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    Young ducks with older chickens eating layer pellets

    My 3 ducks are happily living with my hens. It's their 3rd night sharing the coop and run and they seem fine. Ducks are 6-7 weeks, hens are years plus. I want to know if the ducks can eat the layer pellets right now or will that make them sick? Do I need a different food until they start laying?
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    Will my ducks choke?

    The night temps are still below 50, I was thinking they would snuggle in the hay but decided to keep bringing them in the garage until it warms up more. Thanks for the advice. They do have water in the run but don't go drink it. I use nipple waterers inside the coop, which they have always used...
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    Will my ducks choke?

    I just introduced my ducks to the chicken run today. My 3 khaki Campbells (supposed to be female) are 5 weeks old, and will be living with my 5 assorted breed hens. Yesterday they all free ranged together, I was worried about the duckies, but they were pushing my hens around! Now they are all in...
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    One of my silkies has a severe foot problem

    I did two nights in a row of dipping, then took last night off. Tonight I tried Vaseline, because I thought it would be easier. The Vaseline was less messy, but I felt unsure that I got into all the nooks and crannies of her feet. I tried to do a lot of rubbing, a huge chunk of yuck came off. Is...
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    Should I treat my dying hen for scaly leg and dust her for lice?

    Well she seemed to do a bit better yesterday but this morning she died. I did treat her the night before last but I don't think that had anything to do with her death. We have had three deaths over the past 2 years that were similar, we haven't noticed until its too late that something is wrong...
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    Depressed and Lonely chicken

    Aww, poor girl. I'd get babies if you can but I guess there's no knowing for sure. The babies might bond and still leave her out. At least she'd be the boss? I've got three silkies and three bigger chickens and the pecking order has changed here and there but one of my silkies takes the brunt of...
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    Should I treat my dying hen for scaly leg and dust her for lice?

    One of my hens definitely has scaly leg, I wasn't sure about the rest so I thought I'd treat all to be safe. So far just dipped their legs in oil the last two nights. One of my silkies has since been doing poorly, her breastbone is protruding, so I think the stress of the dips pushed her over...
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    One of my silkies has a severe foot problem

    Well I dipped their legs in oil last night, they weren't too pleased but did fine. I swear my silkie with the really bad case seems better already. The funny-ish thing about it is that my dog thought the oil was a yummy coating so of course broke into the run and licked one of the silkies like a...
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    One of my silkies has a severe foot problem

    I just dipped all my hens in oil ( their legs!), they weren't happy. Tomorrow I'll dust their bodies. Offhand how long before we can eat the eggs after we dust?
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    One of my silkies has a severe foot problem

    Maybe severe scaly leg? None of my other chickens have it, but I did just discover they all have lice. I was going to get a couple of new pulleys today but I guess I should wait. What is the best course of action? How do I know if it's something else with her feet?
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    sick baby chicks

    Well the last 2 made it and are out in the coop. I kept them in our garage up until they were 3 months, it's so cold here right now I didn't have the heart to put them out! Now the only problem is they won't go up into the henhouse at night, the rest of my chickens go up (1 barred rock and 3...
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    Hello from Woodinville

    Quote: Yes it is!
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    sick baby chicks

    What I didn't mention was that we did get 2 more from the same batch to replace the ones that died (I KNOW - my 6 year old insisted we try again and I thought well they'll either die at the store or at our house). Anyhow they were fine until today one started looking bad and now is on her way...
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    Hello from Woodinville

    We've got 3 silkies, one barred rock, one americauna, and now 2 baby wellsummers and a baby light brahma. We've been doing chickens for just over a year. We've lost a maran and a silver laced wyandotte (don't know why). Chickens are like potato chips. I want them all. Thank goodness we don't...
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    sick baby chicks

    We bought 3 chicks from a local feed store yesterday. One died overnight, and another is on her way out tonight. I went back today to get a couple more to replace them and they told me the light went out in that particular tub the night before last and they'd found a bunch dead in there in the...
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