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    Very sick Polish hen

    Hi All I hope someone can shed some light on what's wrong with my chicken. She's about a year and a half old Polish hen. I noticed she was getting lethargic a few weeks back when I had another Polish from the same flock that was very ill and we eventually had to cull her. We had a bout of lice...
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    Help! Chick hatched on it's back.....

    ...... should I help it get up? It's been on it's back for a few minutes now, pulled off the umbilical cord and kicked the shell away. Should I flip it over, or wait for it on it's own time? First ever hatch, which was unexpected as I just brought it in from the hen to the bator today!! (she...
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    Removing fertile eggs and incubating for last few days

    Hello Quick backstory: I currently have 6 duck eggs sitting in an incubator at 99.5 degrees, 55% humidity. This is my first ever hatch. I also have 2 of my hens (chicken hens, not ducks), sitting on some eggs out in their coop. By my rough judgement they're about 22 days along, so due to...
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    Ducks, chickens and ponds....

    ....... clearly don't mix. We built our pond about 4 months ago and have always known it was a risk as our chickens insist on drinking out of it, even though their water bucket is nearby. Tonight I went out to shut their coop and sadly my sweet little silky had drowned Urgh, I feel awful but...
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    So this happened....... (pics!)

    I just got back from Metzer Farms where I'd gone to pick up this little guy...... I know, I die. We already have one adult white crested female (my husband wanted the crested's - it was the only way I was going to get ducks if he chose the breed!). We had a pair, but the boy, Bob...
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    New Incubator Mum

    Advice please! My wonderful thoughtful husband bought me an egg incubator for my birthday I'm ready to do my reading and research as I'm brand new to incubating. Can anyone recommend a really good, trustworthy site or article on hatching duck eggs - everything you need to know from start to...
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    Duckling Niacin Deficiency?

    Hello I'm relatively new to ducks and have just worked out they have a special forum for ducks on this website! I hope someone has some advice / experience to share for me. I got a couple ducklings from TSC last week - one khaki campbell and one pekin. My KC, Hazel, seemed absolutely fine...
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    Can anyone help me with my duckling?

    I got her last Wednesday and she was absolutely fine for a couple of days. On Saturday I noticed her left eye looked a bit wet around it but I'm not sure if that's actually a problem or just how her eye is. On Sunday morning though, she was wobbly and her right leg is splayed out to the side...
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    Is Tetroxy HCA-280 safe for ducks?

    I have a week or so old duckling who seems fine generally, although she has a watery eye. I've given her a bath so she can swim and rinse and preen but it still seems to be watery. This morning I notice she's quite lethargic. Not overly so, maybe I'm just being paranoid but I'd like to give...
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    Please help....... 2 very sick chickens

    Hello I have a flock of 13 chickens - 11 hens and 2 Roo's. 2 of my polish cresteds have been acting very strangely recently, I searched a lot of old posts on here but couldn't find anything seemingly matching their symptoms to try and diagnose. They are 6 months old, haven't yet started...
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    Why did my chicken die?

    This morning I went out to the coop to clean it, and one of my hens who was a year and a half old, one of my best layers, literally fell off her perch in the night. I found her with her head tucked under and eyes closed like she's still asleep, on the ground under the perch. We have 13 hens...
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    Is it normal behaviour for a Roo to peck a Hen?

    I've had my flock of 6 hens for about 18 months now, but recently got another 14 or so younger birds (now 5 months old). In the new selection we've had a couple of roos - 2 we got rid of as they were aggressive. We now are left with one white sultan roo who's gentle as a puppy (literally...
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    What breed is this Roo?

    We got a straight run of 16 chicks from a hatchery - a rare breed crested bunch, but I just don't know what breed this is? He doesn't seem to be any of the breeds we were supposed to get (polish cresteds, sultans and german spitzhaubens). He's noisy and aggressive towards my other chickens so...
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    Can anyone tell me if my white sultan is a hen or a roo?

    I'm new to these birds, and this one actually came with a flock of 15 cresteds I ordered from Cackle Hatchery and I just love him / her! It's the sweetest, gentlest chicken :) I'd just like to know what sex it is so we can appropriately name it! It's approx 12 weeks old
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    To refrigerate, or not to refrigerate?

    I'm just curious as to how people store their eggs. I have never kept eggs in the fridge, always keeping them in an egg crate at room temperature and they've always been fine. Some people however think this is wrong and I should keep them in the fridge. I keep them at room temp as I poach...
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    How to train chicks to go into a different coop at night?

    Hi All I'm new here We have a flock of 6 chickens we've had for about a year. They free range in the day and all go back into their coop at night. We just got 10 polish crested chicks - they're about 2 months old now - and are just adorable. I've been free ranging them too, they go back...
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