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    foot infection, disease?

    We have a one-year-old hen in a flock of 25 with an troublesome foot problem. It is not bumblefoot or scaly leg. It has not spread to the other chickens in the two weeks or so since I've noticed it. I don't think it is frostbite, as nothing is black. So, after getting all of that out of the...
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    Community Nest?

    I have a community nest in the corner of the coop. Two Muscovey ducks built and filled it with eggs. A third Muscovey duck joined them. There are about 20 duck eggs in it. Last week a Red Comet hen joined them. I tried to move her to a broody hutch that I have, but she refused to sit on the...
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    Do ducks take longer to die than chickens?

    Hi, perhaps an odd question, but my husband noticed that the ducks take longer to go than the chickens we've butchered. We are slicing the jugular and letting them bleed out in a killing cone. He says the ducks take a lot longer to stop twitching and he takes of the head to make sure they...
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    Two or more eggs stuck in hen

    I have an egg-bound hen. I can see the egg pushing against her vent. During a hot bath, I can put a finger in her vent and feel at least two, if not three, hard eggs lined up to come out. This is a hen who has not laid in a few months. She is probably an internal layer and every so often...
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    8-week old chicks pecking at each others' eyes

    Hi, I have a flock of about 60 chickens and ducks who free range. Eleven are pullets that were hatched out under a few broody hens. The mamas recently gave the chicks the big good-bye, so the chicks are merging into a social group...I thought. I think there are at least three roo's and...
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    How many Muscovy Ducks to keep through the winter?

    I currently have 8 Muscovies that we hatched out this spring, under a hen. Six are ducks and two are drakes. We want to raise them for meet. Any idea how many ducks I should keep through the winter? One drake obviously. My understanding is that they do not lay in the winter, easily go...
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    Free-Range flock won't range far

    Hi, I have close to 40 hens/ducks and an issue with how far they will range from the coop...not far. Last year they would range all over our 5 acre property. There were a dozen at that point. Chicken math has occurred this spring and we are up to forty with half of them being juniors. We...
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    Anyone try blu-cote for vent gleet?

    Hi, I have vent gleet spreading thru the folk thanks to a friendly and equal-opportunity rooster. I think it is also interfering with thickening of egg shells in the oviduct, as affected/infected chickens are laying thin-shelled eggs. This is despite being on layer feed with access to both...
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    Long Term Prognosis for Egg Yolk Peritonitis

    HI everyone, I have a year old red sex link hen. She is a real sweetheart and a pet, although not all our chickens are, this one is. Just want to say that up front, as I can't really cull her as I might with another non-productive chicken. My daughters would be devastated. So, we've...
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    I'm a Grandma!

    Our first broody hen just hatched her first chick. We put a dozen under her when she went broody and 11 were still good a few nights ago. Today is day 19. One hatched out and is so adorable! Sadly, I found another one under her that was pulled out of its shell prematurely. The yolk had not...
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    Can a Broody Chicken hatch duck eggs?

    Hi, I'd like to get some Moscovy ducklings, but they are either pricey, far away, or white; I'd like colored ducks. Anyway, has anyone ever slipped duck eggs under a broody hen? If so, and they did hatch, could a hen raise the ducklings? I can order the fertile Muscovy eggs, but have read...
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    Nice rooster turning mean

    Our one-year-old rooster watches over a flock of ten free-ranging hens. He has been great for the last ten months: friendly, gentle with the ladies, a wonderful protector. The last two months he has started attacking my daughters and my husband. They are my chickens, and he still respects me...
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    Using hay from the coop directly in the garden?

    I use hay (not straw) in the coop because it is free for me, provides feed and entertainment for the girls when they are stuck inside during the winter, and because it composts more easily than shavings. My question is this: can I till the winter coop hay directly into the garden in early...
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    How long to quarantine hen with bronchitis?

    Hi, I have a ten-month-old red sex link hen who is recovering from what I am guessing was an infectious bronchitis. Her only symptoms were sneezing and a mucous-y rattle when breathing. She ate fine, no discharge smelly or otherwise, no diarrhea, good appetite and energy. We immediately...
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    Red bumps on Brahma rooster's legs

    Hi everyone, We have a wonderful 8-month old light Brahma rooster. He is our gentle giant and does a great job protecting his free range hens all day. We actually saw him fight off a small hawk a few weeks ago. The girls run for cover as soon as he tells them too and only come out when he...
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    need advice on chick leg injury

    We hatched 8 eggs in my daughter's fifth grade classroom, and on day 3, one of the chicks was dropped by a student. We put her in isolation and she seemed okay, but was holding a leg gingerly. I have had chickens for less than a year, so just watched her for a week, hoping that since she was...
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    12-week old guinea flew the coop

    Hi, I'm a first-time guinea fowl owner...have five that are now 10 weeks old. Boy, they sure are a bunch of dumb clucks. We named them Rikki, Bobbi, Cal, lloyd, and Harry. Can you guess which movies? Anyway, they are in a coop with seven chicks of the same size. The chicks will go back...
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    Fifth Grade Classroom 21 days of questions

    Hi everyone, We are a classroom in Slingerlands, NY, near Albany. There are 23 of us in the class. We are going to hatch chicks! We thought we would post a question for each day of the hatch. We are putting the eggs in the incubator on Tuesday, Oct. 15th. We hope you will answer our...
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    3-day-old chick, eyes shut, won't eat

    Hi, We hatched seven chicks over the weekend. They were all doing fine, but one of them is fading. I syringe fed her sugar water and some electrolyte water yesterday and she has perked up quite a bit. She will now drink on her own and instead of lying down she is standing. However, she won't...
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    3-day old chick with eyes shut, won't eat

    Hi, We hatched seven chicks over the weekend. They were all doing fine, but one of them is fading. I syringe fed her sugar water and some electrolyte water yesterday and she has perked up quite a bit. She will now drink on her own and instead of lying down she is standing. However, she...
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