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    Did my rooster/hens severely peck my duck’s head?

    My 3 y/o duck is physically challenged and doesn’t get around as quickly as your average duck, so she lives in her own pen, separate from the free range chickens so that I can be sure that she gets to eat and such. I’ve been letting her out in the morning this week to free range and putting her...
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    I need some advice on how to help a broody hen raise a surprise clutch of four in Central PA’s weather, please…

    My birds free range during the day and we didn’t even realize this little lady was sitting on eggs until she showed up with four little ones in tow a week ago. It was getting close to evening so we put her and the chicks in a pen in the barn with a heat light and provisions. She is a good Mama (...
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    Lethargic Hen, messy vent, walking a little “off”

    I have a 4 y/o hen that , for two days now, has been off to herself along side either a fence or a building, her gait is a little off, and her vent is messy. I haven’t seen her take much food, though I have seen her drink. Her eyes and nose are clear and her breathing seems normal. I can’t see...
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    What got Francesca??

    I went out this morning to let out my free range birds only to find that a predator of some kind had gotten into one of my smaller pens and killed my duck, Francesca. She was missing her head and her neck(I don’t know about her crop) and there were feathers strewn about. Otherwise her body was...
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    A little help, to try to prevent this next year. Please.(Sad post)

    This summer I hatched(staggered hatch) just 12 duckling eggs. The first duckling that I hatched(I named them Penguin), died mysteriously at 8 days old. They were fine 1 day and then the next they were weak and lethargic. I tried to get some nutridrench with some electrolytes into them, but even...
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    Question about cold duckling eggs.

    I have these three duckling eggs that were abandoned by one of my ducks. They were abandoned for about a half a day when I found them. They were quite cool to the touch, but I was incubating some other duck eggs anyway, so I candled them. The activity inside was almost nonexistent, but it was...
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    Should I assist hatch? Duckling over 24 hours.

    I have a duckling egg that pipped externally about some time over 24 hours ago. I’m not sure of exactly how long ago as I just noticed it 24 hours ago and I know it wasn’t pipped 48 hours ago. So any time between really. Anyway, it pipped on the bottom side, which made me leery. Then I...
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    Listless week old duckling, please help, AND FAST!

    I have this duckling that hatched 6 days ago and they’ve been doing fine, until this morning when I came to check on them, they were completely listless. I feed them Purim’s Duck feed by grinding it up for them, and fresh water as the feed includes required niacin and pre and probiotics. They...
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    Broody goose, too long. Help.(Lengthy)

    I have a 2 y/o American Buff goose who went broody on 5/2/22 with 6 of her own eggs. Somewhere over the course of 30 days, 3 of HER original goose eggs went completely missing without a trace and her nest accumulated about 18 duck eggs. I checked her nest the other day. Her goose eggs had died...
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    Goose On Eggs-Some Questions Please

    I have 4 American Buff geese (1 goose, 3 ganders) that I incubated and hatched in April of 2020. Theresa(my goose) started laying in late Feb. of 2021, but I removed all her eggs as she laid them(we weren’t ready for goslings again yet). Now this year I removed all her eggs except the last 6...
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    Possible Beginning of Resp. Issue

    I have more than a few ducks and they’re all free range( I also have chickens and geese, if that’s important).But I have a 10’x13’ enclosed,separate pen in case I need to separate/isolate a bird. Well my 6 month old Silver Appleyard(again, if it’s important),Francesca was in there for the past...
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    How long are goose eggs good for……..

    if the goose is still laying? I have an American Buff goose that has been laying since mid February ( 1 egg about every other day the whole time). Now I have been removing the eggs up until 4/21 and she currently has 2 eggs. My first question is about when will she stop laying? How long are the...
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    Chances of eggs being fertile?

    I have 3 male American Buff Geese and 1 female American Buff. All of my birds( I have chickens and ducks too) free range during the day. My question is this, if I have never witnessed any of the geese mating ( they were all 4 hatched in April of 2020), what do you think the likelihood is of her...
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    Anyone ever see an egg like this before…..

    (I’ll try to attach photos). I found this duck egg on my goats’ house floor, in the straw. It is normal in both shape and size, but the color is quite odd. When I first picked it up, it was even darker. I rinsed it a little and it has gone from a black to a dark gray . Has anybody ever seen...
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    Birth defect=no preening over PA winter, Suggestions?

    I have a duck that hatched in June of 2021. She came out with rolled feet and a deformed bill. Her top bill was SLIGHTLY shorter than her bottom bill when she hatched. But it got worse as she grew and now her top bill is slightly less than half the length of her bottom bill. She is able to...
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    Warning: Sad Posting-Lost a duckling

    Sadly I had a duckling die last night. She was a 3 week old Cayuga. She came to me with a group of 14 other female ducklings from a hatchery when they were 2 days old. Against my better judgement, and at my husband’s urging, I put the whole group of ducklings(which had always been a picture of...
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    Rehab for Poultry/Ducks????

    I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of any type of rehab for any type of poultry or fowl. I am specifically looking for ducks in the Central PA area. I have a drake that I believe is a Pekin. He hatched in April of 2020 and started to have leg problems in May of 2020. Long story short he...
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    What breed are these pullets?

    These 4 pullets hatched within a week or so of 6/6/21(that’s when I got them from my local Tractor Supply) . They were labeled as Easter Egger pullets. But as they grew I had my doubts. I have attached photos. Let me know what you think. They all four have dark, bare legs and brown eyes. None...
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    Did I wrap this angel wing correctly?

    I have had chickens and ducks for 4 years and this is the first time I’ve come across angel wing. The duckling (Blondie) hatched on May 27th along with 9 others that week. He/she is the only one to develop this condition. I read about how to hopefully correct it with vet wrap, and I watched...
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    Duckling with bill deformity

    I had some mixed duck eggs that I took from my goose and on 5/27/21 this little guy/gal hatched with feet that wouldn’t uncurl (until I put “shoes” on them for two days) and the obvious bill deformity. Now when they first hatched it appeared as a very mild underbite, but has gotten worse since...
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