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    Help! Clean water ideas for chickens and ducks.

    Hi all! I have a flock of 5 ducks and 25 chickens. My water dishes are dog bowls that I can plug in during the winter to prevent freezing. The problem with those bowls is my ducks make a huge mess out of them. Not only does the water get dirty quickly but it's also making a mess of my chicken...
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    Chicken leg issue, possibly broken?

    Hello all. Yesterday evening my husband and I were outside with our dog, an Australian Shepard. She went to round up our chickens as they had gotten to close to the road and after doing so my husband noticed that we had a hen who had one leg raised off the ground and was hopping on her other...
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    Scaly Leg Mites

    Hi all. I'm looking for some help. I'm very postive I have scaly leg mites on for sure one chicken but am unsure of my others. From all I've read if one has it I should treat all my others like they have it. I have 15 chickens, 2 ducks and a turkey. Do I treat all of them? Can the ducks get...
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    Does anyone sell their processed birds?

    Hi all! My fiance and I are in our second year of doing meat birds and we got a bit of a reputation last year for how delicious our birds were. I am curious if any of you sell your processed birds and if so for how much? We know that we will not make back any money we have put into the chickens...
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    Help please! Possible broken leg.

    Good afternoon everyone. I was outside with all my chickens and was allowing them to run around the yard while I did coop maintenance and got their food and water restocked. In order to prop open our chicken coop door we use a pallet. The pallet was upright and it is apparently rather windy...
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    Better way to feed mash?

    Hi all! I just accidentally bought mash for the first time (had been doing crumbles in the past and meant to try and buy pellets but that's what I get for not asking first) My question is, Is there a better way to feed mash to my chickens than just dry so as not to waste so much? We put some...
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    Spending $80 a month on feed, help me cut those costs!!

    Hi all! Let me start by telling you about my babies! I have 2 Swedish ducks, 1 Bronze Breasted Turkey, and 14 chickens. I will be adding a 10 meat birds to my flock for the summer. I live in Superior, WI and the weather has been anything but ideal to let my chickens out to free range as often as...
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    Help! What's going on with Gladys Knight?

    Hi, I'm looking for any help on figuring out what is happening to Gladys. She is eating, drinking and acting normal but is loosing feathers all over her body. She is also skinny compared to some of the other chickens. Gladys is one of my top hens as she is the oldest in the coop. Her and her BFF...
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    Giving ducks a bath

    Hi. I live in northern WI and have two ducks (along with my 15 chickens and one turkey). I have a heated water bowl for everyone to drink out of but do not have anything for my ducks to get in and swim in now that it's winter. I'm curious how necessary it is for my ducks to bathe in these temps...
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    Winterize in northern Wisconsin

    Hi there. I am a first time chicken farmer as my family calls me. I got my chickens this spring and am experiencing my first winter. We have 16 total birds. One bronze breasted turkey, 2 Swedish ducks, 13 chickens. (D'uccle, Dominique, Rhode island cross, just to name a few) We have a lean to...
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    Bald bloody butts

    Hi, I keep all my birds together (chickens,turkeys,ducks) and everyone seems to get along. My problem is my two turkeys are getting their butts pecked at and are bald and bloody. I bought pick no more at my local feed store but it doesn't seem to do the trick. Does anyone have any advice on a...
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    Help! Red Feet

    Hi, I have a handsome Mille Fleur D'uccle rooster names Clyde. I've noticed recently that Clyde's feet are red. They aren't hurting him, He lets me touch them without problem but they are a little hot to the touch. The thing is, they are only red around his feathers. Doesn't sound like...
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    First egg hatched

    Hi, I'm very new to this who chicken thing and have had my flock this year only. My family had discussed that if any of our hens got broody we would let her and see if things happen naturally. Well they did! Bonnie and Clyde are proud parents! :) Problem is I don't know what to do now. I have...
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    Help please!

    Hi, I'm very new to this site but more importantly I'm very new to raising any sort of bird. I have chickens and turkeys that are doing great but I have two little ducklings in raising up for my inlaws and both of them have swollen webbing. The one has it so bad it's leg looks a little swollen...
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    Hi from northern wisconsin! Help welcome!

    Hi!!! I'm very new to this chicken thing. Very new as in still thinking about starting chickens this year. :) my boyfriend and I are looking to do chickens in our backyard but don't have a clue how to go about it. We want to raise 4-6 chickens and would love to have fresh eggs and use them for...
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