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    Do you sometimes wear PJs to tend your flock?

    Backstory, my coworkers and I are dressing up as farmers for Halloween. We work in a nursing facility of a very rural state where most people were at least raised on farms, we thought it would be fun for our residents. One coworker doesn't own any "farmer" clothes so I suggested pajama pants...
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    bill injury

    Hi guys. Our Jumbo Pekin, Creamputt, got the bright idea to stick her head out the chain link fence to dig through some new different dirt. I guess something peaked her interest back inside the fence so instead of pulling her head back into the yard she stuck it through another hole in the...
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    If you were moving cross country would you take your flock?

    Hey folks. Does anyone have experience moving cross country with your flock? Next summer/fall we will be moving to North Dakota from North Carolina. Yes, I am taking my flock, can't leave my babies behind. I know the travel will be stressful for them and any advice to help with the move will be...
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    Poll: How is your roo with his ladies? What is his crow like?

    We have another Roo in our flock this year, an unintentional addition to be sure. This time around we have decided to keep him. Watching him interact with his ladies got me to thinking about our previous boy, a BLR Wyandotte named Bonnie, and comparing their behaviors. Bonnie was very gentle...
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    Pekin duck- wing walking and freezing

    Hi all, I hope someone can shed a light on this cause we are clueless. Our Pekin, Butter, is a little over a year old. So far she has been healthy as a horse. Within the last 3 days she has shown a strange behavior but only first thing in the morning when she is released from the coop. She...
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    mopey hen: need advice

    Hi all We have a red sex-link hen named Cait, she is one of our original two. She is about a year and a half old and was second in the pecking order- just under her crate mate Lacy. Those two have always stuck very close to one another. There was not ever any fighting for position, it was like...
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    Mating

    Just a quick question. (I looked for a thread about this and didn't find one) Apparently it is mating season and the ducks are getting in the mood. Unfortunately for our ducks they are all girls. This of course does not stop them from attempting the process. Today after changing the pool water...
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    deep cut on rouen....antibiotics Help!

    we discovered when we went to put our ducks up tonight that one of them was not walking very well (not a huge concern normally as she is a weeble woble when she gets tired---crested disorder). we brought her inside and gave her a warm bath and put her in a cage to sleep. she seemed restless so i...
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    suggestions for Country/Hick/Redneck names for pullets

    Hey everyone, we are getting some new baby chicks in April (**sigh** yes it is a ways away). I wanted to get some suggestions before they get here so I can be prepared. I am thinking of using some real countrified names this time for a few of them. These are the pullets we will be receiving...
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    How to gentle a new Muscovy to human contact??

    We just got a Muscovy hen duck this morning. Of course we are going to quarantine her for 30 days, in the mean time I want to get her as used to us as possible. Any suggestions on how to gentle her to us? We have not ever had to deal with introducing a fully feathered out bird, we raised our...
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    BLR Wyandotte Roo for pullet or duck Hope Mills NC

    We have a BLR Wyandotte roo, Bonnie Blue, that we would like to trade for a pullet or female duck (Pekin, Rouen, Silver Appleyard, Buff or Blue Swedish) of similar age. We want to trade with someone who will not eat him as he has been raised as a pet. He is about 23 weeks old, has been crowing...
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    Duck dislikes young rooster...is it normal?

    Alrighty...here it is. We have 6 chickens, 1 is a young rooster (hasn't even crowed yet but will soon) and 4 ducks. All along the ducks have kind of totally ignored everyone. Our Pekin, leader of the quack pack, lately is constantly fussing and fighting with the roo. Every morning when everyone...
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    What is your friendliest Chicken? What breed is it?

    What is your friendliest chicken? What breed is it? Ours is a Dominique named Pepper. Tonight hubby took out some lettuce to give to the ducks and chickens. Just as soon as his bottom hit the chair Pepper jumped right up on his leg and went to town on the snack. She loves to get scratched...
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    BLR Wyandotte hen or roo??

    I got Bonnie June 8th this year. They were suppost to be sexed and was suppost to be a she. I am now wondering if she is actually a he. Bonnie doesn't doesn't look like pics of the females I have found online. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to the gender. I know they are not the best pics...
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    scare-a-crow for hawk protection??

    Ok this may be a silly question but has anyone tried using a scare-a-crow to keep hawks away? Was it successful?? I noticed a hawk sitting in a tall tree in my neighbors yard today, it flew away when I went into the backyard. Just wondering if it might work? The girls have trees and a shelter to...
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    Hi from NC

    Hi there... I'm Amanda. My husband and I live in Grays Creek NC. We currently have 8 chickens, 4 ducks, 3 dogs, and 1 cat. The first time we tried to raise chickens we had all the same breed, sadly they got killed when a dog went through fencing to get to them. This time we have many different...
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