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    Thank you!

    You all may have saved a chicken last night. One of my hens was wheezing and sneezing yesterday, and I looked that up here and consequently tried a few things. I put vitamins in their water, had the sick one eat some kefir (she shared with the others), and cleaned out their bedding. It smelled...
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    Runaway roo--how far will they go?

    Last night I found a rooster outside my chicken yard. I let him in, of course, and he spent the night and is now getting along fine, but I've got to look for his owners. I figure he got here in one of two ways. Either he wandered over from a neighbors' house in order to visit my hens, or...
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    Mixed flocks--share your stories of life with chickens AND ....

    I keep chickens and ducks, and also a barn cat, and they often interact in interesting ways. I thought others might like to share too, and I didn't see a thread started on it. So please chime in!
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    Ducks need calcium?

    My ducks eat locally milled layer feed, when they bother to eat feed, which isn't much now that the grass is growing and the bugs are active. They are molting, so from the five girls i am only getting an egg a day. But the shells seem soft, and are often cracked at collection time. Is this a...
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    Please help determine duck genders

    I have some video here of my ducks. I don't know if any of them make noises that can help ID their genders. Most are Welsh Harlequins, but I only managed to catch a couple of those for individual videos and the marks I made on them are fading already! There are two Pekins, and I'm most...
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    Ameraurcana/EE cockerel in Rochester NY area needs home

    I hope it is OK to post this here, as I already listed him on craigslist. I listed him there for sale, but that's really just to deter those who would only eat him. I can do that myself! To any BYC member, or anyone recommended by a member, he would be free, or I'd be happy to trade if you...
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    Help me guess genders of EE/Ameraurcana chicks, 4-5 wo

    hi all, These little guys are a little over 4 weeks old now, and it's time to start guessing...who's a girl? Candidate #1 This is the one I think is most likely a boy. Comb seems a little more prominent to me than on others. And it keeps chest-bumping others and sometimes even pecking to...
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    Runaway ducks?

    Some of my friends who keep ducks have said theirs ran away. I wanted to get WH this spring and let them free-range around the pond, and maybe in back in the creek. But, am I going to lose my ducks if I do? I could fence the pond and environs instead. Might be safer to keep the flock...
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    Extra-large/double yolk eggs

    Is it OK to hatch double-yolk or extra-large suspected double-yolkers? I just had to rehome my rooster and wanted to do a hatch while the eggs are still fertile. The clutch collected prior to the rooster's departure was completely lost due to someone knocking over the incubator. I probably...
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    Rooster seeing red?

    I have 4 EEs: 3 pullets and a cockerel. They are about 5 months old. The roo has been a gentlemen and a wonderful asset to the flock. But the last couple of days he has attacked 8 year old girls in my yard. Yesterday he did it twice, and in both cases the girls were wearing bright red pants...
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    Duck housing/ammenities?

    I'm a newbie to backyard poultry; my 4 chickens are approaching 3 months old. But of course I'm already thinking ahead to spring, and my daughter wants ducks! (And I think the entire family is more or less behind her on that.) I'm thinking Welsh Harlequins, but I've already changed my mind on...
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    Can Ducks eat eggshell?

    So, I'm fairly new to bird ownership, and I have chickens, who aren't even old enough to lay yet. But I'm babysitting 3 khaki campbells (and a dog, fish, and four rabbits) while a friend is on vacation. I hard-boiled and peeled a bunch of (chicken) eggs today for lunch. My chicks are too...
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    Where to buy food grade DE?

    I haven't found food grade diatomaceous earth locally. I found non-food grade DE at Country Max, but there's 1% "other" in the ingredient list, and I wasn't sure if that was OK. The local health food shop sells it in the pet section, and I wasn't sure if it was food grade or not, but the...
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    Chickens and compost questions

    Sometimes I read suggestions to give chickens access to compost so they can eat any good scraps, dig for bugs, and turn the compost (while adding delightful poop to the pile). Other times I read that chickens shouldn't be given kitchen scraps of anything going bad, which is going to happen in a...
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    Designing a run; need advice

    Hi all, I'm working on my run, which will be 15x15', with one wall being the cinderblock exterior of my barn. That gives me 45' to fence in, less the door. The wall is 6' tall, which is tall enough for me to walk in if I make the fence to match the height, or I could make it a bit taller, and...
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    Squawk Like an Eqyptian!

    My PVC run. DSCN1486 by CT122, on Flickr It's 5x5', so not big enough for my 4 birds when full grown, but it works beautifully for now. I just drag it to a patch of lawn where there's a good mix of sun and shade. When, on occasion, a chick ends up outside the pyramid, they can climb right...
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    My favorite "pullet" is a roo. What should I do?

    When I went to buy my first chickens a few short weeks ago, I thought I'd get 3or 4 hens--just enough to keep the family in eggs, and no fussing about with crowing, or brooding, or culling. The first bird to let me pick her up was a little chipmunky EE who seemed to rather like being held. I...
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    New to chickens, new to country life, in New York

    Hi all, I've been a member for a while, but just recently took the plunge and got actual birds. I have 4 Americanauna pullets (I hope), which I realize are probably more accurately described as EE. I had thought I'd start with ducks, but it worked out with the chickens first. Maybe ducks...
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    How do I build a secure fence without going overboard?

    I hope this isn't a thoroughly hashed out subject, but I know that if it is someone will kindly point me to the thread(s) I need. I did do a search and mostly came across threads concerning garden and electric fences. I'm talking about fencing in the run adjacent to the coop. What are the...
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    Critique my coop

    Hi all, I have never had chickens before I got 4 chicks last week. They are 3 weeks old now, and still indoors with a heatlamp, but I have built a coop and I was hoping for some feedback before they need to live in it. I have 4 Americaunas (probably EE, I know). Here are some pictures...
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