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    New chicks sneezing. Need advice on treatment.

    Hi. One week ago today I bought 6 chicks from a local farm store. Four are pullets that are a little over a week old and the other two are 3 week old bantams. They all seemed healthy enough but now they are sneezing alot. These sneezes sound very wet. I haven't noticed any discharge from their...
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    Help, duck trying to mate with the chickens..

    I have 4 five month old ducks. 2 males & 2 females. I also have 6 five month old barred rock pullets. Everyone has been getting along just fine until last week. The dominant drake has started chasing a certain chicken and attempting to mate with her. That chicken is missing several neck...
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    ducks nipping at blood feathers on wing tips...

    I'm having a problem with my month old ducklings. They now are getting their wing feathers and some have started nipping at the tip of just one duckling's wings. This paticular duckling has new feathers coming in that are lighter than the rest of it's body color, and I'm wondering if that is why...
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    When I had Guard Geese...

    Years ago when I had my geese, they sure did a lot of silly things. No doubt because of the way I raised them too. The first year we kept them in our yard. They soon discovered the joys of sleeping on our front porch. They started looking into the windows and scaring our house dog. Not to...
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    Ducklings and their drinking water supply...

    I've not raised ducklings before. I just read a few post down that they need to be able to dunk their nostrils in their water. Why is that and what could happen if they can't? I just raised my ducklings waterer high enough that they really can't do that. They were making such a mess sloshing...
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    What breed of duck could it be...

    Hey all, I have 4, 2 1/2 week old ducklings. One is a Pekin, one a Rouen, one a Ancona. The last one is a mystery. If only I had a picture to post, but i'm the last person to own a digital camera in the free world! This duckling is a beautiful steel grey, almost blue color with a yellow chest...
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    Greetings from IN

    Hello! I'm new to this forum, but not new at raising chickens. Hubby and I have 18 chickens. 15 are regular size laying hens and 3 are bantams. I also have 6 replacement pullet chicks (2 weeks old) brooding in our garage and 4 mixed ducklings (2 1/2 weeks old) also brooding in their own huge...
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