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    Roosters?

    Picture 1: Silver Phoenix (this was our mystery chick) Picture 2: Silver Laced Wyandotte (we ordered all pullets but this one is getting more white feathers and much larger & redder comb) Both 9 weeks old. I'm thinking they're both roosters.
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    Help or not?

    She tried to perch on the waterer & caught her leg & hung there by it. Is there anything I can do?
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    Mystery Chick Breed

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    Is this bad?

    Ok I don't understand. I've never lost a chick before. I've had 2 in the last week. One seems to be doing OK but poop looks like this sometimes. Other times it is totally normal looking. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My other chick is the mystery chick I received. He was doing great until...
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    Chick sick?

    I got 4 Sapphire Gems at Tractor Supply this morning. 3 seem fine except for a little pasty butt on one. The 4th is eating & drinking but opening & closing mouth. Suggestions?
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    Hi from a returning member

    I joined 12 years ago & was active but then took a long break from the site but still had chickens & ducks. Figured since it had been so long I would reintroduce myself. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We first got chickens in 2009. 26 Rhode Island Reds & 5...
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    Chickens dying - found mites

    Our chickens are 20 months old. We started with 26 and now have 20. 1 or maybe 2 were lost due to egg bound. We've lost 3 in the last month. They were fine Friday when we had higher temps & I let them out of the coop/run to roam. They were doing dust baths and pecking. When my son went out...
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    Hens Dying

    In the last week, I've lost 2 hens. They act fine, meaning that they go out into the run and do their normal thing but they aren't eating well and laying is almost nonexistent. What could be wrong with them?
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    Hen left eggs

    Ok now I'm talking a Mallard hen here but I think anyone who has hatched eggs can answer the question. We weren't really planning to try to hatch any of our eggs but a friend wanted some babies. So we decided to let the eggs in the box to see if either of the hens would sit. Well she laid 6 and...
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    Chicken Bingo

    I would like to host a Chicken Bingo. It will start October 1st. If you would like to play, please go to my BYC page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=22744-miscellaneous-info . Follow the directions listed there. I hope a lot join in. It's really fun waiting for the words...
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    Pet Parade Costume

    My son just decided what his costume is going to be for the Pet Parade. He's going to be a Pirate and Rose is going to be his "Parrot" Rose is his pet Rhode Island Red. She loves Hunter and lets him carry her around and as soon as he goes into the coop or run she flies up to his shoulder to sit...
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    5 wk old Mallard w/ limp

    My duckling has been limping for the past 2 days. Can get up and move, although awkwardly, and eats and drinks. Goes a few steps and sits down again. I have the waterer in an aluminum pan with blocking in that and the waterer on top of those so they don't make such a mess of their bedding...
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    Diatomaceous Earth

    Can anyone tell me how much to use when mixing with bedding?
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    Will I always know them?

    We have 26 RIR. There are 4 that we named and although we hold them all when we can, these four have become our favorites. My question is, Will I always be able to tell them apart? I look at pictures on here and I wonder how you know which is which when they are hens. Right now they each have...
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    Ducklings eating Dumor Chick Starter 24%

    We are feeding our chicks and ducks this feed but I just read that ducks can't have chick feed. How do I give them different foods when they are all in the same coop?
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    Are all ducklings like this?

    I had ducklings when I was a teen but that was 20 years ago. We just got 5 Mallard ducklings and they do not like to be picked up & held. They just struggle and peep the whole time. Is this normal? We just got them Thursday from the hatchery. They want to be with each other constantly. If...
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    Duckling got stuck under waterer

    We have the Tractor Supply 1 gallon plastic waterer. I was with the chicks and ducks when we decided to run to town for grit and more bedding. Came home approximately 1 - 1 1/2 hours later to find bedding all soaked. I noticed immediately that a duck was missing. Pickup the the waterer and...
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    New from Rural Valley, PA

    Hi! You guys have posted a wealth of information on this site!!! We live on 80+ acres w/ DH, myself, DD (15 yo), DS (8 yo), 1 Blue Heeler and 2 cats. We had chickens about 16 years ago but they were old when we inherited them and never replenished our layers. Since we inherited those hens and...
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