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    Pekin drake aggressive towards some females

    I'm curious too but just had foot surgery and it'll be a little bit before I can be out there to supervise and try it.
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    Pekin drake aggressive towards some females

    I've thought about it but haven't tried it yet as I think I would want to supervise the entire time. the two he's aggressive with both have leg issues (maybe that's why he acts like this??) and I wouldn't want him to hurt them if they were in the pen with him and couldn't get away.
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    Pekin drake aggressive towards some females

    We honestly can't figure out if he hates the two he harasses or if he likes them too much! We thought adding 2 more females would spread the love around a bit more!
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    Pekin drake aggressive towards some females

    Yes - just the one drake and then 4 females.
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    Pekin drake aggressive towards some females

    Hello everyone. I have 5 pekins - a drake and 4 females. The drake and 2 of the females have been together here since they were ducklings and are now 4 years old. Last summer we took in 2 rescues that have leg issues (big swollen joints, probably improper nutrition as ducklings) and after their...
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    Breed and/or cross guesses?

    I got these 3 chicks from Tractor Supply and they *thought* they were Easter Eggers. I ended up with 1 roo and 2 hens. The hens lay green/olive eggs. All three have varying amounts of cream color on them, plus some black. One hen has a crest, one doesn't. The roo, named Chunk, is just stunning...
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    Ended Brinsea - Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest! 10th Annual 2019 New Years Day Hatch-a-long!

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    Delaware or Rhode Island White?

    Thanks for confirming my guess! Tractor Supply's mislabeling (no surprise there!) is my gain! I have three of them and they are gorgeous birds. :)
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    Delaware or Rhode Island White?

    Sold at Tractor Supply as a Rhode Island White. But......it looks like a Delaware to me.
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    I promise, it's not. It's loose enough I can fit my pinky finger in there. Just how things are positioned in the photo. :)
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    Just an update. Chick Chick is gaining strength every day, but has not yet regained her place in the flock. I would say that 97% of the flock is indifferent - it's really just 2 birds (that are fairly low in the pecking order) that start up with her. And then my male duck gets involved for some...
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    Can Chickens and Ducks Coexist

    Yes - they can - ours do - BUT the ducks will make a mess of the water. I have to change out the water pans a lot more often with just 3 ducks here.
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    I did not witness any issues before I left in terms of her being bullied. I'm thinking they started pushing her out while I was gone and hubby was at work all day and not around to observe. She took to hiding under the ramp into the coop and when he couldn't find her at night when he locked them...
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    She is definitely lonely. She does this sad little cluck all the time and follows me if I'm outside. Poor thing. No fun being ostracized! She's in the crate now under the tree and the flock is out around her. She seems ok with that and they seem ok with her in the crate.
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    I'm thinking I may set up the wire dog crate (no plastic bottom) out in the yard under a big shady tree for her. This is the same thing I've done with birds that have had some leg injuries. And I'll move her to a smaller crate in the coop at night. Hopefully this works.
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    Need a little help with a hen being targeted by the flock

    I just got back from being away for a week and walked into a mess. I had a hen I discovered right before I left that seemed to have been suffering from in impacted crop. Not wanting to surgically empty her crop before going out of town, I massaged the heck out of it for the few days before I...
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    Chicken with hard, swollen abdomen - help!

    Thanks. This hen and the one I had to put down in December were both red sex links. I wonder if they are more susceptible for it being bred to be heavy layers? They were the same age and the one that's still alive is about a month shy of 2 years old.
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    Chicken with hard, swollen abdomen - help!

    ...She does NOT and has never shown symptoms of - rasping, wheezing, coughing, eye discharge, nasal discharge On internal exam - I can feel there is *something* filling up her abdominal cavity, but I don't know what or how to get it to pass. I'm assuming lash eggs, but how do I get her to get...
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    Sick hen - can't figure out what's wrong

    Additional info after giving her a physical exam today - Her breast/chest is extremely emaciated - pretty much skin and bone. Her abdomen, on the other hand, is pretty full and hard feeling. It is NOT squishy but very firm. An internal exam - didn't really feel anything when I went up...
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    Sick hen - can't figure out what's wrong

    Here is a photo of her tonight - you can see the small, pale comb and wattles. You can also see the loose droppings on the towel behind her.
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