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Ive searched existing posts but couldn't find an answer. I have a mixed bag of chickens over here. I have a healthy farmyard mix with genes mixed over years and years and I think some genetic challenges (we inherited them with the farm). I have introduced a new bloodline and I'm managing the...

I have a good mix of egg laying farmyard mix chickens and some are gorgeous. This one is strange though. She is the sweetest thing but she has hair instead of feathers. What is her background? They are all healthy and her family members are all feathered.

It’s getting really cold at the moment so the chickens are now in their winter coop (gets really hot in summer here and they needed something for summer too). I’ve also got 5 pullets that hasn’t laid yet but then I wondered how would I monitor them without disturbing them? I bought and installed...

I have a Muscovy duck about 20 months old. She had her first season this year and lay two clutches. She has had this “loose skin” ever since. The other girls don’t have this. What is it and should I do something about it? She doesn’t seem to be bothered by it. (She is also malting.

I apologise in advance for yet another Cockrell or Pullet Post. I have hatched four Orpingtons that I bought from a reputable breeder. They are lovely and fluffy and everything I've wanted in an orpington although they are less affectionate than I thought...oh well. I'm currently unsure as to...

We had a terrible heat wave and had temperatures between 35 - 40 C before it soured to 45C for two days straight. The night time temperatures didn't go down beyond 25C. My Muscovy Ducks refused to take leave of their eggs and as you can imagine they boiled. I increased the airflow by opening...

Good Morning! I have two problems at the moment. I know little about ducks, let alone Muscovy Ducks. Im more of a chicken man up to now. I built the ducks a house close to our dam and they loved it a lot. All three of my hens slept inside the Duck house until one of my lambs started frequenting...

Good afternoon (or morning/evening/night depending on where you are) My partner and I (he is Portuguese and I am South African) moved to Portugal a few months back to a farm that we bought. we have pigs, sheep, goats and now inherited Four (neglected I'd say) Muscovy Ducks. I will have some...