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  1. jujubean99

    Very troubled chick

    Ah, so hard when they are troubled. They're so fragile! I'd watch to see if the little one is drinking and eating on its own. If not, water in an eye dropper and food mixed with yogurt is a good bet. I've heard that chickens with cross beak drink more effectively from a hanging water nipple...
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    My Silkie is crooked

    Yesterday I adopted a young silkie hen from someone who didn't want her anymore. I brought her home and put her in with my other adult bantams. They have pretty much ignored her and a couple times they tried to show her where the food was. All she does is sit wherever I put her. I noticed she...
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    Cracked open a viable egg! NO!!!!

    Oh, I am so sorry. That is so terribly hard to handle! Every chicken owner knows what it's like to make a mistake and lose a creature under their care- whether its forgetting to close the gate and night and a raccoon massacre occurs, your dog getting out and killing your birds, or any number of...
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    Do Silkies need other silkies??

    Hello all! I hope I'm posting in the right category here. My question is this: do silkie chickens need other silkies? The full story- I've had bantam chickens for years, love them to death, but I've somehow never ended up with a silkie. Recently in a freak accident a dog got into my yard...
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    ducks bonded to wrong breed?

    I have 4 ducks, a boy and a girl of each kind and I was planning on letting them have ducklings this coming spring, but unfortunately they have bonded to the wrong breed, the silver appleyard boy to the australian spotted girl and vice versa. any ideas on how to make them bond to the other breed...
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    Duck Lost & found, but now he is acting weird

    A couple of days ago one of my bantam ducks flew away. We wer'nt sure if he was taken by a hawk or if he just flew away (this is the ducks first snow, and they were kinda wigged out by it), so anyways we looked and looked for him but figured he was gone. a couple days later we found him (someone...
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    baby wood duck?

    I am sorry if I made the wrong decision to take him from the lake, who knows, maybe mom was just around the corner. He wasn't looking so hot though, he looked like he was sick or ailing, at the time I thought it was pure exhaustion. I took him to the wildlife rehab place and they looked at him...
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    baby wood duck?

    I called the local wildlife rehab place and I am bringing him in to them now, thanks for the info.! They say they just got in a couple more baby wood ducks, so the little guy should be happy there!!! Right now he is laying down by the heater sleeping
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    baby wood duck?

    Mother was no where around. I watched for a little while and I saw no other ducks on the lake but a group of drakes. The little fellow was crying and lost looking and I don't think he would have survived the night. There are duckling eating bullfrogs and lots of raccoons and birds on the lake...
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    baby wood duck?

    I was sitting on the dock and I saw a tiny tiny baby duck running around on the lake all alone and cold and wet and scared, so I got him. he is in the bathroom in a box w the heater on. What should I do? What does he eat, drink, need? I have never rescued a baby duck before, I want him to be...
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    duck with skin rubbed raw?

    my ducks are about a month old and one of them has her pointy wing feather tube things coming in and they are rubbing parts of her skin raw. She bleeds sometimes and it looks painful. Should I wrap her in gauze with neosporin? Would that be helpful? What else should I do for her? Thanks!
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    how to convince mother that we need more chickens?

    My mom and I have discovered the wonderful world of ducks, and we love them dearly, but we also have some chickens. She now wants to keep more ducks and let our chickens live out their lives and not get more ever. I love the chickens and ducks equally, and I want to have both. How do I convince...
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    Rhode Island Tree Bird

    haha!!! I love it! Thats so cute, some of my birds like trees unfortunately they like to eat my plums and when I go to pick them they have little bite marks in them . . . I eat them anyways
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    who can tell me about bantam ducks?

    yes, I ordered the bantam assortment. One of them died at 1 week old (it was absolutely devastating ) so we have 9. In theory, they do not send snowy silkies in the assortments, but I think they slipped one in, or maybe my duck identifying skills are very very poor. Pics will be coming soon if...
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    who can tell me about bantam ducks?

    I have an assortment of bantam ducks that are about 3 weeks old. I am looking for any other people who have bantam ducks and if you could tell me anything about their disposition, how often they lay eggs, hatching and mothering abilities etc. I know these ducks are not very common, so any info...
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    name for my 3 drakes!!

    charmedbychickens, before I even opened the post I was going to suggest that!!!!
  17. jujubean99

    all due respect but. . .

    wolfwoman: I am not necessarily talking lifestyle, if (hypothetical stories coming up) you have lived your life hunting or raising your own food and you are restricted by age, then I am fine with you buying family farmed or minimal cruelty meat. If you live your life denying the fact that a...
  18. jujubean99

    *Suprise Babies*

    aawww!!!! I want 'em so bad!!! I can't have anymore but I just can't take the cuteness!!!
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    all due respect but. . .

    oh, that button. . .I know where that one is !!!!! My point about humans not eating animals because we don't need to anymore I stand by, and as for nature: I do not like what goes on, but it is what has been going on on this planet for millions of years, and it is the epitome of natural. I am...
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    all due respect but. . .

    Thanks everyone! Lets keep this thread going if possible, obviously this is a very controversial issue and I am glad we can discuss it civilly, I have seen some topics get really nasty. Also, I mentioned before that I can't function technologies (it took me about 2 hours and lots of help to...
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