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    Can a chicken be allergic to Hay?

    I have a bantam new Hampshire 'Molly' who is 5 years old. She's always seemed to have a slight allergy to hay but it seems to have gotten worse or should I be looking for some other issue? she is fully wormed but I change the coop with fresh straw at the weekend. After this weekend she has...
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    Newbie Chick - information needed!

    so we had a broody and stuck some eggs under - we've never done this before and 4 out of the 5 eggs had nothing in them. One was dark from the beginning so we were going to throw it away last Saturday. however when we arrived home from work there was a baby chick! totally surprised and never...
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    5 out of 7 chickens have stopped eating - any advice?

    About a month ago one of my girls stopped laying eggs and eating - she walks around fine and her poop is fine. But we have been feeding her liquid food ever since. Since then another 4 have done the same. Again, they all appear fine and healthy and their poop is fine and solid. They have all...
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    Baffling query-chicken not eating

    Bracken (3yr old golden laced orpington bantam) I rescued her 2 years ago from a breeder from being a sunday lunch has stopped eating. I have checked all the usual things - her poop is fine - she doesn't seem to have sour crop and is walking around with her best friend 'Dottie' ok. She stopped...
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    Everyone has stopped laying

    Ok so all my 6 chickens are 'getting on a bit' with the eldest being 5 years old up to the youngest of around 3 years old. Over the last two weeks all but one has completely stopped laying! I had three which still layed quite regularly, every two days and they have all stopped - i'm baffled...
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    How do I stop my 7 week old duckling biting?

    I have four 7 week old ducklings - I got them at 4 weeks old. One of them 'Mobey' has started to become aggressive. She not only nips the others but has started to bite the family and 'hold' onto the bite and not let go. I think this may be an act of becoming 'top duck' however, obviously we...
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    What eats rats whole but leave heads? and will it attack my chickens?

    I live in Scotland UK, and recently new farm tenants next door yesterday burnt their field -there were a few rats in our garden yesterday because of this as I presume they were driven out of the field. Problem is; as we were cleaning out the duck house we found 3 1/2 dead baby rats (one's body...
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    5 week old duckling- different to others - is this normal or is she sick - any ideas?

    We collected 4 khaki campbell ducklings last week from a breeder which makes them 5 weeks old. One of them was a little larger(named her Nessie) than the others and remained on her own. The other three are smaller and play more together. The others cuddle up and put there beaks onto Nessie at...
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    blindness in ducks

    One of my ducks a khaki campbell 'Cocoa' is around 3 three years old. She has gone blind in one eye - I didn't notice she'd hurt herself or anything just a white film like she has a cateract. Is there anything I can do and does anyone know if there's a possibility it will go into her other...
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    new duckling mummy needs advice!

    I have two adult ducks already but got them as adults - today I got 4 five week old ducklings - my concern is since I got them home they have drunk NONE STOP! It's been hours - I know i'm to keep food and drink with them all the time but they don't stop! Also my second concern is that one of...
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    Duck going Quackers

    one of my ducks 'Paddle' a white cherry valley duck of about 2 years old has been running around the garden all morning quacking - I can't find a reason! the other ducks are sleeping and all the chickens are fine but Paddle is very restless - she is very noisy and it's been hours - anyone got...
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    Moulting chicken seems to have soft crop

    We have a gold laced wyandotte chicken around 3 years old. She's been of perfect health until last Sunday. A stoat tried to kill her - she survived but lost a lot of feathers. Since then nearly all her feathers have dropped out like she's gone into a sudden moult. Also over the last two...
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    Bantam not eating or drinking staying in back of next box

    We have a three year old new Hampshire bantam 'Molly' who over the last week has become very quiet. She now sits at the back of the nest (not in a nest), in the darkness all day. I don't think she's broody. We tried to take her out to get some fresh air and sun but after 5 mins she made her...
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    Neurological Condition - help needed Urgently!

    One of my golden lace Orpington Bantams 'Ellie' started backing up into corners last week, followed by limping then total loss of one leg and part of the second leg. She also goes in and out of a trance. the vets have states that 'they don't know about birds or chickens' so have just given her...
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    Orpington Bantam not laying yet!

    It's now April and my 3 year old Orpington bantam 'Ellie' hasn't started laying yet! she sits in the nest box a lot - but then again she's quite lazy and tends to do that anyway, she sits by the entrance and watches the world go by. All the rest of my chickens, 9 in total have all been laying...
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    Khaki Campbell duck 'Splashy' disappearance

    I live in Scotland so trying to protect the rest of my ducks and chickens. Splashy my wee Khaki Campbell duck disappeared yesterday - not a body or feather was in sight! I've not seen a fox about but it is possible, does anyone know if feral cats can just 'take' a duck? We've seen one of those...
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    Chicken with fever and recent lethargy

    We have a gold laced orpington bantam who was saved from a breeders stock pot (Bracken) - she lovely and has been giving us eggs every alternate day (since her moult early this year). She still is, although her egg shell has always been a bit slippery? She's never had a problem laying and is...
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    Our 3 yr old maran getting skinny - any ideas on getting her plumber?

    We have 12 hens of different ages, however, our two eldest are Izzy (light sussex) and Dottie (maran). All our birds are regularly wormed but Dottie still seems to be losing a lot of weight. She was quite a plump little bird when she was younger but over the last few months she is definitely...
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    One of my hens obsessed with the cockerel-why?

    I have a few new Hampshire bantams and one cockerel who is moulting. Recently, instead of just pecking around one the girls 'Molly' has become obsessed by the cockerel 'Lockie'. She not only follows him around and stays by his side 100% but is by chance she is separated from him she becomes...
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    Sebright cockerel died suddenly - was it shock?

    Logan who was just over a year old had lost his two sister through various ailments this year, I noticed had green diarrea/liquid poo over the last few days and not eaten much. I took him to the vet with a poo sample. The vet gave him two injections (injected into the back of his stomach which...
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