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    Chicken Hen raising Ducklings

    Hello, My chicken has hatched 3 x ducklings, my question is; will she be able to keep them warm enough or should I put them under heat? They just seem a little cold but maybe I’m being a helicopter mum. Thanks for your help
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    Help duckling out of unpipped egg?

    Hello, Thank you in advance for any help offered. I have incubated plenty of chicken eggs and have had to intervene a few times, I always wait the 48 hours and only ever help minimally. I recently had some very clucky hens & there were not fertile chicken eggs in my city so I bought some duck...
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    HHD 12 egg incubator for Duck Eggs

    Hi all, I’m going to put some Indian runner eggs into my HHD 12 egg incubator (only placing 6 in) I’m at a bit of a loss & I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction. With the chickens I’ve hatched, the water chamber is increased each week, one for week one, 2 for week two etc...
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    Help! Should I intervene??

    Hello! I need some advice, this little bantam Orpington chick started hatching about 24hours ago, maybe 20 hours ago from when I noticed the initial Pip. It’s not gotten far but I can hear it in there chirping. Should I help! I’ve helped in other batches and I really don’t want to open this...
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    Lump on her face? Any help would be great

    Hello, I recently purchased a bantam Orpington hen, she’s been with me about 1.5 months. None of my other chickens are displaying any sign of something similar. It started with a lump kind of between her eye and jaw, and she isn’t exhibiting any respiratory symptoms. A day later & it’s now...
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    Your opinions please…

    Hi all, I’m after some opinions because I might be biased and I’d like to know if I’m being ridiculous. Long story short, we live in suburbia, we have 8-10 small bantams that we’ve made a run for but mostly free range. The coop is secure (mostly) and the feed is locked up at night, and the...
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    Help! Baby chick has a torn neck!

    Hi all, I’ve got a Mumma duccle and three chicks that she’s hatched. They’re about 3 weeks old I could hear one of the babies chirping so I went outside to find it separated from Mum and other chicks, I picked it up to move it back to her and noticed it was injured. The back of her neck/base...
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    Help! Sick duccle hen

    Hello, I am a little lost as to what could be wrong with my duccle hen, she’s the sweetest thing and I’m very worried for her. She’s fluffed up her feathers and isn’t too interested in moving. She will walk but when I let them out to free range this morning she was standing but not in a rush to...
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    Lump under Pekin chicken chin?

    One of my little pekins has a lump under her chin, inside her throat and in between her wattles It’s quite hard but you can’t see it with the naked eye, I had to feel for it. This is very new and only happened today. She was sitting in the grass gasping. I’ve given her electrolyte replacer and...
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    The rough collie saga continues, any advice would be appreciated

    Hello, I’ve posted here before about our rough collie pup attacking our chooks, to start with he would just choose the weakest one, and only pull her feathers out. Then I rehomed her, for her own safety because he would just single her out because all of the others fight him if he comes...
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    To the folks who trained their dogs to live with chickens…

    Hello, We have a small backyard flock of bantams of various breeds who free range throughout our gardens. We have also recently introduced a baby rough collie Pup, he is now 10 weeks old and we brought him home at 8 weeks. He has always been interested in the chooks, more so trying to herd...
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    Mites have taken over! How do I get rid of them?

    Hello, We have a backyard flock of 8 bantams of different breeds, they free range all day and wild sparrows and pigeons also frequent the yard. I use Diatomaceous earth powder in all of the places in the garden that they use for dust baths and I put a thick layer in their coop too. They are all...
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    Cocker spaniel and rough collie owners please help!

    Hi all, Apologies in advance if I’ve posted to the wrong topic. We have a backyard flock of bantams of all descriptions (photos attached), who we love dearly and free range around our suburban home. They have a coop that they go into at night to roost, and otherwise have free run of our yard...
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    D’uccle chick is a bully!

    Hi, A few weeks ago, I purchased a Belgian D’uccle and a Silkie chick. Both are now 4-5 weeks old. And recently I hatched 4 Pekin babies who are now 2 weeks old. I also have a Silkie hen, Pekin hen and a leghorn x isa red rooster. This little Belgian D’uccle is the biggest, meanest bully in a...
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    Time to help hatching chick?

    Hi Everyone, I am currently incubating Pekin bantam eggs, today is day 21, I have 12 eggs but yesterday (day 20), one hatched (healthy and strong), and two others pipped in the afternoon, #2 at 1pm and #3 at 3pm. It is now 9am and #3 is hatched and healthy & strong but #2 is still in the egg...
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    Day 18 Humidity reading 83%! Please help!

    Hello! This is my first time incubating bantam eggs, everything has been pretty consistent and I ended up locking down the eggs at day 16 because they were moving, I followed the manufacturing instructions and put the amount of water in recommended for days 16-21 and now my humidity is reading...
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    Possible Rhode Island Red Cross? Gender?

    Hi all, I got this chicken from a friend, long story short...it’s mother is a huge red chook, I want to say bigger than a normal Rhode Island Red but I don’t know what she is, she was a shocking mother and this was one of the chicks she didn’t kill. My question is, I’ve had her (I hope her)...
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    Day old chick has spurs?

    Hello, I’m new to raising backyard chickens and I understand that sexing silkies has been discussed but I can’t find anything on the issue I have. Today I picked up 2 chicks, both silkies and a day old. One of them has what looks like a little spur, it has a nail and all, this is in addition to...
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