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    Keel cyst?

    I just noticed this on my Jen yesterday, is it a keel cyst? I held her up by her feet and it seemed to deflate. If I give it a squeeze it seems to deflate. Deflated, the skin is red, but surrounding is normal.
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    Blue-Laced wyandottes

    Sorry if this has been asked a dozen times before... When I Google Blue-laced wyandotte I see a pic of a hen with a BLUE belly and that seemed to be THE advertising pic last year, but this year all of the hatcheries seem to be calling the birds "blue laced red wyandotte" and showing birds that...
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    rooster with battered knees

    I have a wyandot rooster whose knees seem to be battered to heck and back. It kind looks like when you fall down on gravel, but it was all broken glass.... Sort of like the face of a muscovy duck, but on his knees. I took a close look at them a while back and though maybe he was just fighting...
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    Texan pioneers and cold climates?

    Sorry if this has already been asked and answered - please direct me to that thread if so. I live in central Pennsylvania and use a horse stall for a coop for my chickens. I have sectioned off an area in another horse stall to brood out some chicks I got for free earlier this summer and...
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    Mixed flock - probably a dumb question

    I currently have a Rouen (male) and three Pekins (two males) and they don't seem to get on well at all. I think I can mostly write that off as "too many males". How well do different breeds of ducks get along? I'd like to get more females of different breeds, but I want to know they will at...
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    Hen strted laying agian...

    One of my hens went broody and we've had seven chicks survive the first 3 or 4 weeks. This morning se laid an egg for the first time since she starting siting the nest - so sevenish weeks.. Is that a normal time frame? Is it a sign she is ready to come out of the brooding pen? Is it a sign...
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    Need advice/assistance with depressed duck

    I have a slightly diverse flock, 3 roosters, 3 hens, now 7 month old chicks, 2 Pekin drakes, a Pekin duck and 2 Rouen drakes. One of the roosters and the two Rouens are often aggressive toward one another, but the two drakes tend to team up against him and come out on top. The two Rouens don't...
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    Roost question / how crazy is this?

    I use a decent sized horse stall for a coop, it's about 10' x 14' with a 10'+ ceiling. Right now I house 6 adult chickens, 5 adult ducks and 7 month old chicks. I have an adjacent horse stall of a similar size that I am thinking of expanding into if I have another hen go broody or I decide to...
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    First timer, also with mixed fowl

    This is the beginning of my second year with chickens. I had three hens laying and one went broody before I was sure of what was going on, so she ended up sitting 12 eggs. The first eggs hatched mid day Sunday and so far 7 chicks have hatched and are scampering about. I found one egg had...
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    Unsure if my hens are molting or being plucked

    Two of my three hens are losing feathers on their backs, just in front of the tail - they are the same breed and the third is a different breed. I'm not sure if they are molting, plucking themselves or if the roosters are being too aggressive. One is my bare than the other, but they are both...
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    Middle Ages Poultry question

    I'm looking for some guidance on digging up information concerning poultry during the middle ages in Europe. I'd like to do some presentations about which breeds were common (or which modern breeds are most similar), breeding techniques, coop design and construction, travel hutch design and...
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    Rooster behavior quirk or illness - please advise

    For some time now one of my roosters has been sporadically wagging his head back and forth almost like he is trying to shake water out of his ears. I'm new to chickens and don't know if this is normal or a sign of a serious illness... A few days ago I saw a second rooster do a similar head...
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    In central PA looking to swap drakes and roosters

    The swaps section is for organized swaps only. Please see the rules at the top of the section. Please list all ads in the appropriate Buy-Sell-Trade section. Thanks, Staff.
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    When will me Pekin start laying?

    I have 3 Pekins, 2 males and a female and 2 male Rouens. The males don't fight so far, but there is a hierarchy to who gets to go first - if you know what I mean! One of my chickens started laying a couple weeks ago and the ducks are about the same age. Will the duck start laying soon? I...
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    stupid gender question

    I have 3 Gold-Laced Wyandottes and one is OBVIOUSLY a rooster, the other two are starting to crow, but their combs are not as distinct... Is it possible for them to be hens and still crow?
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    Pokeweed - safe for my flock?

    It seems I have an abundance of pokeweed growing on my property with on actually within the fenced of run area... Is this plant specifically dangerous for my chickens and ducks? Or can I leave it alone and let them enjoy the leaves and berries? Right now it's growing next to and thru the...
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    new and looking for advice

    I bought 4 ducks at Tractor Supply almost two weeks ago and they are now 5 times the size, but I picked 2 more about 3 days ago and the bigger ones seemed to pick on them a bit so I've seperated them for now... In a few weeks all of the ducks and 6 chickens I got with the first set of ducks...
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    converting a horse stall - should it work?

    I'm buying a house that has a barn with two attached horse stalls and some fenced in area outside presumably for a horse to hang out; this area is sectioned off into two areas. I'm thinking I will use one horse stall for a chicken coop for 4 hens (no rooster) and the other for a duck coop for 4...
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    soon to be new chicken caretaker

    Greetings All, I am buying a house in the mid-west and will have plenty of room for a few chickens and maybe some ducks, but I don't know much about either... I'm hoping to learn at least enough so that I can provide my birds a happy healthy life and I figure this is the place to find the info...
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