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    Putting chicken to sleep

    Hi all, I don't keep chickens atm but I used to in the past. I got sick of taking them to the vet all the time (I only had a few in the first place but they were hybrids and would get ill after a few years which all happened around the same time). My new idea is to take in lots of battery...
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    Odd feathers on neck

    Hi all, My Buff Orpington looks a bit strange on the back of the neck area-like the feathers are not completely grown and can also see some white tips. Is it just from moulting? Sh was moulting about 3 months ago but the rest of her looks fine her neck feathers just look a bit odd. Is it just...
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    Poorly hen-could it be laying problems?

    Hi all, I have a poorly Buff Orpington hen-when I went down this morning early she was not roosting and was just standing in a corner puffed up like a football. When my other hen came down she did move and go to eat but didn't really eat much. She has been out and about but obviously something...
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    Limping duck

    Hi all, I just noticed today that one of my ducks is limping really badly and frequently sitting down-I feel like it must be an injury of some sort since it's so sudden. I did at first suspect bumblefoot but I have checked her feet out and can't see a thing on them-not that I know what to look...
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    Sick chicken or just old?

    Hi, was wondering at what age a chicken is typically "old aged"-my oldest girl is around 6 years old. She had a respiratory infection last year which she got over but she is not 100%. She no longer perches with the others-their perch is quite high so maybe she has decided she doesn't have the...
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    Tiny tiny duck eggs...

    Hi all. This morning I found a really tiny duck egg (well what I think is a duck egg)-I wish I'd taken a picture of it but I just got rid of it thinking not much of it until now. It's really tiny, about the size of my fingernail, like a tenth the size of a normal duck egg (I have Campbells and...
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    Outdoor perches

    Hi all, I've always had chairs and straw bales for my chickens to sit on-which they love, but I recently got rid of them (straw bales going mouldy, chairs falling apart etc.) and put up 2 tree branches for them to perch on when outside in their run (they have wooden perches to roost on inside...
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    Signs a duck is being overmated?

    Hi all, I have a duck who is hanging back from the rest and today she was even in another part of the pen altogether to the rest completely on her own (you know how ducks are joined at the hip usually!), I know she is my drakes favourite so I am separating them on and off-I have 4 females to 1...
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    Duck with white around eyes

    Hi all, needing to ask for advice on here as I can't really find much online except about foamy eye which I don't think this is. My oldest duck (coming up to 6) has white round her eyes, I think she is now struggling to see. I think it started at the top of the eye which I noticed first, then...
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    Chicken been under the weather for weeks

    Hi all. One of my chickens has been under the weather for weeks now. It started with her just opening her mouth a lot (breathing through her mouth I guess), then she lost her "voice" and was wheezing a lot. I took her to the vet but he didn't know what it was without doing x-rays etc. so gave us...
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    How much are you willing to spend on your birds?

    Hi, I was just wondering how much everyone had spent or would spend on their birds for medical treatment? I'm probably going to have to take my oldest chicken to the vet in the next couple of days, and so it got me thinking. Maybe I was naive, but I had no idea how much I would have to spend on...
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    Chicken keeps opening mouth

    Hi all, My oldest chicken (over 5 years old) keeps opening her mouth on and off-she is fine apart from this, eating, drinking, following me around for treats lol. Just this mouth thing I've noticed. Theyve not been wormed in a while but I did used to worm regularly. She doesn't open her mouth...
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    Drake over-mating one duck

    Hi all, I have 5 ducks (including one drake). A few weeks ago I noticed my oldest duck was hanging back a bit from the others when they usually are inseparable-I wondered why this was. A week or so after that I noticed the back of her neck was very bare-and I realised it was because of the...
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    Scaly leg mites

    Hi, I have a chicken with scaly leg mites-she is my oldest chicken and I guess that is why she is most affected. I treated all of my birds with vaseline and then bought some net-tex scaly leg remover which I thought would be great as you just spray it and it had really good reviews. All the...
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    Does anyone actually have tame ducks?

    Hi, I have 5 ducks and they are not tame at all. My older two are slightly more tame but the last 3 I got are terrified of people and are also making the older two more scared as well getting all worked up. It's ironic because I expected these ducks to be super tame as I had them in the...
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    Duck eye infection

    Hi guys, One of my ducks has an eye infection-just the one eye. All other birds seem fine. I cannot see the pupil or any part of the eye at all-I guess it is closed/sealed shut and it's white. It looked dry earlier so I didn't think it was an infection but later on I could see it was weeping...
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    Duck keeps having to sit down

    One of my ducks is sick-she came out with the rest when i let them out of their pen into the garden but then she kept sitting down constantly and I noticed her back end keeps moving up and down. She also is not walking so well. She's one of my oldest ducks at 4.5yrs old and has only laid...
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    Rationing feed?

    Hi everyone. I currently have 4 chickens and 5 ducks. I bought a rat proof feeder last year as I was getting rats in and eating the food. I though this feeder was amazing and it got rid of the rats..for a while. They are now back and they have suddenly figured out how to get INTO the feeder! I...
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    When you won't be getting anymore hens (problem with rooster)

    Hi there, I have decided that after my last chickens are gone I won't be getting any more. I have had a few problems with pests (rats and mice and now crows getting into my pen!) and I decided to stop keeping chickens due to all the problems (family are upset about the pests and want me to...
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    Best way to give medication?

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any tips for giving medication. I have to give my chicken medication-1 and half tablets (twice a day) and some liquid twice a day. I have no instructions at all on how to administer-I presumed there would be a guide so didn't really look whilst at the...
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