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Any ideas or new revelations would be appreciated! :) I have an adult Saxony duck that literally woke up one day without use of her leg. It does not look injured, swollen, or warm. There is no bumblefoot to be seen. I separated her and a few days later I noticed bubbles in her eye. Then...

Here's the situation.. Ducks haven't laid in 6 weeks. I used to get at least 2 a day. Then last week chicken eggs started to slow down.. now I'm on day 4 of no eggs at all. I did a little investigation since this seems odd for all my chickens to just stop on the same day. Here is what I found...

I noticed 3 days ago she was sitting alone with her feathers all poofed up. Like when they are staying warm. Thought that was a little odd, but she seemed okay otherwise. Kept my eye on her and the next morning I noticed she was sitting in the corner of the pen and wouldn't move. I seperated...

I think I'm posting this in the right thread. Anybody ever seen this cloudy darkness when looking for fertility? Just realized how hard that is to see. I'll try to get some better picks.

Anybody have this breed that can help me out? I have 7 that I hatched and I've read that the eye stripe is the give away.. but mine all have an eye stripe and surely I didn't hatch out 7 females! That's not usually how it goes for me. Here are some pics.. I know some of them are a little...

Hey, I wanted to post to see if you guys can tell me anything else I could be doing. The chick is 4 days old. She is weak, when she gets knocked over she can't get back up. She peeps until I set her upright. She just stands there "sleeping" and peeping most of the time. I've noticed she's...

Is this a Silver Appleyard? Because... it doesn't look like the other 3, and I've never had this breed before. Thanks in advance. I'll repost when it's fluffy, I just got excited. :)

It never internally pipped, And then just pipped at the wrong end. I don't see movement, I don't hear peeping. What do I do, if anything. Thanks!

I think this forum is the most appropriate considering most of us have purchased shipped eggs at some point. I, for one, have purchased probably 6 or 7 shipments of eggs. Some sellers say they don't want to mark the box as "fragile" because the postmen are more likely to shake them or...

Also known as Plum Run Poultry. I'm not getting a return to my email, and want to make sure they're open before just ordering. Thanks!

Noticed today the temps are all different. 3 different thermometers all with different readings... So they say hindsight is 20/20? I remember now plugging it in and hearing an awful sound like grinding gears. But it warmed up fine, and I never heard it again so.... I also remember in my...

I have 2 ducks that I found in the kiddie pool, apparently they were not able to get out. they are soaked to the bone, shivering and I literally had to grab them out of the pool. They are frozen.. FROZEN. they are in my bathroom with the hot water running, rubbing them with towels, hair...

I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. Okay, I'm pretty sure I know what did this, but I want to hear your thoughts first.. Thanks. I found the hole they chewed through. My girls go in the coop every night. But I found them on the far end of the run. In a pile. 2 are missing...

I was talking to some of my friends about this on another thread.. However, I want to go ahead and post this here to see what other advice I get. Beaker was attacked today by my adult duck. Beaker is probably a couple months old maybe not quite 3.. almost fully feathered.. So here is the...

It hatched yesterday. But it's not standing. It's trying to, but only able to scoot around in the same position on it's side. Also, I realized, I haven't seen it open it's eyes yet. Any suggestions on something I can do? Or not do. Thanks. While snapping this pic. He did try to...

Or straddle leg, sprawl leg... I've heard several terms: This little chicken is over a week old. One leg is decent, it's underneath her. One leg off to the side fully extended. I have tried taping them together but it's not working. She ends up on her back and then works the tape off. I...

***** Warning**** This question may sound stupid **** I know nothing of genetics ****** Which is why I just ask you people. I want to get some Lavender Orpingtons. Do I want ones that say, "NO Splits". Or ones that say, "splits". I think that splits means I could get the black bird...

I just wanted to share this story with you because I was blown away by what I saw. I went out to an old farm to purchase something off craigslist. I took my husband and 3 children along because the woman said she had chickens and ducks. So we pull up to this Antebellum style brick 2 story...

I'm posting this new thread to hopefully get your opinions on what went wrong during the hatching process. This egg has been peeping and rocking since Monday, gradually slowing down. It never was able to pip on it's own. Just now I opened it up. It has gone to ducky heaven. What I saw was...

I have one duck egg that has pipped. And one that has been peeping but no pip. It is day 27. This has been going on since Monday afternoon. Simply put... what do I do? ****Now it's day 28 and I still have the same scenario 1 pip and 1 peeping/no pip. It's been 48 hours. The pip that egg...