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    Pekin duck boy or girl

    My confusion continues. I had settled myself to both of them being boys. Quackers, the one in question, has begun to honk. She/he has a curled tail feather but it doesn't stand up. It lays flat against the other feathers. Do make Pekins honk?
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    Pekin duck boy or girl

    Thank you. I never though to check the quack. They are both boys for sure. Both have a raspy quack.
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    Pekin duck boy or girl

    I have had Call ducks in the past. My husband bought me two Pekin chicks four months ago. We assumed we had one boy and one girl based on the size difference. The boy is a little bigger. About 3 weeks ago the boy, Cheese, got his drake feather. This week Quackers, who we assumed was a girl...
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    Chicken Sneezing & Congested

    I have a year old hen who sounds congested and sometimes sneezes. This has been going on for about four days. There is no nasal discharge or watery eyes. She is actng fine and eating fine. Any ideas?
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    what does a flopped comb mean?

    ok so i will keep an eye on her and if any other sighns show up i will take action to fix, but for right now she seemsto be ok. thank you
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    what does a flopped comb mean?

    She is a frizzle, sofor her size thecomb is bigger but its definitely not big in comparison with other chickens. She has been acting healthy other than the lack of feathers wich is most likely do to molting. None of my other chickens have flopped combs so i was worried when hers flopped. Her...
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    what does a flopped comb mean?

    I have a little frizzle chicken. She has lost many of her feathers. I am not sure if she is molting or if the roosters tried to mate with her too much. She also has a flopped over comb i just noticed recently. I am not sure if that means she is sick. She is seperate from the other chickens...
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    Rooster has white tumors at base of feathers.

    Thank you everyone. Once again you have come through for me. I just had my local chicken expert stop by. His timing was great. He thinks it is mites. He recommended the seven dust plus something called black leaf 40.
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    Rooster has white tumors at base of feathers.

    I have only had chickens a year so I am still new at this. My Rhode Island Red rooster has been hanging his head the last week. I picked him up and noticed on the back of his neck at the base of his feathers he had some sort of growth. They are large white sandstone textured growths. What is...
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    why wont anyone answer my chick is pooping blood here!!!!!~!!!

    well we live in florida so it is pretty hot
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    why wont anyone answer my chick is pooping blood here!!!!!~!!!

    wait does where can u get the medicine because we live in an urban area and there is only one feed store and i thin all it sells is food for chickens
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    why wont anyone answer my chick is pooping blood here!!!!!~!!!

    i already put yogurt in its food
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    why wont anyone answer my chick is pooping blood here!!!!!~!!!

    i got a baby silkie from the feed store and it was supposed to be vaccinated. 2 weeks ago it was kind of wobbly for a little but then it was fine. yesterday my brother hurt his head and had to get stitches and when we were gone it rained while the chicks were out in alittle open coop area...
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    Bloody Poop

    Hi. My daughter purchased a buff silkie chick from a feed store in North Carolina. The chick was suppose to be vacinnated and seemed very healthy. About two weeks after coming home to Florida the chick seem to have a seizure. It lasted maybe 10 minutes where she stubbled and had trouble...
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    yesterday every coop was a disaster

    i got a baby silkie from the feed store and it was supposed to be vaccinated. 2 weeks ago it was kind of wobbly for a little but then it was fine. yesterday my brother hurt his head and had to get stitches and when we were gone it rained while the chicks were out in alittle open coop area...
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