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Does anyone suggest increasing their protein while they are going through a juvenile molt? My 2 Cayugas *about 11 weeks old* are starting...and I am new to ducks - but when my chickens start molting, I give them poultry conditioner to up their protein intake. But so glad to find out there isn't...

That is awesome! I am glad I found this post - I am getting ducks this spring and was looking for something different for a feeder for them. My hens have a bucket w/lid and holes at the bottom screwed onto a planter dish. But I may try this idea as it keeps the floor area of the coop free...

@ Happy Chooks - your girl is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! She has always been dark on her back - she only just started molting (mainly her bum fluff) about 3 weeks ago. She is my favorite pullet, such a sweetie...when she wants to be! This is my other - Allabeena - with Mopley (RIR)

I had picked out my girls from a bin at the feed store late March 2010. As they grew, I thought I had properly identified 2 of them as silver-laced Cochins - I am sure I must have found photos of similar looking pullets. However, I was looking at things this evening and came across photos of...

If you are feeding the chicks crumbles, try pulverizing some to a powder then add some water to make a slurry and use a dropper to feed her. Dropper clean water after so many drops of feed. My chick also seemed to have a lot of saliva when she was having problems - she would shake her head and...

My chick is fine now - she had been to the vet to be tube fed 3 times (the last visit was an over-nighter). She seemed perfectly fine for 2 days, then relapsed. I was swabbing food out of her lower beak, to keep her from aspirating. I noticed that I couldn't visualize her tongue and could...

UPDate: Zig is at the vet's to spend a few days being tube fed. She doesn't have any obstructions and no apparent reason to be having trouble eating. The only odd thing is she is the only one of my 6 chicks whose beak clicks audibly.

Hello all. Bear with me, these are my first ever chickens...I have 6 (2 Cochin, 4 RIR). I have a 3-3 1/2 week old Cochin, who started having problems last week with swallowing, was squawking in pain, scratching at her face, then was not eating or drinking and acting lethargic. She did get a...

Hello All! I've just been perusing some of the forums, and what a ton of great info! And such friendly people. So I signed up! I live in South Jersey - real, south Jersey...about 10 minutes from Cape May. I've been contemplating getting chickens for about a year now, and after spending time...