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    Introducing a muscovy hen into a chicken flock?

    Oh thats terrible I'm sorry! I've never realised roosters could go as far as that, some of them can definitely be horrors
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    Introducing a muscovy hen into a chicken flock?

    Ah yes that makes sense - I did forget to mention however that three of the hens in my dad's coop are also bantams; I'm not sure if that makes much of a difference since they are still very different in appearance to a silkie
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    Introducing a muscovy hen into a chicken flock?

    Thank you for the advice! I do think I was more worried about the silkie getting picked on, but it sounds like she would likely remain buddies with the duck - and the other chickens should hopefully mind their business 😅
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    Introducing a muscovy hen into a chicken flock?

    Hi all, I am in desperate need of advice on what to do about my muscovy hen and silkie hen. Earlier this year we rescued a Muscovy hen and put her with our two silkies temporarily while we figured out what to do with her. Unfortunately one of the silkies passed away and since then the duck...
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    Keeping ducks and chickens?

    Oh that's interesting! I did notice that she seems to have a similar temperament to the silkies in general, so far they get on surprisingly well and the duck has been following the two hens around the coop😅
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    Keeping ducks and chickens?

    Yeah we currently have a few too many roos haha we are planning to give them away at some point soon, though they do all get along fine at the moment - thanks for the advice, we will likely get another muscovy hen and either move them to the lifestyle block together or rehome them together, so...
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    Keeping ducks and chickens?

    Thanks for the advice! Yeah that is a very true point, I do feel sorry that she is alone with no other ducks so currently we are deciding between purchasing more muscovys or rehoming her.
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    Keeping ducks and chickens?

    Hi all! I need some advice about keeping muscovy ducks with chickens - we have rescued this (female?) muscovy who was stuck on the side of a foresty bank and are temporarily keeping her in our pen with two silkies - they seem to be getting along very well as the silkies have not minded at all...
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    Should I get my Leghorn a friend?

    thanks for the input!! yeah that is definitely something else I have considered, although I don't think the silkies would have much of a reaction since those two stick to each other and roost for majority of the day (not much pecking around). However I'm not sure if a new hen would purposefully...
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    Should I get my Leghorn a friend?

    Hey everyone I just wanted some advice because I have been contemplating getting my hen a new friend. I currently have three hens: one white leghorn and two silkies, they get along well but the silkies are a lot older so they prefer to spend every day in the coop or roosting. Cloud however is...
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    Hen or rooster?

    Thanks!
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    Hen or rooster?

    Hi guys, my chickens had babies and I was wondering if anyone knows the gender of this young one? Thanks
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    Hen laid deformed egg!

    Thanks so much, we'll try get some asap
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    Hen laid deformed egg!

    she gets the farm feeds hi-lay pellets. Are there any good ways that you’d recommend to boost her calcium?
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    Hen laid deformed egg!

    Hi everyone, I’m a bit alarmed because this morning my leghorn hen laid an egg but it seemed to be missing some shell. In the past few weeks she has also laid eggs which looked a little cracked but I thought it was because I might’ve accidentally bumped them or something. She gets a diet of...
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