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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    It is crazy when people are posting faster than they can show up on here. So no wonder the count is off!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    I have 17. 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes 2 Welsummers 3 Easter Eggers 2 Blue Copper Marans 1 White Jersey Giant 1 Brown Leghorn 6 Euskal Oiloas 2839+6+10+17= 2872 I added the last 2 folks in who did not add to the running tally
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    Is there any duck owners from Tennessee?

    I have 7 runner ducks but I am very new to the process. Just got them 6 weeks ago. And I live in very south central Tennessee. Almost Alabama, right off I-65
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    *~*Runner Duck Club*~*

    I have my first small flock of runners. 4 white and tan, 2 black and 1 chocolate. They are about 6 weeks old now. I am starting to let them out of their large pen and hoping they will go forage out in the garden. But boy, are they they biggest chickens when it comes to change. After almost...
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    Can I treat my duckling's eye with antibiotic drops/ointment?

    I have a 2 week old runner duckling who has been struggling to make it since hatching. She was smaller and weaker when she arrived from the hatchery and it seemed like her one eye was going to stay fused shut. At the recommendation of others here, I started all of them on brewer's yeast added...
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    Baby Duckling Help Please

    Update on Buttercup. She seems to be making slow but steady progress. I got the Brewer's yeast in powdered form, with no additives of any sort. I sprinkle that on all their food. I am still using the electrolyte solution for their water. I am keeping her with the others during rest time but...
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    Baby Duckling Help Please

    Thanks for the suggestions. I have used electrolytes from the very beginning. But didn't know about the niacin or brewer's yeast. I will get some when I go out today and start immediately. I will try gently dabbing the eye area with a saline rinse. She lets me hold her quite nicely so I...
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    Baby Duckling Help Please

    2 days ago I received a shipment of straight run Runner Ducklings. 1 was DOA and I saw immediately that 1 was not doing all that well. It was a bit smaller and less able to get up on its legs and move forward. So I made an ICU box and have kept it there to help it get stronger. It is obvious...
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    Trouble getting 4 "teenage" hens to go in coop at night.

    I have 3 hens that I raised up last summer, along with 1 rooster. Then this spring I raised up 4 more girls. It was such a warm spring that I started putting the new hens outside at about 8 weeks. It seemed that integrating the 2 sets of 4 went extremely well. The 2 flocks stay in the coop...
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    Past brood hen not laying

    I asked this same question recently myself. I had 2 out of 3 of my laying age hens go broody at the same time. They stayed broody for over a month. Then took about 2 weeks to finally start laying again. Patience is the name of the game, I am afraid.
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    How long after my girls finish being broody should I expect them to start laying again

    2 of my 3 Red Wyandotte's went broody and I was unable to break them so they pretty much sat on their nests for almost a month. Once a day I would remove them from the next and close up the coop so that they would go out and do what they needed to do. Then all of a sudden they were done and...
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    My roosters have suddenly gotten mean to the hens

    And does anybody know if separating my shyest girl is a good idea and for how long should I keep them apart? I know, probably all silly questions but this is my first flock and I have learned to love them all so much. But not so much, that I will let any roosters spoil the dynamics of the flock
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    My roosters have suddenly gotten mean to the hens

    I have been told that 2 roosters were too many for 3 hens. But they seemed to all be doing so well and I will be adding the 4 new girls soon and thought that would help with the ratio. But now, how would I choose which rooster to go first? One seems to be a bit bossier but not by much...
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    My roosters have suddenly gotten mean to the hens

    I have 2 roosters and 3 hens. Red Wyandotte's that were born last spring. They have a nice large safe coop at night, a run they really don't use much and the great outdoors to roam in most of the day. The hens are laying well and everything seemed fine. Up until today. For some reason, the...
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    Built a Catawba Coop (pics)

    I have a completed Catawba coop and I have to say it is not large enough for my Wyandotte's. They are a taller, bigger bird and they almost have to huddle when they are in during the day. I can't raise it up off the ground cause I have one of those "if it moves, it's gotta die" type dogs. So...
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