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    Possible neurological/concussed duckling?

    Okay so I got a weird one for you guys, or at least it's weird for me. I brought home a duckling from the feed store my partner works at because something just wasn't right about the lil dude. It's a crested and they did have pretty rough shipping from what I heard so that could play into this...
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    Unknown disease in waterfowl, two dead, another one sick

    Recently my partner's and I's flock has taken a hit from a mysterious disease and we're getting desperate to know what's up so we can treat it effectively. In less than a month we've had a goose and a duck die and now we have another duck down with the same thing. So far the symptoms list for...
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    3 sweet silkie chicks need home Wenatchee wa

    I wasn't expecting to have to sell these lil guys but unfortunately I am moving to a place where I can no longer keep them. These darling little babies are about three months old? And are hatchery silkies crossed with an unknown breed. They're very sweet, very friendly, have no fear of people...
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    Sweet, friendly drake needs home Wenatchee WA

    I have a super sweet, friendly drake that needs a new home as I am unfortunately moving to a place where I can no longer keep my birds. He's been raised by me since he was tiny and handled multiple times a day so he's perfectly okay with being handled and human interaction. He's about two years...
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    Really wheezy duckling

    I got a roughly two week old duckling who was slightly wheezy when I got her from the feed store but now the poor thing is really wheezy, looks like she's kinda having to try harder to breathe, is sneezy, is shaking her head occasionally, and has yellowish snot, she's also got a kind of clicky...
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    Safe to put ducklings out in smoke?

    So I just got up and went to move my ducklings outside for the day but here in Washington we’re having a really bad late smoke season. I was wondering if it would be bad to put my almost month old ducklings out in the smoke? I can’t even see down the road with how bad the smoke is
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    Ran out of duckling food, what to substitute temporarily?

    I got a batch of three week old duckkings who went through their feed waaay faster than I thought they would and I ran out overnight and none of my feed stores are open just yet. What could I use to substitute until then? They are very hungry screamers atm. I wasn’t quite sure where to put this...
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    Blue Swedish drake WA

    I need to rehome my sweet drake to a different home because apparently my three hens aren’t enough for him and it’s starting to really affect them. He’s an absolute sweetheart, is great with kids, isn’t mean to humans, and gets along well with chickens. if you want to breed him he has some...
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    Broody just won’t quit

    I have a broody hen who I just can’t seem to break her of her broodiness and it’s hot here this summer and I’m getting kinda afraid for her health. I’ve tried just about everything, cold water, ice packs, not letting her have access to a nest or eggs, putting her in a breezy open bottom cage...
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    Ducklings need a new home

    I have four, sweet, almost two week old ducklings that need a new home as a broody got away with hatching them out when I have no room for more birds. They are from what I know, khaki Campbell mixes X blue Swedish ducklings. I live in the east Wenatchee, WA area and I am willing to drive a bit...
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    Just hatched duckling doesn’t sound right

    I have a duckling who just hatched maybe two hours ago and I noticed that he was sort of clicking on and off when she breathes. So I gently picked her up and held her to my ear and I noticed that she has a crackle and her heart sound both slow and louder than what the rest of the ducklings have...
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    Wheezing and sneezing duckling

    I have a duckling who hatched about 12 days ago and he is perfectly active, eating, drinking, and acting normal but he is sneezing like crazy. He just started wheezing slightly, like when he breathes in it sounds sorta like he’s whistling. I’m noticing a tiny crackle in his lungs but other than...
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    Upside down hatchling

    So I have a couple mix breed duck eggs, with the dad being a blue Swedish, that I set to incubate about 28 days ago and last night I noticed that one of my lil ducklings is pipping upside down and that her head is pointed down towards the bottom of the shell. As soon as I noticed I carefully...
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    Chick hatching, still has some yolk not absorbed

    A chick just hatched and some of the yolk hasn’t absorbed yet, it’s still attached to the shell. The chick is super active and keeps trying to get the shell off, should I let it get the shell off or find a way for it to stay attached to the shell a bit longer? Please help
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    Breeding silkies color question

    If I breed a white hen to a black rooster with some gold feathers and get chicks that are gold, black and grey, will their chicks get the gold and black coloring? Or will they be white if the white skips a generation? I’m not very good with genetics and traits. These two are the parents of the...
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    Chick bleeding, don’t know what to do

    A chick just hatched and it’s bleeding, what should/can I do? It looks like the vessels in the shell didn’t dry out all the way before it hatched. It’s my first time hatching chicks and I’m not sure what to do, any help would be greatly appreciated
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    Hatching silkie chick with what looks like blood

    I have a silkie chick hatching and it looks like there is blood on its fluff. It also appears to be kinda struggling to get the shell off the rest of the way. This chick was incubated underneath a broody hen but I moved it to where I could monitor it. Should I be concerned or do something about...
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    Sneaky broody hen question

    My silky hen that was hatched last year has decided to go broody on me. Normally I would let her brood but the father of the eggs she is sitting on is her brother. Will that create any problems with the chicks? I would kick her off the nest but the eggs are already developing and I would feel...
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    5 year old hen acting strange

    My five year old Black sex link hen has been acting strange the past two days. She has been completely fluffed up, her comb and wattles are pale, she is less active than usual, and has been avoiding her flock mates. She also has been eating and drinking less than normal. It has been really hot...
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