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Went out to feed and water tonight and noticed one of our hens was laying in the corner of the coop instead of perching. I figured something was wrong so we picked her up and moved her, sat her back down and she is all wobbly. Doesn't want to move her left leg - trying to take steps with the...

I rescued baby Mallards from a busy parking lot back in April. They are nearly grown now and we only lost 2 after bringing them home surprisingly and we have 6 left. Last week I had a lady come by to check out the farm to see if we are a good canidate to take in some feral barn cats that she...

HOur chickens will be 2 next month. We lost our beloved Fluffy a few months ago to an egg traveling into her body and she seized at the vet and died :( Today I went to do daily feeding and watering and I saw that our first hatched, Carlton, was dead :( She was just laying on the coop floor...

So one of my mallards got away from us never to be seen again. Her sister also flew away one day, slipped through the smallest gap between zip ties where the roof and fence meet in the run. Miraculously she flew right back around, we put the others in the coop and left the door open and she...

Tonight one of my ducks escaped somehow and my dogs noticed it wondering in the yard. I was in shock because I had just put all of them in for the night since it started pouring out. When me and a friend went in to put them away one flew up against the fence and I am thinking she found a small...

I just bought some DE and Sevin to make my girls (And guys) a dust bath area. Any suggestions on how to make it? 2x4's, wooden crate, rubbermaid container? And should I cover it during rain or anything? I am excited! Most of their run area is so packed down that they can only have a dust bath...

We have now month old mallard ducklings and we are going through water like something else. We bought a poultry waterer at TSC but its not deep enough to dunk their bills in. Where can I find one appropriate for ducks. Also, they go through about 2 gallons of water a day and its still empty. I...

Please help :( Let me start off by saying our chickens are our pets, really - I love them as much as my dogs and cats. Our most FAVORITE hen died today, Fluffy Face. I noticed her totally not herself last night so we made a vet appointment. The vet said she was emaciated, we had no clue...her...

Fluffy Face is our most favorite girl. I went out to check on them this evening and noticed she doesn't seem well. She usually is the first to greet us and she was way in the back tonight. She's just not herself. Her tail is tucked down, she seems to be panting, walking a little ..hmmm.. waddly...

I was browsing through the "Lets see your duck coop" thread and wow some of them are so nice! We have 7 mallard ducklings that are already getting to big for their terrarium that we started them in. They are around 3 weeks now. Crazy that they tripled in size since we got them. I need...

Just curious as to if drakes are similar to roosters in their aggressive ways? Can you keep several together? Do they ever attack you like a rooster would? We have 7 unsexed babies and I would hate to have to get rid of any when the become adults.

Guess they love us after all! Week took them outside for the first time since we got them and this was WAAAAAY cute!! Love this shot!! ^^^ Did you say something?? I want to come play with duckies but mommy says I will eat them :( "We're coming!! Wait up!" Just by looking at him, you...

Is that what you would call them? LOL I am used to the chicken world, what would you consider a shelter for ducks? As some may know we got our hands on some abandoned Mallards earlier in the week and I was wondering what you guys use as a shelter for your ducks. We will need to build something...

So here are my coops!The first one is our second coop...we never planned on building another until we got a rooster back that we gave away and needless to say..being re-introduced didn't go too well. (He's pictured above too, he's a handsome guy but he is a JERK! Hence why he came back to us) We...

On Tuesday I see that a friend on Facebook had aquired 9 baby ducklings. He works at a tire store in a very busy town. He saw only ducklings in the parking lot with no momma. Before I came to get them (Funny thing is he says he knew it would be me that responded) i asked him to make sure there...

We had one hen go broody on us for the first time and decided to let her lay. We are due in a couple days for 11 babies. Now ALL of our other hens have went broody, and sometimes aren't even laying on an egg, just all fluffy up in the box screaming at us if we get near them. We are only getting...

We went into the coop tonight where we have 13 eggs being laid on. They are only 4 days from hatching... We couldn't find two of them so we looked and one was crushed on the floor of the coop and the other was MIA. We thought a coon might have gotten in, but our coop is very secure. We get...

Our chickens are 7 months old and one of them have decided to lay on her eggs! I am new to this (As we hatched ours from an incubator)..so what do I do!? This will be the 4th day so we are going to allow her to keep laying since they are starting to develop in the egg. But once they hatch, do we...

I have eight 7 month old chickens that get along great. We want to get some chicks this week to replace some of our roosters we found homes for. After they get a bit bigger, at what age can I put the new chicks in with our current chickens? And is there a certain way we should introduce them to...