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Our 3 year old Pekin duck scrapped with a stray cat today. Puncture wounds on both sides of head and left eye swollen shut. She seems to be ok otherwise. I put antibiotic ointment on the wounds and eye the best I could. I am concerned that her nasal vents are plugged with dried blood. She...

We have a 2 y/o Buff Orpington. All of a sudden she has stopped roosting and just sits on the coop floor. All other chickens are roosting on their perchecs. She seems lethargic at times but runs the yard on occasion. Is this something to be worried about? She keeps getting pooped on by the...

We have 2 pekins and I think they are loud. Our somewhat close-by neighbor says he has never heard them. However, when they get a quackin', they echo off of his machine shed and I wonder how good his hearing is! We have chickens too but no roosters. I was suprised how quiet the chickens are...

We have 7 chickens and 3 ducks. We have them in the same coop. they free range during the day but are roommates at night. The problems I face are : The ducks nest on the ground, make sure they have enough room to make a nest away from the roosts for the chickens. Otherwise, the ducks will...

We have 2 pekins, about 18 months old. They stopped laying eggs in August, moulted but have not started laying again. How long do they stop laying? They have been faithful egg layers up until the moult. Thanks for your help.

As I am not a seasoned duck raiser, I do have 2 Pekin gals. We got them in July of last year as duckings and they started laying in November so they were about 4 months old. They have laid an egg a day for about 8 months and are now starting slow down. I guess because of the heat and for...

It is a riot. If I taped it I know I'd win $10,000! The dog has "rolled" the duck a few times but the drake is too stupid to know the dog could kill him if she really wanted to.

We have 2 Pekin gals and one Mallard Drake. They are a year old and the gals have been laying 1 egg a day consistantly for 7 months. Just in the past few weeks we are only getting 1 egg every morning. About 2 days a week we will get 2 eggs. I have noticed that the eggs we do get have thinner...

We have a 5 y/o lab, 2 pekin girls and 1 mallard drake that are 1 y/o. The drake is CONSTANTLY chasing the dog. Just started doing it this spring. For the most part the dog has fun but I know she gets tired of never being able to lay in the sun in peace. Most of the time I put the drake in...

Thanks for your input Picco. It is appreciated! They seemed to do well last night, their first night of cold. Luckily the wind died down and I let them out to forage for a while today. They were happy to get out. Thanks again!

I am in Blair, NE. it is 19 degrees right now. I have the heat lamp about 5 feet off the ground and about 5 feet away from their "snuggling space". This is the first night with the lamp and heated bowl. I just ran outside (very quickly) to check in on them and they seem fine, walking aorund...

I am new to BYC so sorry if this has been covered already. Today was our first snow of the year. We have 2 Pekins and 1 Roan duck. they are 5 months old. In the coop I have put a heated waterer and a food bowl and beefed up their bedding. They usually forage but with the high winds and...

I am new to BYC so sorry if this has been covered already. Today was our first snow of the year. We have 2 Pekins and 1 Roan duck. they are 5 months old. In the coop I have put a heated waterer and a food bowl and beefed up their bedding. They usually forage but with the high winds and...