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    Broody duck just hatched one duckling - care advice?

    Hi - I have a duck who has been broody and just hatched a duckling this morning. She has one more egg so that may hatch too. She made her nest outside, so I'm wondering how to help her care for her babies. Should I let them stay outside in this nest? Try to get them into a coop? Our existing...
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    what kind of electric fence?

    now I'm using one-inch chicken wire to fill gaps an make floors for the coops instead of electric fence.Because the guy selling the fence charger said a weasel or raccoon could easily go under it.
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    what kind of electric fence?

    I have had 2 ducks and 3 chickens eaten by a predator (I think it's a fox, raccoon, or a weasel. I thought that maybe electric fence would keep it out, so I was wondering if solar powered or a/c would work better
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    How to tell layers from non-layers

    Hi - I saw somewhere (in a book? online?) some pictures that showed how to tell whether an older hen is still laying. It had to do with the tail position, but I can't find the pictures now. We have a mixed-age flock and a friend is giving away some of hers, and I'd like not to be stuck with a...
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    not reaccepted hen

    thanks for all the advice. I haven't tried it yet, but I hope it will work.
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    not reaccepted hen

    Does it matter what breed they are? If it does, they are all Rhode Island Reds (Not purebred - they came from Agway)
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    not reaccepted hen

    I had a hen that got bad frostbite, and it had to be kept inside for a while to regrow its comb. her comb is now fine, but when I tried to put her back with the other hens, they all attacked her. By the time I got her out she was bleeding on her wattle. right now she is in the barn, and I don't...
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    sick chick

    Thanks for all the good advice - but sad to say, the chick died this morning. Laura (previous posts were from my son, Jesse)
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    sick chick

    I got it to drink some sugar water, but it still won't eat (oops, I didn't mean to say that twice)
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    sick chick

    I got it to drink some sugarwater, but it still won't eat
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    sick chick

    yesterday it was eating and drinking; now, it won't eat or drink.
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    sick chick

    I checked it, and it pooped!
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    sick chick

    I have a Rhode Island Red chick with poop stuck on its butt, and it hasn't pooped since I found it with the poop on its butt. I separated it from the other chicks, washed it off, and I am drying it off with a light, but it keeps collapsing. I couldn't get it to eat anything, and I tried egg yolk.
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    Limping chicken

    Nope, she walks like this all the time.
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    Limping chicken

    One of my RIRs has developed a strange walk - she looks like John Cleese doing his funny walks on Monty Python. Doesn't seem to want to put one foot down. We examined her feet and legs and find no swelling, scabs, growths, redness. She doesn't seem in pain when the leg is touched or...
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