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I have a golden comet hen. She turns two this April. Last summer, around August, she started hit-and-miss laying, then a couple soft eggs, then a large egg, then a couple plunks-in-the-night soft eggs, then nothing. She is otherwise acting fine. She eats well, drinks well, has free access to...

A Pekin hen started attacking a Buff hen just in the last day or so. I let my ducks out to the run this morning and almost immediately my hen Henriette attacked the Buff (no name yet). It was that neck wrap behavior with biting the nape. She didn't seem to be trying to mount. I watched for a...

I don't post much at all. I don't have to. I can use the "Search Forums" to find answers to just about any question on chickens or ducks I have . :celebrate I just want to offer my appreciation to all the experts and questioners here. Thank you!! :thumbsup

I believe one of my Pekins has bumblefoot. On Saturday she was limping but I could not see anything on her foot. Yesterday I noticed a small spot that could be a cut or start of bumblefoot. I've read many threads on the infection so I know I should soak the foot in epsoms salt water, use...

My two Pekins, Bernadette and Henrietta, are just odd. Sometimes they lay eggs on the coop floor under the nesting boxes. Sometimes they lay them in an opposite corner. Sometimes they lay eggs in the middle of the coop. I've even found duck eggs up in the nesting box. One of them has their...

I have to completely redesign my coop/run for the birds. It's a long story but the short version is the current location is hazardous to MY health. I've fallen several times in the mud from a wet summer just getting to them to feed and water. Then, inside the run area I've fallen ... yep, mud...

My poor flock may have to endure yet another coop change. Will they be very stressed out? I am discovering my recent coop/run redesign is not practical for me. Getting to the coops to feed and clean is just a nightmare. Oh, the flock is happy with it, but they don't have to do anything but...

My RI rooster is beating the snot out of my Pekin. What are your ideas on managing them? Eighteen weeks ago we brought home four chicks and two ducklings from Tractor Supply. Turns out we have two Golden Comet hens (Pixie and Trixie), two roosters [one Barred (Reuben) and one RI (Red)] and...

Well, hello there! I am a new member of BYC. I tend to hang back and just read, so you may not see a lot of posts from me. I am just starting to look into having a few chickens. The husband hinted at ducks, but I'm not ready for all that yet. :) So - here goes!