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    Massive Hemorrhage or Attack?

    No, I haven't opened him up. I just found him. No toxic plants, chemicals, or rusty waterers - they're plastic. We occasionally do get rats, but I haven't had any recently that I know of.
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    Massive Hemorrhage or Attack?

    I just found one of my muscovies dead. He bleed out profusely from his mouth and had been coughing up blood. There's only blood in his immediate area and he doesn't appear to have any other injuries. I do have 2 other drakes, but none of them have ever shown any signs of aggression. I did notice...
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    SO MANY LICE!!! ARGH!!!

    Get some peat moss and diatomaceous earth and mix it together in a dust bath. Diatomaceous earth is a harmless insecticide that can be bought at most feed stores. If you don't have a dust bath for your chickens one can be made easily with a piece of plywood, an old tire and some screws. Cut the...
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    Soft shell eggs

    Layena or some other form of calcium enriched feed may help. It won't hurt your other birds either.
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    Mystery illness - please help

    Marek's will show symptoms of paralysis. She may have just injured her foot. Does it look like there's any scrapes or sores on it? Have you seen her straighten it?
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    How much pecking is normal?

    For roosters it's very difficult to have more than one. They often have to be raised together from a young age, need a lot of space, and lots of ladies to choose from or one will likely kill the other eventually. For hens what's normal would be warning pecks, some chasing, and maybe a few...
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    29 days and no hatches with broody duck

    Give it some time yet.
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    Do chickens feel love?

    They absolutely experience a chicken version of it. I'm convinced of it and I never used to think they were capable of forming bonds and attachments beyond instinctual ones until recently. I had a young pullet pass away and before she died I was babying her for a few months. This was a bird...
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    Pullet has a bad leg, any advice?

    bump
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    Are these roost ok?

    Was it large enough and level? They won't roost if it's not nearly level. Lol, they are picky creatures!
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    Are these roost ok?

    Or you could cut down a few small straight trees, old shovel handles work well too. Anything of a decent size that's round and straight. Other than that your roosts looked lovely!
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    Are these roost ok?

    Chickens prefer round roosts, square edges can hurt their feet and since the new ones are more narrow that may explain why they don't stay on them for long periods of time.
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    Paper-thin egg shells

    You could feed them some calcium enriched feed for awhile. Purina's Layena works good for us.
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    Guinea Challenges

    :rant
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    Dog attacked chicken - ripped out tail feathers

    If it were me I'd rather she had more space to heal up. If she's fully healed there shouldn't be any serious issues reintroducing her. The others might bully her a bit in the beginning like they do with all noobies, but as long as they're not harming her I wouldn't worry. Just keep an eye on her...
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