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    How to transport a Muscovy drake to the vet ...?

    Hello, I am hoping to get some advice on how to transport my Muscovy drake (Darth Brooks 🌟) to the vet tomorrow morning...? I have a large dog crate, but it's fabric... And the seams aren't brilliant... He definitely won't fit in our cat carrier... I have an estate car and he could go right...
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    Meat for chickens; yes or no??

    Our chickens will eat cat food whenever they get the chance, so I mix the powder from the bottom of the cat biscuits bag in with their "porridge"... They catch mice in the coops - big treat! They have also been seen catching and eating baby snakes! You can absolutely see just how little...
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    Muscovy drake name

    They are such rock stars 🕺
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    Muscovy drake name

    We have rehomed a Muscovy drake this year and he's earned himself the name Darth (as in Vader for the heavy breathing 😂) Brooks (cos he's such a Star ⭐ with his quiff!)... Party 🎉🥳 trick - if you say "Dude" to him, he'll put his quiff up! Super cool! He loves eating corn 🌽, snails 🐌, and...
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    Poll Time: Cool the Coop & Chickens

    We had a month of 40°C / 104°F days last summer! I helped the flock stay cool by changing all the water 3 or 4 times a day, adding ice during the hottest part of the day. A shade cloth over the open coop window that was wetted down a couple of times a day. Wet cloths on the tin roofs of the...
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    Comment by 'Scots in France' in article 'Keeping Muscovy Ducks'

    Thank you for such an informative article! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💜🙏🏼 We have recently homed a Muscovy drake as he was pining after the chickens he lived with were taken away, and he was getting himself in harms way in the village he lived in. So now he's got a wee cabin (we're going to make a bigger, better...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Protect Your Chickens From Predators?

    Our Flock free ranges during the day, all of the coops are secure with perimeter fencing and locked doors. We have about a dozen roosters and about 3 dozen hens. We have occasional losses due to foxes, pine martens, hawks will take chicks if they can and the last hen was eaten by a stray hunt...
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    What's your flock's favorite treat?

    We have a Red Eared Terrapin who only eats prawns 🦐 but the prawns we get in the shops here in the south of France are too big for her to eat... So we take the heads off the prawns and freeze them, they make THE BEST treat ever!!! And it's really funny watching the chickens grab one and run...
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    Rooster in fight yesterday, lethargic today, runny nose at roost time, deceased 1 hour later! Information & advice please 🙏

    So we're now 2 days later and ALL the other chickens are fine... I will keep monitoring, but hopefully it was just post fight stress overwhelm... Poor guy! 🙏💜🙏💜🙏
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    A fun question on naming your chickens.

    Great Post 📯! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Our Flock grew from 2 hens (Matron and Blanche) to a maximum of 60 birds over 2 years so they don't all have names... If they have spent time in the house, they will have a name! Baby-Baby (original rooster who I didn't want to give a proper name to in case he had to...
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    Hawk attack? Can someone help determine what tried to kill my girls yesterday? What else should I do? BYC link below saved my girls life!

    Sorry your birds got attacked! Chickens are amazingly tough creatures and can survive some extreme injuries! 😁 💪🏽 🐔 🐓 We had a hen attacked by a pine marten last year, she lost a 3" square piece of flesh between her shoulders! She spent about 6 weeks in the house being nursed and has returned...
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    Rooster in fight yesterday, lethargic today, runny nose at roost time, deceased 1 hour later! Information & advice please 🙏

    Thank you 🙏🙏
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    Rooster in fight yesterday, lethargic today, runny nose at roost time, deceased 1 hour later! Information & advice please 🙏

    Hiya everyone, thank you for being there to ask! 🙏💜🙏 I have a mixed Flock of free ranging chickens, big coop has 18 birds, 6 of them are roosters, ages 1 to 2 years old. The boys have been having a few fights over the girls over the last month or so, just pecked combs, bit of blood, nothing...
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    chicken moving

    Should be exactly the same, or easier as the coop will be familiar territory! 😁 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 🌸 ✨ 💙 ✨ 🌸
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    chicken moving

    When I move chicks and hens between coops, I leave them shut in the new location for a week, that's usually long enough for them to realise where the new home is... First couple of evenings after they're free, usually requires a gentle guided walk in... Definitely helps if they are going back...
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    Post Your Nifty Tips and Tricks You've Learned Along the Way that Makes Chicken Keeping Easier

    Absolutely! Though if you need to use it for chicks, the smaller mesh the better! 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 🌸 ✨ 💙 ✨ 🌸
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    Post Your Nifty Tips and Tricks You've Learned Along the Way that Makes Chicken Keeping Easier

    I have only been looking after chickens for 2 years, every day is a school day! 😂 Things I have learned the hard way :- 1. Guaranteed they will do exactly what you don't want them to! 😂 😂 😂 2. Be patient (very!) keep focused on what you want them to do and give them 10 minutes or so...
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    Good tips that you use to keep chickens cool in the summer when it is 100°

    I either finely chop or grate fruit & veg for our young birds, makes it easy for them to eat! And if you put their "treats / snacks" in the fridge, rather than the freezer, you won't cool them down too much! 😁 Important that they have shade and plenty of water... 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 🌸 ✨ 💙 ✨ 🌸
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    Mice

    That's a great idea! 😁 And an easy way to up their protein intake too! 😂 I have seen one of the older hens kill a mouse, but she just walked away afterwards... I will let you know how we get on... 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 🌸 ✨ 💙 ✨ 🌸
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    Injured rooster, nearly recovered BUT shrunken wattles??? Caution gory photos!

    Thank you! 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 That is exactly the answer I was hoping for! I am sure that when there are some girls around he'll start feeling more like he should! Quite amazing what resilient creatures they are! 😁 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 💜 🙏🏽 🌸 ✨ 💙 ✨ 🌸
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