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Today my duck eggs are starting to hatch. Unfortunately, I have two Welsh Harlequins and a White Crested --all three sitting on same nest. I read on other threads where someone lost 3/4 of their baby ducks because she had two ducks on nest and they stepped on babies and they died. I have THREE...

So my Harlequin will be one in August. She went broody last weekend with ten eggs. Barely leaves them until today. Trotted off with my other 5 ducks and has been gone for hours. I went to nest and eggs surprisingly still warm. I warmed up incubator while I candled them and found all ten eggs...

I am VERY new to chickens and I have a darling birdie bird, named Olivia. I noticed she was the only one of my chickens that seemed to have a dirty tushie. I thought well we have had a bit of rain, she must have sat in mud. A week later I noticed she seemed a bit slower than her other cohorts...

So I notice one of my brown chickens had a dirty bottom. I tried catching her yesterday but she voted a loud no as she ran across the yard. Today however, a different story. She was slow moving and I could easily pick her up. I started washing her bottom and the area I assume the egg comes out...

I am so very new with chickens and my neighbor gave me two white pullets. Their tail and wing feathers have bones sticking out. Is this a vitamin issue? A disease? They both lay one egg a day with no trouble and love to free range with my other chickens. Any thoughts would sure be appreciated! :)

I am very new to this site and chickens. Today is Day 21 of my very first hatch and I woke up to find the cutest lil' Silkie Splash staring up at me. I put a sponge in the incubator to raise humidity during lock down and now what to do about the chic pecking away at my sponge? I am afraid to...