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    Worried about healing and infection after duck attack

    this happened a few days ago. they pecked for so long and hard she has a quarter sized blood blister. It was oozing clear liquid that hardened but it looks much better today. Dry and starting to scab.
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    Worried about healing and infection after duck attack

    I have 3 male ducks that have been abusing my chickens. My buff brahma has massive injuries on the back of her head from them holding her down and pecking the back of her head. I have quarantined the ducks, cleaned her injuries the best I could and applied Neosporin. Her wounds are oozing and...
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    Cats??

    Has anyone ever had their or other household cats attack chickens?? When I had my chicks and ducklings in the house, my cats paid no attention to them. Now that they are outside, my cats have definitely noticed them. My poultry free ranges and anytime my cats look interested I give them a...
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    Ducks and Chickens?

    I am very new to this, my 4 ducks and 3 chicks are around 6-7 weeks old, but they love each other. I have had absolutely no problems, I swear one of my chicks thinks they are a duck!!
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    Naughty little chick

    I have three 6 week old chicks, a leghorn, a buff brahma and a red new Hampshire (I think). Once a day I will go out and give my 4 ducklings (the same age) and chicks a treat. They all scamper all over me to beat the other ones to the treats. Today, Duchess, the red, plucks my pearl earring...
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    duck sounds

    I have four 6 week old khaki campbells. A few of them have just recently started "quacking".....a lot!! I have one out of the group that makes a definite "honk" sound. I have read a lot on voice sexing, is the honk the sound of a male or just a silly female?? Their coloring suggests that...
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    Wild Mallard question

    We have a pair of wild mallards on our pond. I noticed the female laid 2 eggs in a muddy spot surrounded by some tufts of tall grass, but I have not seen her sitting on them at all. Is this normal?? My husband thinks the eggs must be "bad" but I am assuming she knows what she is doing. I...
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    Full crop, worried.

    I panicked a week ago because my 6 week had the same thing. I noticed it when I put them to bed, I double checked it in the morning and it was gone. She is a piggy and I think just fills to the brim every day :)
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    My ducks hate me.

    FOOD!!! Mine are around 6-7 weeks and as soon as I come in the run and sit down they come running!! I have 4 khaki campbells and they will climb on my lap and all over me at treat time. Any time other than treat time, I am the plague...lol!!! What I do love about them is if they have not...
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    Lumpy chick question w/ pics

    It was gone this morning. It must just be a very full crop....
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    Lumpy chick question w/ pics

    PS....she is acting completely normal.....does not seem sick at all
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    Lumpy chick question w/ pics

    My chick around 6 weeks old, she has had a lump on her chest for week or so. At first thought it was just her crop, it was balloony and soft when she was younger but I looked closer today. It is harder and looks scary under her feathers. Can someone tell me if this is abnormal and if I need...
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    Sexing khaki campbells by coloring?

    good question....anyone?? At what age do males heads begin to darken more than females??
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    TSC Ducklings

    these are my babies from TSC, when I first got them I thought they were cayugas, but now at 4-5 weeks old they are very brown not black. this thread has me wondering if they are indeed cayugas or khaki campbells?? Help please :)
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    feeding chicks scraps

    Awesome to know, I haven't really given them much yet, just a treat now and then. The protein info is good to know because I have given them a cooked egg yolk 1-2 times.
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