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Thanks for the advice, will let you know how I get on, lets hope for the best, gizzie is one of the family and such tough little duck

Yes she is eating and drinking welll

Thanks for the advice, going to ring vet first thing in morning, yes they have a house which I lock them away each night, unfortunatley the fox attacked again one evening when I was late home from work ( how I hate the winter ). The wound looked like it had healed fine thats why I put her back...

Hi, 2 weeks ago I had a fox attack and lost 1 duck and found 2 injured. 1 had a cut across her neck which I cleaned and is now fine, the second had a really deep bite to her wing, I cleaned the wound and covered with iodine and kept her in the kitchen, she was drinking every 10 mins. This was 2...

Hi I have recently got 4 khaki cambell ducks which will not go in the coop at night, I have tried hearding and catching but they get to stressed and run, I have also removed the food during the day and place in the coop in the evening. They all go straight to the coop for the food but work has...

My chickens have settled in nicley and aer coming out of the coop freely, the other night my husband walked up to the stables and they ran under the gate to meet him. Every time we go to the stables they come out and want to be around you, a couple have even started to eat out of our hands...

My chickens seem to be coming out of the coop at little more, everytime i go upto the stables they come and have a look and then stay out for a while. When I went to feed the alpaca tonight they came waiting for their tea, they then quite happily fed alongside of the alpaca and even stood their...

My chickens came out for a while today while i moved the coop to the stables the field was getting to muddy. They only seem to come out when we are about the stables, they met the cat and the alpaca today. Seemed to be ok apart from the two baby alpaca who seem to be a bit to interested, but at...

Thanks for that, I will just let them come out in thier own time, think it may take a while for them to get used to the alpaca as well. Have tried coxing with treats but that does not work, the only time they come out is when i clean the coop daily and that is only into the temporary run I...

I ve just got four new chickens ( never had any before ). They are approx 18 weeks old, I want them to be free range in the fields. I have had them in the coop for for days and now trying to get tem to go into the fields but don't seem able to cox them out. Does anyone have any advice. D