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    Is this the beginning of angel wing?

    Hi all. I have a 5 week old Blue Swedish who has some wing feathers that appear to be sprawling outward. Is this angel wing? I haven't had a duck with angel wing before so I'm not really sure if it is angel wing or just abnormal feather growth. Whatever it is, it seems to be more noticeable in...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    Hey all! Just wanted to mention that this month is Grey's birthday. I don't know exactly when she was born, since I got her in late February 2017 at about 12 weeks. So I just clock back three months to December 2016. This is her fifth birthday. Grey shares her birthday with another one of my...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    I don't think amount of space has anything to do with pecking order, except if they're stuck in their coop all day they will get cranky and stuff. I used to see a lot of fighting in the winter because none of my chickens would want to venture out in the snow, so they'd be stuck in the coop...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    I mean, I've purchased several copper marans who've ended up with incredibly little copper. I got a Blue Copper Maran this year for example who has no copper at all except for this little spec on one of her neck feathers. I hope she gets more as she gets older, but she probably wont. Hatchery...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    School hatching project? That's cool! Most schools I know of just do butterflies or something to that extent. Fuzzy looks like a Black Copper Maran to me! I had a Black Copper Maran ruling my flock at one point too, but she was the exact opposite of Fuzzy. Her name was Charcoal, and she was...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    It's a bit of a science haha. I'll ramble a bit for you: Some chickens certainly do get pecked a lot, which as you said, means their probably towards the bottom and a common target. It's mainly about keeping track of who's pecking who, and who isn't. Who is getting pecked consistently by who...
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    Sorry to hear she's not doing well! I totally forgot to mention that Grey is only 3.5 lbs, so it seems size really doesn't matter for who gets to be on charge. It's all about the attitude!
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    Look at her standing tall and proud! Love to see it.
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    Who's the head of your pecking order?

    I'll go first. Out of my chickens, the leader of the pecking order is a Blue Americana hen named Grey. She will be five years old next month. She's one of my favorites and her story is quite interesting I think. During her youth, she was quite a personality. She was raised with another Blue...
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    Are ducks afraid of dogs?

    My dog likes to run right past my ducks to spook them for fun, but she has never harmed them. My dog was raised with my first three ducks, and she watched all later ducks grow up from day one. So it seems as long as they're familiar with each other it will be fine. As for wild dogs, one of my...
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    A moment with a Chicken and a Goose

    She would do anything for them
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    A moment with a Chicken and a Goose

    That's awesome! Go team goose! Yeah my goose will heard all of my ducks to the coop at night which is super helpful. In the pre-goose days, the ducks would just sit in the pond and I would have to retrieve them at night by splashing the water with a stick. It was super annoying and stressful...
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    Unusual Friends

    There is this blue heron that has visited my area every summer for years. We call the heron "Tall Duck". Each year, it seems Tall Duck gets closer with my ducks & goose, although my goose doesn't trust Tall Duck very much. Here's a few photos of them all over the years:
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    Stories of chicken running away?

    A couple years ago, one of my Blue Americanas randomly disappeared. Her name was Blue (we are very creative), and she was our smallest and weakest chicken. The very bottom of the pecking order. One night, she didn't come home with the rest of the flock. We searched everywhere. My family and I...
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    A moment with a Chicken and a Goose

    Yes she is a super african! She does a great job protecting my ducks, but unfortunately she doesn't care too much about my chickens.
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