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    Help with female duck

    Yes, I can feel the egg.
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    Help with female duck

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    Help with female duck

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    Help with female duck

    I have a female duck who was running around with an egg hanging out in the sack. I have caught her and put her in a warm bathtub for now, but I don't know what else to do to help her without hurting her. Thanks, Kelly
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    Beak tip missing

    That's what I was thinking. He is in our downstairs bathroom right now with a deep bowl of food and water. I figured a little quite would be good after the morning he has had!
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    Beak tip missing

    We just had our 2 roosters get into a fight and one is missing the tip of his top beak. Will he be able to eat and drink?
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    Broody hen and rat snake

    We have watched it come in! It goes up the outside wire to where the gables meet the walls and crawls all the way back to the hen house in a space that is about 1". Impossible to block it all off. I may try putting moth balls up there and see if it works! Thanks!
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    Broody hen and rat snake

    No the snake gets in every 5-7 days after he is "relocated" to the other side of the property. If he didn't keep the copperheads away it would be a different story! I think I will move her to a smaller coop to be safe!
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    Broody hen and rat snake

    I have a hen who just went broody yesterday but I also have a black rat snake who keeps getting in the nesting boxes. Will he disturb her or can I move her to a smaller coop.
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    How can I tell if a chicken broke her back?

    Thanks! I had isolated her in a carrier in the house in a unused bathroom for about 3 hours and when I checked on her she was up and even laid an egg. So I gave her food and water and put her outside in the carrier for about 2 more hours. When I carried the carrier to the coop and opened it she...
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    How can I tell if a chicken broke her back?

    We woke up to a racket in the coop and when I went out to see what it was I found one of our hens ( all mixed breeds) on the floor not moving. They sleep up on box about 3 1/2 feet off the ground and since she was the only one on the ground I assume she fell off. She was on her side not...
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