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    What's wrong with this hen (small white bumps, mareks?)

    Could they possibly be lice eggs?? I didn't think of this as a possibility before as I only treated the whole flock with some pestene powder about 2-3 week ago and she didn't appear to have any lice under her wings when I wormed her, however I did just notice a few lice on her face. I'm...
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    What's wrong with this hen (small white bumps, mareks?)

    I have a 4-5 month old silkies who suddenly couldn't walk properly and was very wobbly. I thought she had mareks for sure as I've had others who have died from it but lost none for quite a while from it. The others that I've had die from it usually die 2-3 days after they start to become...
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    Help with first duck hatch

    Thanks very much for the advice! One's hatched so far! She's not the tamest, most trusting duck so I'll leave her until the rest hatch and they have a chance to dry off before I get some pics! I had considered taking them off her when they don't need heat anymore and hand raising to get them...
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    Help with first duck hatch

    Thanks very much! I will! :)
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    Help with first duck hatch

    Yeah I think I've read somewhere wetting her feathers is important, I just wasn't sure if it's normal/ok for her to be getting off this close to hatch. Thanks for tagging them :)
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    Help with first duck hatch

    I've hatched chicks under broody hens heaps of times but never ducks. My Swedish black hen is on 7 eggs and she's at about day 27. I know with my silkies when it's getting close to hatch day they'll stop getting off the nest, is this meant to be the same with ducks? My Swedish black is still...
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    What breed of ducks are these?

    Fingers crossed for one of each! Thanks for your help!
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    What breed of ducks are these?

    Thanks for clarifying the age also One has developed its adult voice, from a video I watched it sounds to me like a girl, the other is still peeping so possibly a male?
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    What breed of ducks are these?

    Thanks for the help everyone
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hi fellow Aussies! Can anyone please shed some light on the breed of my two new ducks? I've had chickens for a while but this is my first time with ducks so I'm unsure on the breed. I was thinking Swedish black but I'm not sure. Also is it too early to tell gender, I think they're about ten...
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    What breed of ducks are these?

    Hi,I just got these ducklings today and the person I got them from doesn't know what breed they are. I've had chickens for ages but these two are my first ducks so I'm unfamiliar with breeds. I was thinking that they might be Swedish black ducks just from photos, can anyone please confirm or...
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    Chicken breeds that don't roam far

    I have 10 silkies, two roosters and 8 hens that free range all day, every day. We have an acre and it's not fenced at all, they could quite easily wander off into the neighbours yard but they're never do they've never even been to most parts of my yard (it's a broken up block with forest, hills...
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    Silkie thread!

    Both look like bearded pullets to me
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I recently had a silkie hen that developed fowl pox, first time I've ever had one with it and I really didn't know much about it but after some research I was cleaning the lesions with salt water and painting them in iodine. After having it for about a week and a half the lesion above her eye...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    My silkies free range all day and we have a pair of wedge tails that fly over occasionally, so many wild birds react even I know what's up. My chooks run to the undergrowth and turn into statues but i put them away Anyway. We also just had a pair of pacific bazas move in. They eat insects and...
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