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    My Girl’s Bald Spot

    Hi all - my Hattie has a bald patch that seems to be getting worse. We noticed it a little over a month ago and put it down to molting, but I don’t think so now. We’ve checked carefully for mites, lice, etc, and see no evidence. There’s a little red spot, but that’s all I can see. Any ideas...
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    Muscovy Duck illness

    My duck Hazel is at least 6 years old. She hasn’t laid any eggs in more than a year. The past week or so, she has been racing to the oyster shell and chowing down on it. Yesterday, I thought she was entering her “psycho stage,” which is not out of the ordinary. Both she and her sister will phase...
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    Vent Prolapse or Strange Soft Shell Egg?

    Tonight my hen came running to me so I could put her to bed as she does every night. I usually take the opportunity to check her over, and tonight I was horrified to see what looked like party of a soft shell egg hanging from her vent. Only it was attached. I didn't know if it was a soft shell...
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    I know it's supposed to be 25 hours, but....

    I have one Black Australorp, Myrtle, and the rest are bantams. Myrtle has been a great layer for close to a year, she's just about a year and a half old. She is the only one of my flock who lays large brown eggs, everyone else lays cute little bantam eggs. She has done this twice in the past...
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    Why do my Muscovies go psycho?

    We have four chickens and two Muscovy hens, maybe a year and a half old or close to two. About every other month, one of them will stop laying, then the other. Maisie usually starts it, then Hazel follows into madness. Normally like puppies with feathers, they run from us, get aggressive with...
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    My duck is attacking my Silkie

    Both hens. Muscovy duck that is normally peaceable and even cuddly but since she started molting won't let me get near her. The silkie is the same one that was "sick" the other day. She seemed to have recovered, so I released her from her kennel in the kitchen back to the other chickens. I now...
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    Sick Silkie hen

    My Martha scared hell out of me last night when I went out to let my girls out for their nightly free range before bedtime: she was collapsed under the ramp up to the hen house. I thought she was dead. She wasn't, so I picked her up and examined her gently. I could find nothing obvious, so we...
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    Dry feet

    My Muscovy, Maisie, has been broody for weeks, but her pal (another Muscovy) has been fine. During this time Maisie has become deranged. She practically refuses to get in the water, but behaves as though she is bathing - she ruffles, splashes, preens, but doesn't get into the water. She will...
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    What breed is Bernice?

    Here she is. She's small, but I was told she's young (I don't know what that means, just that she isn't laying eggs yet - bear with me, I have just started by little flock two weeks ago and completely new to poultry). Here's a picture, I hope you can see her well enough. Thanks for your help!
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    No Bloom?

    My Muscovy duck, Maisie, lays big, beautiful eggs - or at least has for the two weeks I've had her. The last couple of days, we found just one egg from Hazel, our other Muscovy, but after the birds got up and outside, Maisie has gone back into the nest box, sometimes several times. Each time...
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