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    All stopped laying and now dying..

    please help - we havent had an egg laid by all 9 girls in almost a month. There has been no change to environment or feed. I thought maybe it was from the malt. But i just had to put one girl down last week because i found her just flopping around on the ground. when i picked her up she weighed...
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    Rooster with swivel head? Normal?

    i just adopted this rooster a week ago. Super sweet. Active. Healthy eater and grazer out here on 3 acres with all my hens. Everything looks awesome on him. No runny eyes or nose. No wheezing. Seems perfectly healthy minus this tic or itch or something he seems to have on his left side of his...
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    PLEASE IMMEDIATE HELP! Crest ripped off on pekin duck!

    Update: first and foremost thank you all for your responses and advice. After keeping her indoors for a few days and culling our rooster I’m proud to say all is back to harmony. Fro’s poor crest finally fell off all together after the attack so now she has more of a little tuft rather than an...
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    PLEASE IMMEDIATE HELP! Crest ripped off on pekin duck!

    You’re so sweet thank you for calming words and offering help!
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    PLEASE IMMEDIATE HELP! Crest ripped off on pekin duck!

    please please anyone that can help. My rooster, who as of today is no longer with us ...ripped the crest damn near clean off my pekin duck girls head. She was covered in blood head to tail when I got home and it just looks like bloody mushy skin at the top of her head where her crest USED to be...
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    Help! Not laying in nest

    Help please! My girls have started laying! So, as a poultry parent I am beyond excited! But, it was in my bale of hay under my house and Not in the wonderful nesting boxes they have in the coop. They don’t really use them for anything. They all roost on the rafters about 6ft off the ground at...
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    New older ducklings never handled

    So this website first of all has been a savior to my first flocks. Ducks and chickens included. Unfortunately with the amount of land I have I am prone to predators and this first set of birds I've learned a lot. I lost my sweet pekin Zipper to a coon, then a couple of days later one even...
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