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  1. FowlWitch

    Is this a drake?

    This one isn't quacking, unlike the white mallard in the background. I don't know what breed, possibly some kind of runner crossed with a pekin. I'm hoping it's a drake.
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    Will anybody be taking orders for live Svart Honas (or other rare breeds) in December or January?

    I'd like to get some Svart Hona pullets. I want to order live birds - chicks are okay. I don't know if anybody selling has wait lists so I'll just post now even though I won't be buying until a few months from now. I'm also looking for Isabella Leghorn pullets. Please me know how ordering...
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    Maximum calcium content for chick food? Store sold me the wrong feed

    I went in and asked for chick crumbles. The guy gave me a bag that was labelled "Extreme Chicken premium feed". I niavely trusted the employee so I bought it and took it home (a full hour's drive) only to notice a tiny, barely noticeable piece of paper stapled to the bottom that said Layer Feed...
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    I finally had time to chill with my birds today :)

    I've been sick and having car trouble so this week has been super hectic, but today I was able to spend a little time with everybody :) I moved Sakura with my EE hens and OEGB rooster. Turns out my Svart Hona, Lola, is also male, so that left me with 3 cockrels and only one pullet. Yikes...
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    FFA/4H programs for adults?

    I only got to do FFA in 9th grade and then was transferred to a different school without the program the next year after district rezoning. I would like to start a farm one day but I don't know where to learn. Are there farming programs available for adults? Is that something I'd have to go to...
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    Chick with chronic pasty butt has white liquid leaking from vent

    I was washing his butt and noticed two things: it looks like his butt was getting pecked by the other chicks, and his vent was leaking a white liquid. Pics: https://imgur.com/a/lvZT3BG What might be the issue? I've been putting Corid in their water since day one to prevent coccidiosis, so I...
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    Juvenile muscovy Drake is aggressive. What to do?

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/yotajwc8HAcMBVEe8 He beats up the female and bites if I get too close. I've been trying to gently pet his chest (mistake?) in the hopes that I can teach him that touching him won't hurt him. Will he mellow out with age? I'm thinking that he may turn out to be human...
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    Anybody want to take their best guess on the father's breed?

    These chicks are about 2 days old now. The lady who I got the eggs from was selling them for eating, but she said they were fertilized, so I decided to pop them in the incubator because I had just set some eggs that morning. Of the 6 eggs, these were the only 3 to hatch (2 were early quitters...
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    Is it too early to sex this 6 week old Crevecoeur?

    I think he's about 6 weeks - he hatched some time around June 27th or 28th. I think he's a cockrel because he and the bielefelder cockrel are always chest bumping and raising their hackles at each other. I'm hoping Boris (the chick in question) is just a dominant pullet, but I'm really not so...
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    Yeast for ducks: are nutritional yeast and brewer's yeast the same thing?

    I want to get some for my ducks, but I don't know what the difference between the 2 are and which one will be better for the ducks
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    Need help asap :( chick hatched with wry neck

    I think this chick hatched from an elongated egg that I had set. I was told the elongation shouldn't be an issue and I may only need to assist hatching, but it seems it was more of an issue for this baby than I expected. How do I help it? Is there a way to treat the wry neck...
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    Making shelter for chickens with young trees instead of lumber and plywood?

    I was watching this video and I noticed he has some young trees tied up make a tepee shape. I don't know what he's saying, but I doubt he made it as shelter for the birds. In any case, I was kind of inspired by it. I was thinking it would be interesting and fun to make a shelter for my birds...
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    New kitten has runny nose, sneezing. Remedies for URIs?

    So I've had my new kitten for less than a week - I brought her home Monday. She must have gotten sick at the shelter or the vet when she was spayed; she started acting lethargic Friday and developed a little sneeze. Today her nose is running and she doesn't want to eat or drink water (which I...
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    Can chickens and ducks eat Feverfew?

    I don't like confusing people with common names, so here's the species name of the plant: Tanacetum parthenium I found some growing on the edge of my property and I was wondering if it would hurt my birds if they ate it. I know it's edible for people, but I'm not sure what it'll do to the birds...
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    Okay I'm ready to be yelled at lol what did I do wrong?

    So today is day 20 and I felt like something was wrong with these eggs. I saw no sign of internal pipping, and the shape inside they egg when I candled didn't change at all since lockdown, so I know they haven't repositioned themselves to be facing the air cell. So I decided to meddle because...
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    Bald spots on ducklings?

    https://imgur.com/a/BSbxhfT My muscovy ducklings have bald spots on their wings and necks. One appears to have a scrape on the back of her neck. Are they being picked on?
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    I cracked what appeared to be a failed egg and the embryos was still alive

    When I candled the egg last night (day 15), all of the blood vessels in one side of the egg had collapsed. It looked like a blood ring, so I thought the egg had failed. I left the egg out over the day while I was asleep, and when I woke up I cracked it open to do an eggtopsy. The little bird's...
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    Designing open faced coop with attached run for 15 bantams. Need advice

    Hypothetically, I'm going to have about 15 bantams (assuming all my eggs hatch and all chicks survive); how much room should I provide in a run-coop combo? The breeds are Dutch Bantams, one silkie bantam, one bantam conchin-mix, one Old English bantam, and Svart Honas (not really bantams, but...
  19. FowlWitch

    Accidentally incubated an egg upside down.

    Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rQAtydZvA4cAfgtc7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/eZe1ukdssGJHeaCo7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Av8ZQrS8HL5UGYe9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/vp4fauZdKgc7rX6f7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/voo7Xo1zQT94zLN47 Today is day 7 on these eggs. I couldn't tell which end was...
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    Photos always open in new tab when I use Chrome

    If I'm on Firefox, when I click a picture in a thread, it gives me a pop up where I can scroll right to see more photos from the thread, but on chrome pictures always open into a new tab instead. Is there a way to fix this? I have Adblock, which I don't need for this site (so I added byc to my...
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