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  1. Chickycammy

    Duckling hurt in chicken fight

    As the tile says, I have more bad luck. I have a mother chicken that hatched three duck eggs that she stole. Today they we're walking around the yard eating under their mother when one of the broody hens rushed off her nest and went over to starting to grab and pull one of the ducklings. The...
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    EE eggs hatched, chicks are dying fast.

    I had 7 hatch out of 12 EE eggs. They were great for the first couple of hours, no obvious sickness. No diarrhea, no goopy butt nothing seemed wrong. They've been hatched maybe a day and suddenly they started getting wet, not eating or drinking, they are lethargic and within a few hours I've...
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    Gosling emergency!

    I have a week old female gosling that suddenly isn't able to walk or stand. Feels like she's running a fever, her beak and her feet are hot to the touch she is acting like she's shivering, she is cleaning herself and talking but she hops like a frog instead of walks. This is my first time...
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    Sick hen

    I have a year old Mille fleur D'Uccle hen that's not acting right. She's laying a lot with her tail down and feathers fluffed. She's been having eggs normally with normal shell color, shape and thickness. She's not sneezing or coughing, no runny nose or diarrhea. She's not gotten sour crop or...
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    ISO goose hatching eggs eastern NC

    I'm looking to get at least 3 eggs. My Mom was given an egg and told it was a maybe if it was fertilized. Sadly, it's clear after some incubation time it's not. If anyone has any around here I'm willing to drive to pick them up. I'm in Brunswick county NC.
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    New rooster and mating behavior

    I have a Silkie roo that I've put in with my EE hens. He seems to be happy but he has the hardest time mating. They're just a tiny too tall for him. Today I saw he finally seemed to have gotten one of the hens. He was so proud. My question is if he'll make a good roo for them or do they need a...
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    Rooster pulling hens feathers out of her head???

    I have 6 mille de fleur bantams, the hand sized ones. 2 roosters and 4 hens. Each Roo has 2 hens in their homes. I plan on getting more hens this year. Tulip my biggest Rooster has his favorite hen of his 2. Tulip loves this one hen so much that he will almost daily mate with just her. Honey the...
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    Roo or Hen silkie?

    I have 3 silkies that are 8 months and it's my first time owning them. I have 2 that I were told are bearded silkies and one top knot silkie. I can tell that one for sure is male as he will Crow, make sounds for food and has tried to mate the top knot hen. The one I'm confused about is the...
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    Sneezing and difficulty breathing in 5 week old Americana chick

    I have a 5 week old Americana pullet who suddenly started having issues breathing, she's sneezing, won't eat or drink water and she also keeps drooling. I've opened her mouth and looked down her throat and it looked open with nothing stuck. The other chicks are doing fine and seem to have no...
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    First Quails, looking for advice

    I got my first ever Quails and I'm so excited! I've read things online about them but since they're going to be inside birds I figured I'd better get some info from some owners. Right now there is only 2 and not getting any more. They're inside because in my town I have to have a license but...
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    Rooster trying to steal 2 day old kittens, what can I do?

    To our happy surprise one of the stray cats we care for had kittens on our back porch. We think this is wonderful as she's now more friendly and we love to watch kittens grow. Next to where she had them on the ground is the Nursery coop with my hen and her 8 chicks. Ivory our hen doesn't seem...
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    Brooding hens and coop mates advice needed

    I'm not sure if this is the right spot but let me know if it's not! We have a nice 6ft by 6ft coop for our 7 chickens. 2 of which have been brooding on nests and by the looks of it their 30 eggs could be hatching out sometime next week. We're pretty worried about whether or not we should move...
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    Considering getting Quails, any advice welcome!

    At the moment I have chickens, 3 tribes (biggest is 14 chickens), ducks, a diamond dove and 5 cockatiels and I've been wanting to get Quails for quite awhile now. I've done some reading on them and there is a game farm that sells fertile eggs you can hatch yourself around 3 hours from me. I was...
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    Egg crushed but chick still alive inside, what to do???

    So I let my chickens brood on their eggs and sometimes I take them out. I had 2 hens brooding this time. When I woke up this morning everything was fine with them but I had to rush my 10 year old cat to the vet for health problems. When I returned the neighbors dog had broken into the Nursery...
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    Vinegar water in the incubator: update post

    So I did it! I took my cousin's advice and used a cap full of white vinegar in my incubator. I put 7 eggs in for a test run and I'm happy to say I've had better hatching results then with purified water. 5 out of my 7 hatched! 3 of those chicks were from my 4 year old golden comet that hasn't...
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    Vinegar water in the incubator?

    I'm on my next round of incubation after all my other eggs had hatched and I cleaned the incubator. My cousin who has a farm told me to use a cap full of vinegar in the incubator water during the incubation to help prevent infections. Has anyone heard of this before? I've used vinegar in the...
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    Is there such a thing as a hermaphrodite in chickens?

    I have fenced off areas in my side yard and backyard with two different flocks of chickens. Caprica, my Barred Rock / Plymouth Rock mix it's supposed to be a rooster. He is housed with his only companion a smaller mixed hen. She lays small pink/creamed eggs but today I found Caprica in the coop...
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    Can anyone tell me these 5s genders??

    I have 5 that I'd like to know their genders. 2 older around a week or two and 3 others are around a week or younger. Mother is a RIR/Leghorn mix and father is a BR/Plymouth rock mix.
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    Help with week old Cockerel BR killing egg mates.

    I was lucky to hatch out 11 chicks this year. The oldest is a BR male, he was there when 5 others were hatching and he seemed okay. Yet, after moving them to the outside brooder he killed one of the other chicks. 2 days ago I had 3 more hatch out and today I thought I could move them from the...
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    Mama fox and how to protect my flock?

    Sadly, we had a fox move in close to us. Last night she got into the coop while the chickens were sleeping and killed my favorite hen. Thankfully the rooster was able to chase her off. While reviewing the security video we saw that the fox had clear tits, she must have some babies around and...
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