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    Overall chicken health in question

    Okay, I've read the organic sticky note at the top, which is marvelous, btw, but I still have a few questions. I have two sets of chickens, one year olds and 6 month olds. A few of the one year olds have much feather loss and seems smaller than the ones that are half their age. They seem...
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    Do guineas lay eggs in a nesting box?

    I found a much smaller, brown egg in one of our nesting boxes yesterday. It was about half the size of a chicken egg. Our chickens have never laid an egg that small before, so I am assuming that it is from the only female guinea that we have. It was sort of cone shaped at one end, but not...
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    How soon can they go outside?

    Hi there, I have ten chicks inside in a RM box set-up. They are in my living room and the stench has started, as well as the feather dust. We have a brooder that we want to put in our barn outside. I would still have the heat lamp on them. They are four weeks old right now and have most of...
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    Males rushing at each other and female

    I have 5 guineas, only one of them is a hen. I had two hens, but one was attacked by a neighbor dog. So, this one hen limps a little, but it doesn't seem interfere with life too much except that she is a little slower. Could this be why my male guineas shoo her away from food, run up to her...
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    Is a goose for me?

    Hi there, I need some advice. We already have 15 chickens and 5 guineas. Our neighbor dogs (shih-tzu's) are chasing our guineas. The chickens don't seem to be bothered by them. We can't afford to fence in our entire acreage (close to 3 acres) but want to keep those silly dogs away. Will a...
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    Males to Females Ratio

    Out of the six guineas that I've raised, only one has turned out to be a female. Should I try to find some other females, or does it not matter as much with guineas? Is this going to be a problem? Thanks
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    Tail feathers gone

    Hi, just went out to check on my birds, and one was on the roost in the coop. I looked at her and all but two of her tail feathers were gone and it was really bloody around the tail stump. I immediately caught her and put her in a small dog crate INSIDE the coop. I was going to give her food...
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    Nesting Material

    Hey all, my two ducks (Mallards) live in the coop with my chickens and guineas. The female should begin laying soon, so I've been told We have nest boxes for the chickens and when the guineas get old enough to lay, we will just prop a board against the side of the coop . . . but what should I...
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    Would it hurt to feed laying pellets?

    I have six 13 week old guineas that stay in a pen/coop with 16 chickens and two mallards. Some of the chickens have started laying and I will probably switch to laying pellets when I go buy food next. Since everybody is in the same pen, this means that the guineas will be getting the laying...
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    Can I feed my ducks laying pellets?

    Okay, I know, probably a stupid question . . . My duck isn't laying yet (I actually have no idea on the age when ducks lay, same as chickens?) but my chickens have just started. Do you feed ducks and chickens the same laying pellets, or is a there different type of laying feed for ducks? Right...
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    When to switch to laying pellets

    I have different aged hens, three have started laying. The others are 3 and 4 weeks in age behind. I have Dominickers, RIR's and Americanas. The Dominickers are the ones that are laying now. I also have 2 mallards and 6 guineas. Since everybody isn't laying should I wait until everybody is...
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    Oyster Shells Question

    My hens just started laying a few days ago. Last week we were at the beach and I snagged a 5 gallon bucket of free oyster shells for them. My questions are: 1) do I put the oyster shells in a separate feeder than their feed? 2) how smashed up do I need to get the shells? 3) if I mix it in...
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    What Age Do You Let Guineas Out?

    I have 6 guineas that are about ten weeks old. They have been in the coop with the chickens for quite some time now. I just recently started letting them out of their dog crate in with the rest and out to the pen. I just figured that they would go in at night to roost. Well, last night I...
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    Should I Let My Ducks Out?

    I have two Mallards (one duck, one drake) that I keep in our pen with 6 guineas and 15 chickens. I would like to start letting the chickens out of the pen to help till up the garden. (Not the guineas because they are still to young. I don't think they have been penned up long enough to come...
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    Types of DE-Please Advise

    Okay, now I'm pretty scared that I am not putting this in the right section I bought some DE at my feed store and now I don't know if it is the right kind. I told the man that I wanted DE and he went and got it from a shelf. I don't know if there are other kinds/brand that they carry...
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    HELP! Wet Coop

    Yesterday a posted about my ducklings keeping my coop wet from their water. Well, last night we had our first heavy summer rain here and this morning underneath the top layer of shavings you can tell that the ground is wet/damp. They are scratching up damp soil and shavings now. Also, rain...
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    Free Range Ducks?

    Several questions: Two mallards, about 4 weeks old, in the coop with the chicks in a dog crate. Pen is almost finished for all of them. Now I'm starting to wonder if I want to keep them in the pen at all and not just let them free range. Will they mess up the garden? There is an old dog...
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    Ducklings getting coop wet?

    I have 21 chicks and 2 ducklings. Right now, the ducklings are in the coop with the chicks, but they are inside a large dog crate. They have their own waterer and food dish, but they keep splashing their water everywhere and getting the pine shavings wet underneath them. I have their waterer...
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    Separating hatch mates/hard stomach bumps

    I am new to chickens and have a question about separating chicks and keeping one by itself. I have 6 week old Dominickers, 4 week old RIR's, and four 3 week old Americanas. All but the Americanas have been put outside into the coop with a lamp. I would like to add in the Americanas, BUT one...
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    New chicken and duck owner

    Hi there, I am so glad that I found this forum. I'll just answer the handy dandy questions. I love filling things out! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I am VERY new to chickens. I always knew that I wanted some for egg layers and now I've got them...
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