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I see several questions like this on here but no definitive answers. I currently have five khaki Campbell ducks: two drakes and three hens. The two drakes do chase each other and fight a little but nothing overly aggressive. One female hangs with the more aggressive drake, and two females...

I have two sets of ducks - a male with three females and a male with one female. The male and single female lived on my back porch for about a year, due to some injuries and health issues and time constraints on my part. The day after Thanksgiving, I set up a large dog kennel in my big duck...

I have two drakes who have lived together fairly peacefully for almost two years. They squabble from time to time, but they get over it. One is certainly more dominant than the other. Today, out of the blue, I went outside and the less dominant one had the more dominant one pinned down. They’ve...

I have a duck who is about 18 months old who has been pretty weak for a couple of months. She's had some laying issues from day one - going long periods without laying and sometimes laying two eggs a day, so I have a feeling it may just be something internal? Anyway, as I said she's been weak...

I have a duck hen who spent the summer inside healing from a foot issue, and I put her back with the flock today. I let them all free range for a few hours, and now they’re back in the pen. The females initially chased her away from the group, but they’ve kind of calmed down. The less dominate...

Has anyone ever had a chicken have/die from a heat stroke? Yesterday, one of my white rocks was doing fine around 2 p.m. I'd taken them some cold yogurt, kale, and tomatoes. A few hours later, I went to let them out for some free time, and she was walking around the run but wouldn't come out...

Now that mating season is about over, I'm wondering if my two drakes that I have with my duck flock might accept the one drake they ran out back in February? I've had him separated since then, but his housing was temporary, and I'd love to put him back until I can build something more permanent...

Is it too early for chickens to start molting? I have a Cochin who has had a few bald spots from my overzealous rooster (she hasn't been around him since late May, but the feathers never grew back), and I noticed today she's becoming a bit balder in those places, especially in her saddle area...

Hi all, I have a Jersey Giant that I noticed was limping last night, and I caught her and saw that she most likely has bumblefoot. I'll attach a picture. Today, I soaked her foot in Epsom salt for 20 minutes and attempted to get the scab off with Tweezers, but I was unsuccessful after about...

So, I have three drakes and three hens, and to get this out of the way, I know that's not an ideal number, but it's what I ended up with (and I'm actually getting more girls in about a month). My current girls are not showing any signs of being over-mated and seem quite happy. They are about 15...

I lost both of my roosters in what we believe was a raccoon attack a couple of weeks ago. My hens, who are all about a year old, have never not had a rooster around. Today, I noticed one of my Cochin hens making the sound the boys make when they call the girls for food and she kept pecking at...

I have a duck with a pocket of fluid on her foot that's causing a limp, and it's a little warm to the touch, so it presumably has some infection in it. I'm currently treating it with Epsom salt soaks and drawing salve and oregano oil. I'm wondering if she'd benefit from taking an antibiotic...

Hi, I decided to start a new thread in hopes that more people will see it. I’ve had a duck who has been limping for about two weeks. I thought it was a sprain because the joint above her foot was a little swollen, and I was making her rest inside and gave her aspirin and extra niacin. She didn’t...

My ducks were out free-ranging for a couple of hours on Sunday, and one of the girls came back with a limp. I've had a drake and rooster do that in the last few months, and both of them healed after about a week or so, so I'm hoping that's the case here. It actually reminds me very much of my...

I have a large Cochin rooster who I'm about to separate from my hens. My girls are going bald on top of their heads, and he can be a bit of a jerk, so I've bought a dog kennel for him to stay in for now (he actually has a new home pending, but I won't know for sure until probably next week and...

Does anyone else have any Golden Penciled Hamburgs? I ended up with a rooster - he's about 8 months old now - but he is the wildest chicken I've ever owned. I finally separated him from the flock (he's still with them, but he's in his own little bachelor pad) because he was driving my girls...

One of my Khaki Campbell girls has a tiny tiny tiny pink bubble (it's fresh-looking - no scabs - and maybe has fluid in it?) at the tip of one of her toes. It's not even as big as a sunflower seed. I almost didn't even notice it. Could this be the start of bumblefoot? It doesn't really look...

Hi, I have an 8-month-old hen who was fine one moment and then seemed to be having trouble walking the next — almost like she couldn't hold her backside up. She was eating/drinking/getting around okay, so I left her with the flock, but the next day, she laid an egg, and when I cracked it, it had...

Hey yall, I swear I’ve had a ton of chicken problems lately. This time I have a hen who is a bit wobbly and her vent is contracting. I see no signs of injury to her legs - it’s almost like she’s having trouble holding her back end up. She can walk and is eating and drinking but also laying down...

I've decided to separate my two Polish gals from the main flock because they're getting bullied, and I'll eventually build them a large run, but I can't do it for about a month or so and need something I can put them (I know these aren't great and they'll actually be inside my main run, which is...