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    Trouble in paradise - female on male aggression

    Hi all! I have a pair of ducks, one drake Indian runner and one female mixed breed, for about 2 years now. They've always been so sweet and doting.. the male follows the female everywhere and is very sweet to her. They have been together since ducklings. We have recently moved house to south...
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    Skinny young shamo, stunted growth - ANY IDEAS!?

    Hi all, I have a young shamo (9 months old) who is not growing as fast as she should be. She is also much skinnier than the others and looks generally hunched up. She is eating and drinking. I took her to the vet when she was much younger as she was skinny even then and he gave me some...
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    Urgent Reminder-PLEASE Quarantine Newly Acquired Birds!

    Hi! I have recently posted about a rescue Roo I got on the weekend. He has a badly injured leg and also an ear infection so he is on vet prescribed antibiotics and is in the shed on his own. The antibiotics course ends on friday. Does putting the bird on antibiotics whilst in quarentine lessen...
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    Dying of old age (natural death) symptoms

    This made me so sad :( A similar thing happened to the roo I raised when I was little, a younger cockerel beat him up and even though we ended up the dispatching the younger boy the older boy just gave up after that.. he would just go and sit in the field on his own. So tragic. Cockerels are my...
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    Abuse at Auctions/Embedded Leg Rings

    Thanks hes on vet prescribed antibiotics now so ill give him a few days in isolation and see if the ear infection comes back. If it does ill take him to the vets and get him some ear drops or something. I'll take off his bandage tomorrow to give his leg some air and with some good food and...
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    Abuse at Auctions/Embedded Leg Rings

    Hi All, I went to a poultry auction today to sell some of my breeding stock before winter. Anyway, I have noticed a consistent problem with poultry auctions and that is that so often sick or injured birds are brought to sale because their breeders want to offload them. Admittedly this is worse...
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    very sick O Shamo Stag

    Hi Everyone, I need your help. My O shamo stag, Charlie, has been going downhill for a week now. These are his symptoms: - weight loss - sleepy and apathetic - eating and drinking normally - moulting more severely than usual - red mites - milky white poo I treated him with Ivermectin a week...
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    Birds for Sale UK

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1016205/rhode-island-red-and-silkie-breeding-pairs-and-miscovy-ducklings-for-sale Hi! I just posted some birds for sale and noticed that most of the adverts are for birds in the USA. If anyone in the UK is looking for new breeding stock/pets check out the link...
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    Rhode Island Red and Silkie breeding pairs and Miscovy ducklings for sale

    Hi! In an effort to cut down on my breeds before winter I have the following birds for sale: - Single Comb Rhode Island Red Bantam Pair - show quality - £25 - Rose Comb Rhode Island Red Bantam Pair - pet quality - £12 - Partridge Silkies - show quality - £25 - A Light Sussex Bantam Pullet -...
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    Where can I can get Amoxycillin without having to get a prescription?

    Do you know what the ich treatment is called?
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    Where can I can get Amoxycillin without having to get a prescription?

    I think my chicken has clostridium prefrecans (?) so I need antibiotics. I've given her loads of food and stuff but she needs antibiotics asap. does anyone know where I can get some??
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Firstly, do you just have one duck? Are you keeping her inside? Ducks aren't house pets, they need to be messy, they need to swim and wade around. Putting a diaper on the duck will just make her vulnerable to horrible infection and will most likely just distress her and knock her off balance...
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    Adult Shamo Cockerel Wants Me Dead. Help.

    Hi All! Please help... I have kept Shamo (/O Shamo) for some time and have always raised my stags from chicks so, although they can be pushy at times, they have never been 'dangerous' to people. However, last weekend I rehomed an adult Shamo stag which had found its way into the RSPCA and...
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    WHAT IS THIS!?

    Hi all, This is driving me mad. Can anyone identify this cockerel breed? I'm pretty certains he's an actual thing and not a mix. Please help!
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    Introducing O Shamos

    Hey! I have an O Shamo cock who is a few months old (still very young) and I am about to get a hen for him who is about a year old. Does anyone know if I can mix them yet? Or will the hen attack the little guy? O Shamos are extremely aggressive so if anyone has any experience with them I would...
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