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    My duck was badly injured how long should I tend to her?

    My duck was badly injured in the Great Duck Massacre of 2016 in our yard. Our total flock was 12 and now we have 7 left. One duck has open gashes on her neck and seems to be rather alert. Immediately after the incident I tended to her first aid (I'm first aid certified), and placed her in a box...
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    One chick hatched two days ago and mama hen is still sitting on 8 eggs

    We had one successful hatch (3 still borns-because mama accidentally crushed them) two days ago. The clutch is comprised of not one single chicken. There are brown and green eggs in it. We had guessed when we closed off the mom that the chicks would not be hatching for another week from when...
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    Sick Chick

    We ordered 29 (20 cornish x, 9 mixed breeds) birds from a hatchery. This was not our first rodeo, however it was our first time ordering from this particular hatchery. When it was shipped 2 of our chicks were pretty much dead. After another 12 hours 4 more passed away. The next day one more...
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    Feeling down

    Last year we began our progressive step towards raising our own poultry. We got an assortment of mutt chicks and ducks of a straight run. We had no problems with raising our flock from little ones to adulthood other than an incident with the dog. We did not enjoy the part where we butchered our...
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    Raw spot

    One of my ladies has a raw spot from our rooster jumping on her and ripping out her feathers. Today I noticed that it was very red and some blood may be appearing. I have heard that once there is blood the other birds will peck at her. I did notice one of the other ladies started to do this. I...
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    What is happening?

    My chickens (and duck) have been using the nesting boxes I have for some time now. All of a sudden the last two days they have been wanting to lay eggs on the floor of the coop. They use to always lay in the same box either one side or the other but then they would all lay in that box. Even the...
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    Meat bird Coop

    I have already placed an order for 25 meat birds this summer and I have started to brain storm of what kind of coop to make for them. I have heard from my friends that their meat birds were not very active the type I am getting are called Cornish X. I prefer making coops up at least 2 ft so the...
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    Hermaphrodite chicken?

    Our flock consist of 11 birds. 2 ducks, 1 official rooster and 7 hens and well... a maybe rooster-hen. Our bird of question started off so small and was always a slow grower. Then one day we found that they had started to lay eggs. She laid about 6 eggs, which were distinctively hers. Last night...
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    Hello from the Evergreen State

    The last 5 years I have craved to raise and have my own chickens. This last spring I picked up 6 chickens and 2 ducks from a local hatchery in late June. My husband built me a beautiful coop for our brood. We house chickens and ducks in the same coop. We started to have some of the members of...
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