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Okay - here's a good one - and I cannot make this stuff up. The goat lays on the ground and has a little sore on her side. The chickens have discovered that goat meat is delicious and peck the sore until she is dripping blood. The goat does nothing to defend herself. She can never heal...

I got my first ducks last spring - 3 pekins. Turns out I have two males and one female. They are about 22 wks old now and since reaching maturity, one couple was leaving the 3rd male out - not letting him near the water and mildly running him off. So I thought I'd get him a mate. I brought her...

...start your ducks on pellets? and ...start them free-ranging during the day (completely free - no pen) Thanks!

Okay - just got 3 Pekins that are about 4 weeks old. The weather is gorgeous here during the day (70's), but still going into the 40's at night. And I'm sure we'll be hit with some more cold weather. But these ducks are taking over my laundry room. So: • when can I put them out in a pen at...

I swear I'll order a book and stop asking silly questions. But do they?

I happen to have a bag. Do you think they would try to eat it? Recycled paper pellets http://www.yesterdaysnews.com/

Is the consistency of duck poo supposed to be pretty loose? For instance, looser than chicken poop? This is my first attempt at duck rearing and I know that poop is a good indicator of some health issues. Just want to know what to look for. Thank you

Hope someone knows what this is Otherwise healthy, 4 year old RIR has been walking with her head and chest to the ground. Also walks backwards. Seems neurological - not behavioral. She's starting to molt. Don't know if she's laying - probably not - only a coupe of them are at this point. He...

at least that's what the state vet said upon opening her up. Still waiting for the pathology. That will be 3 now...

How do you all clean up a dirty hen bottom? I've soaked the hen's rear end in warm soapy water for 10 minutes and still can't get the poop off. I've cut the feathers off before (is that okay?) but I'd rather just clean 'em up. Ideas?

My rooster is doing this side to side jerk with his head. Never seen this before. Is this normal? Link to video: He does it at :03, :07 (behind a hen tho), :20 (BEST view), :27, :38 and :42 seconds. Any ideas? Help appreciated. Thanks!

I was reading another poultry forum and thought this was a great idea. Instead of sewing up a bird after they did a surgery they glued her up! They superglued the wound together...keeping in mind, not to glue yourself to the bird. I think also that my doctor used a sort of glue on a nose surgery...

I've had two chickens on this farm die of Lymphoid Leukosis. Yesterday I noticed another sick hen. Depressed, lethargic, and I noticed a growth on her comb. I'm worried I will lose another to LL. The state vet said the last hen was full of internal tumors. Is it possible for tumors to grow...

A lot of folks have been posting that their hen is unsteady or having trouble walking. No symptoms except unsteady (although mine had a bad case of mites or lice, but I believe this was opportunistic parasites), otherwise fine - living a long time this way and not laying.I had the same problem...

We had an outbreak of something - mites, I suspect. I have bites on me as well. I dosed everyone with a few drops of Eprinex pour-on, cleaned out the coop and sprayed everything with permethrin 10%. I saw no evidence of bugs at all, but my bites are gone now and the birds don't seem to be...

I think I may have waited too long to start introducing mama and her three chicks to the flock. They are almost 9 weeks old and are separated (but in view of) the rest of the flock. Today I put in a small run for them to start getting used to it outdoors (I free range) and mom was thrilled. I...