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    Runny yellow poop, cecal worms? (Picture)

    I have a young hen with runny yellow poop, something I have seen before in previous pullets and hens of mine a few months back. I lost around six hens to whatever this is before it tapered down and all was normal again. It was quite traumatic, as I lost both of my first ever hens. I sent one for...
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    Chick hatched with no eyes and a cross beak

    I woke up to a chick that had hatched with no eyes and a cross beak. I have another chick that is around seven weeks that is blind, but has both eyes. I have never had a chick with cross beak before, and have no had my blind girl for too long. How can I better care for this little chick?
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    Genders?

    Wondering if gender can be determined yet on these chicks, or even guessed at. The first two will be seven weeks old tomorrow. The other two I am unsure about, but they look around the same age. I also would like to know what breed the little orange one possibly may be. I...
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    Lump on stomach

    A lady found this little chick running around the streets alone about a week ago. She did not want it, so we took it in and it has been doing well until now. Today I noticed that the chick has a lump on her lower stomach near one of her legs. I'm not sure how long the lump has been present, and...
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    Half of face swollen and lump in throat(pictures included)

    One of our older chicks seems to have some sort of lump in her throat, just under her waddles. Half of her face is also swollen under her eye and preventing that eye from opening most of the time. Last night I noticed her face looked heavier set compared to the other chick, which looked to have...
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    Supposedly a D'uccle?

    We got this little girl when she was just a chick. We were told that was a D'uccle, along with two others that we originally had. Those two turned out to be roosters and were rehomed, however they looked the same as here color and pattern wise at a younger age. A friend is downsizing and asked...
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    Hen with snapped neck?

    Hi. Not really sure where to put this, so if this is not the appropriate area then I apologize. One of our sweet little serama hens was found dead yesterday morning. They were all locked inside their coop all night and all morning until we went out to let them out. Their coop is also inside of...
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    Was this egg fertilized? + other questions

    Hello. This is the first time I have hatched eggs. Well, I'm not really hatching them myself. I'm letting one of my hens, Rikki, hatch them. She is currently sitting on six Serama bantam eggs. Today marks day fourteen. Yesterday was the first time I have ever candled them. I was really happy to...
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    Hens still not laying

    My two hens will be thirty-three weeks old tomorrow. They have yet to start laying. My ducks, which are three weeks younger, began laying quite a while ago. So why have the chickens not started laying yet? Is there anything in particular I should be doing or giving them? I don't give them oyster...
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    Are these Silkies roosters?

    Hello. We have tried time and time again to get two more hens to add to our limit of four. Out of the original four, we ended up with two hens and two roosters. After a bunch of tracking, we found Silkies. Both turned out to be roosters, and the person we got them from sold his whole business...
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    Sand or something else?

    Currently we have just dirt in the chicken run. Inside the coop we have pine chips. We have been talking about getting sand for both the run and coop. Which sands are safe to use, and do any work better than others? Are there many cons to having sand? As this is my first time owning chickens...
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    What to put in duck run?

    Currently we're looking into putting sand in our chicken pen, but I'm not sure if ducks can have sand as well or not. Right now we just have dirt in their run. The ground where their run is is really hard and near impossible to rake up. We can't move the pen because where it is now is the only...
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    Breed and genders?

    Asked about these guys when I first got them. Now that they are older, I'm hoping someone can tell me what genders/breeds they are! They are six week old bantams. Chick 1, 3, and 4 all have feathered feet. I'm almost positive that chick 1 is a cockerel. I'm also a little suspicious of chick 2.
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    A few questions

    What percentage of protein do ducklings need? Do they need a lower/higher amount as they get older or the same amount their whole life? Feed stores around my area only have chicken feed and no waterfowl feed. I had planned on feeding them the same thing I feed my chicks because of this reason...
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    Separate brooders?

    I wasn't sure if I should put this under ducks or chickens, so I apologize if this isn't the right area. Anyway, we have two Blue Swedish ducks coming on May 3rd. Our new chicks will be about 3-4 weeks when the ducklings arrive. I was thinking it would be wiser to get a separate brooder for the...
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    What are these?

    We got four bantam chicks at Atwoods today. They were assorted, so we don't know what they are. Any suggestions as to what they may be? My camera was being funny with the lighting in this one. A new picture may be best if nobody can tell what it is in this picture. This is the same chick...
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