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    5 week old Barnevelder

    My five week old barnevelder sexed pullet is getting some pinkish in her wattle area 😳. Anyone know if this is common for the breed or if this is an indication I have a little roo.
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    Naked Neck Pattern/Color and Sex

    This naked neck is about 1.5 weeks old and was bought as a sexed pullet. What pattern/color is this and is it indicative of one gender or the other?
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    Naked Neck Chick

    I recently added three chicks to our house, one of which is a Naked Neck. She was our add on to meet the three chick minimum and I did so because they are known to have sweet personalities. This little chick is nuts. She runs around the brooder like a wild child, constantly hops on everyone, and...
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    Chicken Glamour Shots

    Anyone spend ridiculous amounts of time taking “glamour shots” of your chickens!? Please share yours! I’m loading one of my Sapphire Gem, Billina.
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    18 week new layer issues

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 18 week Midnight Majesty Maran, thin due to recent growth spurt and heat I think (AZ weather has been brutal) 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Monday noticed she was standing in the water...
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    7 week old Easter Egger

    Hey there! Can anyone confirm for me if this comb indicates a pullet. I was pretty sure that this is a pullet specific color/pattern but I can’t tell if the comb is 3 or 1.... I’m confused 🤷🏼‍♀️.
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    Sapphire Gem

    I have a 5 week old supposed to be pullet but I’m stumped. She has feathered out awfully slow, didn’t get tail feather until 2.5 weeks and has always had a relatively large comb. She did not have a dot on her head as a chick (supposed to be sex linked) and everything I read says Roos tend to get...
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    Slow Growing Tail on Sex Link

    I have a Sapphire Gem (pullet supposedly) that is about a week and a half old, they are a sex link bird and mine does not have the spot on the top of the head to indicate male... however it has no tail feathers. I scoured the Sapphire Gem thread and this doesn't seem to be a breed trait (slow...
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    Duckling not acting right

    This morning I went out to let the ducks out and Beatrice, who is normally the most flighty, just laid there. I took her out and put her on the ground and she just sat there staring at me. I let the others down and she is following them around but is not eating and is just sticking her face in...
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    Golden 300's/White Layer Thread

    I know these are a hybrid, but I had a hard time finding information on these Metzer ducks when getting my own. All 300 and White Layer guardians feel free to share your beauties and talk amongst one another here! I'll start off by sharing my Millie who is the leader of the pack, the loud...
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    Preventing Botulism

    So I freak out about everything. I have been reading about botulism, aside from changing food daily and cleaning out waters daily, is there anything else I can do to prevent botulism? I live in a hot dry environment so I spray down the sand in my girls' run daily and we have constant misters...
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    Bad Lettuce for Ducks

    Is there any species of lettuce that shouldn't be given to ducks? I was chopping up some spring mix and wanted to double check.
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    Moving ducklings into heat

    So where I live it frequents 107 plus in the summer. This weekend it was 113. The 'lings are 4 weeks old now and getting large and incredibly messy. It's getting hard for me to manage the mess (although I'm completely willing to for however long I need to). The temps are about 80 at night and...
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    When to separate different size ducklings

    Winnie is now considerably smaller than her siblings. They are about 1.75 pounds and she is 7.5 ounces. Today one of her siblings nipped her and she screamed. It looks like a patch of fuzz is missing now. This behavior seems to be rare and only when there is a high value treat. Just wondering if...
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    Taking Ducklings Outside

    So today I decided to take everyone outside for a bit (they are two weeks old now). They hated it. We only lasted for five minutes because they seemed stressed and terrified. Any tips to allowing ducklings some outside time and transitioning to more outside time?
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    Feeding Duckling Mashed Egg

    I started feeding Winifred mashed egg on Sunday night as the other two ducklings she came with have almost tripled in size compared to her. She had always attempted to eat her chick feed but has trouble because of her bill. I initially gave her some egg strait from my hand to encourage her to...
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    URI and Antibiotics

    Hey everyone. I have another question. The little duck I have with a deformed beak has sneezed and clicked since I got her, I had assumed that it was because of her beak. Now my other two who are generally healthy are sneezing and my welsh is yawning often. I tried giving them water to dunk...
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    Nutridrench Dosage

    I want to administer some Nutridrench to my 4 day old duckling via a dropper. How many drops and how often?
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    Special Needs Duckling

    So as my luck would have it one of the ducklings I got from Metzer has a deformed beak. The bottom looks normal, the top is stunted and she has closed nostrils. She drinks and eats (but much less than the others). I have been making her a mash to help her swallow her food but she constantly...
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    Our New Family Members

    Introducing the adorable triad! We were taking off their leg bands so I snapped a few pictures. Beatrice "B" Winifred "Winnie" - Side note she walks with her wings out a bit, maybe for stabilization? She also has an underbite I'm hoping we will be able to accommodate. She is quite literally...
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