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    Opinions on a broody hen

    I have three very persistent broody hens and it got me wondering... What does everyone do when they have broody hens? I'm curious to hear people's creative solutions. Do you let them hatch? Give away the babies? Get them chicks to adopt? Try to break them? Not sure what I'm going to do. Had...
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    Lice eggs concern

    I have treated with Elector PSP for lice (please leave off your comments about elector psp not being labeled for use on lice, thanks) and I see zero live lice but there are still eggs at the base of the feathers. When will those fall off? Do I need to treat again? Feeling very paranoid about...
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    Elector PSP - two questions!

    Some of my flock have lice 😬. I treated everyone and the entire coop (after I stripped it) with poultry lice dust while I waited for my Elector PSP to arrive. It arrived today and I treated all my birds thoroughly with that. I saw no live lice but there were definitely eggs and I made sure to...
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    Let's play everybody's favorite game!

    *Cue game show music* (Cheesy game show host voice) Come on down and play hen or roo? *audience applause* One day I swear I will get better at this but for now, give me your thoughts. Fauci is my yellow one and Pfizer is my grey, I'm getting some strong roo vibes from Pfizer but I'm still...
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    Broody Chicken with Hunched Back

    I'm not sure if anything is wrong with my Buff Orpington but she is very broody and is kind of hunching over her back. She's a year old and has been perfectly healthy and maybe broody hens just look this way but I'm not experienced enough with broody hens to know. She keeps trying to share...
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    Rescue rabbit does not groom itself

    Here's the short version of Latke's story: I found him on the side of the road two weeks ago and immediately brought him to the vet because he was in terrible shape. He is recovering well and is social, friendly, eats, uses his litter box, and generally seems quite content. He was EXTREMELY...
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    Poopy and red chicken butt

    Two of my girls have red vents and some poop stuck to their bums. I'm a new chicken mom and I'm not sure how to help them. What is going on and how can I fix it? Both of my girls are almost a year old and one is a Buff Orpington and one is an Australop. Otherwise they are healthy and laying...
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    Chicks with Swollen Eyes

    Help! 3 of my new chicks have eye issues! They look swollen and the eye appear swollen shut.
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    Broody Duck Sitting on Rocks

    Yup, you read that right. My broody little Swedish Blue is sitting on rocks. They are outside her coop so every night I shoo her off the nest and every day she returns to it. I have dismantled it and she just keeps building it up again. Granted she usually has actual eggs in it... I don't have...
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    Broody girl nesting outside coop

    I have a broody Swedish Blue that is starting to make a nest outside of the coop. What have others done in this situation? Can I move the nest? Should it be totally separate from the other ducks? Our coop isn't terribly large but I could easily build another mini coop just for her. Right now...
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    And my duck drama continues...

    As I'm battling with my 1 year old Pekin duck to treat her bumblefoot, my 1 month old duckling is looking worse by the day. Here's the short version of her history: 1. I got her from the feed store when she has splayed legs. 2. I splinted her legs and at 1 week old she seemed weak but perfectly...
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    What is this!?

    I found this in my coop this morning and I'm totally baffled. It looks like the world's largest and softest egg shell? Kinda? There was a smaller identical pile next to it. Should I be worried? Was my duck egg bound and she cleared it? I have four ducks who are all a year old. So far they have...
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