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    Water belly - can’t pull back on syringe!?

    I have a little silkie with water belly. I’ve drained her a few times without issue and she’s very happy afterwards. The last two times I’ve tried to drain her I can’t pull back on the plunger of the syringe for some reason. It feels stuck tight like it’s vacuumed closed. When the syringe...
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    Voltage thru electric fence?

    Just set up an electric wire fence to keep the raccoon away from my flock. Wondering what the effective voltage is while still being safe in case my dogs (25 lb and 45 lb) investigate. Here is the setup: wooden posts with chicken wire and aviary netting secured to cross pieces. New...
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    Hatching Pekin duck eggs - goo?

    I have two Pekin eggs in lockdown since yesterday. One egg rocks around a bit, but no pip yet. The other one pipped a bit yesterday and this afternoon the little bill starting poking thru the hole! Then some liquid dripped off the bill for a bit and now that liquid had settled a bit under the...
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    Duck suddenly died - what can I do to protect the rest of my flock?

    Hi, all - My mature Pekin duck, Connie, didn't want to eat yesterday - which was odd for her - but otherwise she seemed fine. Later in the day, she was a little listless, but I didn't think anything of it. This morning I went out to the yard and everyone else came running out of the coop -...
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    Drake attacking chicken

    I have a Drake, a duck and four chickens (hens). One of my hens started to show signs of being pecked and today I saw my drake chasing her all around the coop. He pecks at her neck and back. He’s quite aggressive and then backs off. They grew up together as hatchlings - any idea what’s up?
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    Free Cuckoo Maran cockerel 5 weeks old (MA)

    Hi One of our "girls" turns out to be a boy and we can't keep a rooster. Free cuckoo maran to a good home! We are in north/central Mass about 40 min west of Boston.
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    Super-duper Easter Egger Rooster needs new home - MA, NH, RI

    Our dear Ethel has turned out to be more than we can handle. He is very territorial and goes after our dogs, and us, too, sometimes when we are outside when the girls are free ranging! Somehow the loss of our Pekin drake has thrown him into reluctant-alpha turmoil. He's a beautiful boy and...
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    Design help needed

    Hi all Someone recently gave us a portable garage frame (see pic) and we'd like to use it as an enclosure/run for our five hens, one rooster and two drakes. Anyone have experience transforming a frame like this into a home for their birds? It measures 12x12x8.
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    Straying from flock

    I have two drakes (Pekin and Cayauga), one rooster (Easter Egger) and five hens (one Easter Egger, two buff orps, two barred rocks). They are all the same age and we're reared together since we got them at a week old in mid-May. Very nice flock, quite friendly to each other and generally happy...
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    Is Ethel a roo? Easter Egger or Ameraucana?

    Our 8 week old (ish) Ethel is our most aggressive chicken and likes to stare down the dogs. Could she be a he? I'm posting photos that I hope might illustrate her markings so those you you who are experienced might chime in. Also, the Agway said she was an Ameraucana but could she be an...
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    Hello from MA

    hi I've been lurking around for a while and finally joined today. I have six 8-ish week old chickens (two each of buff Orpington, barred rock and ameraucanas or Easter eggers). Also have one Cayuga duck and one Pekin duck the same ages. Also four cats and two dogs. I've had chickens before...
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