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    Introducing ducklings to their parents without injury?

    I have 3 pekins (2 ducks, 1 drake) that we hatched from fertilized eggs (we have the parents too) almost 7 weeks ago. I've been putting the ducklings outside in a pen separate from their parents (and another runner duck we have) during the day and bringing them in at night, but it's so mild for...
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    Changing topic: HELP just got intact egg out of egg bound hen.

    I have a hen that I've noticed has been getting thinner over the last few days. She was still eating and laying up until today though. She is very listless, won't eat (not even peanuts which she always loves). I got her to drink by dripping some water on her beak. When I picked her up, to...
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    Fluid filled sac on chest?

    When I said goodnight to my hens today, I noticed that one of them has a large fluid filled sac over her breast area. Looking at anatomy of chicken pix, it seems like it's her crop. When I palpated it, she didn't seem to mind, and she seems in otherwise okay health -- alert, eating and drinking...
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    knocking nesting material out of box - broken egg

    I'm a pretty novice chicken owner here, and I have 5 hens, 3 of which are still pullets and two of which are at least a year old. The two older hens did not lay for a couple of weeks after we introduced them to their new setting, but both girls are laying now. Unfortunately, one of them is...
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