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    New to ducks, lings keep dying!

    I've had chickens for three years and just bought ducks but I keep losing the two or three week old ducklings. I have two wh drake, and six wh hens, I bought 8, two week old ducklings from the classifieds and three were boys three died and I ended up with two more hens. (Who are now feathered...
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    help! losing a hen a day,

    i found a 9 month old easter egger had foamy eyes and was sneezing. i immediately isolated her and watched her for a day but she was gone next morning. i cleaned out my coop and disinfected with acv. i gave the remaining 14 hens probiotic yoghurt and acv in their water next day nothing. day...
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    Is there a FAQ for those newbies starting out?

    I'm after a certain egg colour and no chicks in my area so I'm looking to hatch my own with bought eggs, but have no idea where to start. Anyone link to a post with it all?
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    I have 7 chickens, would you add a duck or two?

    And if so which breed for consistent (but not every day) egg laying, and cold hardy in central bc where it can get below -30. Pretty would be a bonus but not required. Oh and do they absolutely have to have water to paddle in? To be happy? Or are there any that will be ok with just having water...
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    One 18mo sick and died, one 6mo fine and died, eat the eggs?

    Would you eat eggs from a coop when two birds have fallen sick and died in two days. Cuddy has been sick for a couple of days and I had to put her out of her pain yesterday.symptoms started with a bent forward foot, then that righted itself but she had closed up eyes, then the runs started. She...
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    Finally a coloured egg!

    Had to share because you'll get it! I bought three supposedly coloured egg laying chicken a couple of months ago, to add to my flock of 6, aside from not being anywhere near laying they were painfully thin and when she grabbed them she was rougher than I thought necessary and they didn't...
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    Oh god why won't they lay??!!

    I have 9 ladies. Two were laying, six are ? Maybe still too young but I didn't hatch them and was lied to about them being POL (three months ago) The two who were laying stopped to moult. That was a month ago and they are fully re feathered. I have added light in the coop this last week so they...
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    Angst- to clip wings or not?

    I'm firmly against clipping my chickens wings, but one of my girls flew over the 9' high fence today. Luckily she was very surprised and walked back to me right away to go back in the run, but now I'm worried what might have happened if I hasn't been right there feeding/defrosting their water...
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    Oh god is this worms?!

    I'm new at chickens, I added three new chooks to my flock after a two week quarantine. (now 9 ladies) and the only two old enough to lay have stopped for their moult but this morning I found what looks like a worm in the poop pile. Advice please because I'm grossed out.
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    Meet my new mystery chickens

    They are so pretty!! Apparently they lay 'coloured' eggs. Anyone got any ideas on breeds, just for my info. Thanks.
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    Can't lay, won't lay?

    One of my three "15month old" chickens has not laid an egg in the entire time I've had her, she was bottom of the pecking order so I introduced three new younger chickens, and fed her (her names House) separately so she is DEFINATELY getting food, but, In two months has neither laid or...
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    Chicken with 5 toes...I have a mutant!!

    My buff Orpington mix (I think) has 5 toes on each foot! Just wanted to share her special-ness :D not looking for a solve etc.
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    What have I got?

    Two speckled hens one black (poss Orpington!?!) getting two eggs a day from these three And two small brown and one dark brown 3/5 month olds so not sure what gender yet.
  14. traceyj

    New to chickens in BC Canada

    Hi all I'm new to chickens, I have three 15mo old hens, and get one or two eggs a day I've been reading up on cold weather chicken proofing. My girls are local so should be ok, the kids have over wintered here twice and they still forget the whole 'freeze to death if you don't take a hat' thing!
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