess that I have a bunch of reds that are changing their feathers, but only one that looks this bad. She also seems to have a red growth at the base of the...