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Hi everyone! We rescued a pair of pekin ducklings last summer: Goose and Maverick. They live inside a large, fully enclosed run with our 11 chickens. We gave them a lovely coop to sleep in (easily accessible) and they seemed to use it for a little bit. After a while, they were sleeping...

Here on today’s edition of “Hen or Roo?”, we have a pair of 7 week -old Ayem Cemanis. They were sold to me as a pair of pullets, but I’m thinking one is a cockerel. One was hatched about 5 days after the other, so she’s a bit smaller. But she’s always had a tiny little comb and is very timid...

Hello! So last Sunday, I went out to find our 2 year-old partridge rock cochin dead in the run. Horrible mother's day present! I was very attached to her! No sign of damage, or swelling. . . she seemed perfectly fine the day before. I buried her under the maple trees. So on Thursday, I noticed...

Hi there! Need some help: We picked up four new chicks on Friday. All had vaccinations. Three are doing well and eating and drinking. The Black Australorp, however just won't eat or drink. The other chicks are already getting bigger than she is. She was very sleepy in the first 24 hours and...

Hi all! This is my first time posting to one of these forums but I am at a loss here! Shortly before Christmas, a raccoon got into our coop. I heard our girls squawking around 1:00 am and ran outside (barefoot and in my underwear!) to see what the commotion was. A raccoon had our Araucana...

Hello and greetings from The Golden Girls! Blanche, an Araucana, Dorothy, an Ameracauna, Rosie, a Buff Orpington and little Sophia, our Barred-Rock. All the folks here at Backyard Chickens have been so much help to our little flock over the last couple years (whether you knew it or not)! We...