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    What breed is this dark chocolate brown w/ white female duck?

    She is a docile two year female who is joining our flock. Beautiful dark chocolate brown (almost black) with a white chest. Any ideas what breed or crossbreed she is?
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    Need Tips on Introducing a New Female Duck to a Surviving Female Duck

    We had two Buff Orpington females but lost one a week ago due to a respiratory illness. She was the only duck affected, and our chickens were fine as well. Our Buff (2 years old) is very unhappy as a singleton so we found a single female duck on NextDoor who need a home. She is also two years...
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    Labored Duck Breathing

    Hi, I have just noticed a funny breathing pattern in one of my two 2-year-old Buff Orpington female ducks. It started yesterday and hasn’t stopped. She is panting (and it’s not that hot). She has chest retractions with her breathes and her tail bobs with each breathe. Her quack is raspy and...
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    Chicken died while we were trimming her nails :(

    Hi all, We are devastated... we noticed that one of our backyard chickens, Pancake (just turned three years old), had long nails and she was having trouble getting in & out in the coop so we read about trimming her nails. I thought that the fact that she had longer nails indicated that she...
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    2 Year Old RIR With Distended Abdomen and Increased Respirations

    Hi All, looking for some help here. I have a two year old RIR who is acting lethargic and abnormal. She did not want to leave her roosting bar this morning to free range so I took a look at her. She has increased respirations, a distended abdomen (feels like it's filled with air), and lots of...
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    What Breed? Thought it was a buff orpington but doesn't look like one?

    Does anyone know what breed this hen is? I am attaching one pic of her at 3 days old and one at 2 months old. The feed store said she was a buff orpington but she's looking more like a road island red or some kind of cross (but not quite as dark as my RIR). http://diabloviewvet.com/butter.nxg
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