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    Gosling Sexing

    Hopefully these guys are old enough to sex. I ordered them sexed as females from Metzer but I suspect one is a gander. The one I suspect is a gander is significantly larger than the other and it’s bill looks more robust. Probably not important, but it also has angel wing in both wings. They are...
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    7 Week Welsh Harlequin looks/walks wrong

    Title title says most of it. I noticed she was “off” about a week/week and a half ago. Her walk is more of a march with her tail down, she looks on the thin side to me and hasn’t seemed to develop proper oil glands that her sisters have. I feed Nutrena all flock and started adding nutritional...
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    My gorgeous Silkie x GLW mix baby

    Just wanted to share him or her. It’s currently 10 weeks old and I have no idea what sex it is but it is my prettiest chicken! I am pretty sure that dad is one of my silkies and mom was a GLW but it’s possible mom was a Silkie and dad was a GLW.
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    Advice on 9ish week duckling death and sick 1 year old duck

    First, the duckling appeared fine the night before last when I herded them all into the coop. I was rushing to work yesterday morning so if something was going wrong I wasn’t there to observe, just opened the door and left. I found her dead in the run last night when I went to put them to bed. I...
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    Ducklings keep dying shortly after hatch

    The most recent one really hurt. She was the daughter of my Welsh Harlequin girl that was killed by a dog last week and only one of two eggs I was able to salvage (the WH was broody and sitting). I was able to transfer those two eggs to a broody silkie. Found it half hatched today but partially...
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    Lost half my flock yesterday…

    Two of my neighbor’s dogs went on a rampage yesterday, including killing 12 of my chickens and one duck. I have two other ducks that had to go to the vet for injuries and a chicken that I thought would die through the night that should have gone as well. Two months ago, they killed a rooster in...
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    Birds not going out of rigor?

    Hi all, I am starting to get a little confused. I have slaughtered three of my excess cockerels thus far and none of them have gone out of rigor within a week time frame. The first two I still put in the freezer but now that I am on my third, I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I’ve...
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    They’ve arrived!

    My little cuties arrived healthy, active and happy today from Metzer Farms! I have one Khaki Campbell boy, two KC girls and two Welsh Harlequin girls. They are currently exploring their brooder and trying to eat everything. It’s a chilly morning and I, the worries momma, wish they would warm...
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    Buff Silkie Cockerel Hatched July 12, Poultney, VT

    I have one little Buff Silkie boy that is showing early. He'll be 6 weeks old this coming Monday (hatch date July 12, 2021). He came from Meyer's Hatchery and has his Marek's Vaccine. $10 OBO Although I know it's this is a slim chance, I'll throw it out there I'd be willing to trade for a...
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    I’m sure I’m right but… buff silkie cockerel?

    Only looking for confirmation from more experienced silkie owners that this little one is a cockerel. Not even 6 weeks old yet and has a large comb and wattles for its age. I have too many cockerels already so I’d rather know now so I can start looking for a home for him before I get too attached.
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    Nutrena NatureWise All Flock / Chick Starter

    My new ducklings will be hatching/shipping August 30th so I am trying to finalize prepping for their arrival. When I first got my late ducklings a young woman at tractor supply recommended Nutrena NatureWise Chick Starter as feed because it has the highest niacin content at 125ppm. I’ve seen...
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    Chicken tractor, roosters only?

    I have a rather high ratio of boys to girls. I know I have 4 boys in my older birds (16 total) and am nearly certain that two of my three black silkies are boys. I adore some of my boys a little too much to consider rehoming or eating them. They are also bantams - the two silkies and an OEG so...
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    Confirm Ameracauna chicks?

    I should stay out if TSC until chick days are over. Needless to say, they had quite the sale - chicks were $0.25/ea and they had a brooder with chicks labeled strait run Ameracauna and Cornish Xes. I grabbed 6 of the chicks that appear to be Ameracauna - they all have the chipmunk type...
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    An audience to the brooder cleaning

    It was time to clean the brooder this morning. The older chicks thought I needed supervision 😂
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    My newest floofs are one week old today!

    My newest babes hatched out exactly a week ago today and were shipped from Meyer's Hatchery in Ohio to my little town in Vermont. Things didn't start out awesome - my highly anticipated day old golden laced polish pullet was DOA and one of my silkies was very sick on arrival and died a few hours...
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    Fair price for Phoenix Trio?

    I bought 8 mystery chicks at TSC at the end of May. They were already 3-4weeks old at the time and I was going for GLW. Being a newbie, I didn’t think it would be a big deal that I got something other than what I told the employee I wanted (I knew 8 of the 10 birds I asked for were not GLW). I...
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    Trying to decide on breeds - have questions

    After the loss of my babies I am trying to be more thoughtful about my future ducks and part of that is thinking about what I want in a duck flock. I will be building a duck house ultimately big enough for 8 ducks but starting out with 5, four hens and a drake. While I acknowledge the risk of...
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    Newly delivered silkie chick lethargic, unable to stand or walk well

    Boy I am having a rough week and it seems to want to continue. I picked up a new batch of chicks from the PO this morning. They came from Meyers. I ordered 15 total. One - the golden laced polish I wanted so bad was DOA. Two of the silkies had pasty butt. I cleaned them up. One is otherwise...
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    Need Help ASAP

    I need guidance ASAP. All six of my 4 week khaki campbells have taken ill. I first noticed they were quieter than normal yesterday but we had storms rolling in and I figured it was that. It may have started earlier but I was nursing a sick dog and also just got my COVID vaccine and got sick...
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    I wasn’t prepared

    I’ve had my little khaki Campbells for a full week now - they were a week old when I got them so they are now two weeks old. I wasn’t prepared for the water. The poop. The general mess. I also wasn’t prepared to fall hard and madly in love with my babies. I like and care for my chickens. I...
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