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    Parasite Identification + help

    Hi folks, The dreaded time is upon me, there's parasites on my girls for the first time. I saw these yesterday for the first time. Last I checked they were clear - or at least I didn't see anything during the weekly health check before. Are these lice? fleas? I'll talk to a vet tomorrow...
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    Help my ID the new girl please

    Long story short: I have a new hen whom I adopted because she showed up one day after free ranging as if she was part of the flock. Maybe she thought I wouldn't notice an extra bird. Front, side and group photo for scale attached (she's the only bird that's not white, well camouflaged and...
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    eggbound or not eggbound?

    3 days ago, she has a poopy butt again, I figured she's not dust bathing because of the rain (again!), but then she tried to sleep in a nesting box two nights in a row, so the second time I looked her over, and noticed her crop and abdomen were firm. I took her in the house to check that her...
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    Missing feathers - how to handle cold/winter?

    Hi folks, Couple days ago, I noticed a bird with an injured pin feather (It looked like it had bled quite a bit, but I couldn't find a wound other than the tip of one pin feather being red). The next day, I was shocked to see two hens with bare backs! One was expected because of...
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    Pullets or cockerells?

    Hi folks, I have 4 ~6/7 weeks old chicks. Attached are photos, with chicks labeled A, B, C and D. D's feathers seem to be coming in late, but they all hatched within ~2 days of each other. There was definitely 3 looking different from the 1 since the first couple weeks, so my initial guess is...
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    help! pip'd egg opened by predator or?

    So eggs have been disappearing from under mama broodie... I started with 7, 3 appeared (laid by others) but also I had 4 of the good eggs remaining yesterday, and I am down to 3 today. No trace of anything so I was assuming snake was taking one per week. I heard peeping this morning and checked...
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    duck foot issues, what are these?

    I thought my duck might have bumblefoot after doing a routine check and started soaking/disinfecting treatment but now i am not sure that is what it is. see photo! Marked as 1 and 4 just looks like a mole, no crust and it feels smooth/same as the rest of the foot skin. Is that bumblefoot...
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    How to choose which rooster to keep?

    Hi folks, I read a lot of articles about roosters and similar questions on the forums but there was a lot of observe them and you’ll know. So I’ve been observing a lot, but I still don’t know… :) is it better to cull from top or bottom of the pecking order? Does it even matter? I have 4...
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    Duckling died - help explaining why? (context + home necropsy/photos)

    The youngest of my 3 muscovy ducklings (Loulou) died this morning out of the blue. It was exactly 8 weeks old, a day younger than the others - but it looked like it was about 4 weeks behind the other two in terms of size and feathering. I found Loulou at 11am inside the coop, flat on the belly...
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    Where to buy niacin supplements online in Canada?

    Wondering if there are any Canadians around with recommendations for where to purchase liquid niacin / vitamin b complex online? Are there any local brands you'd recommend? Or online stores in Canada that carry the US brands? It doesn't look like amazon canada sells any of those brands, and...
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    Duck droppings guide - what is normal?

    Hi folks, Is there a good ducks dropping guide equivalent to this one? https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-droppings-what-is-normal.78090/ Everytime there is a slightly different dropping dropped, I have to wonder if something is wrong with my ducklings, (first time duck...
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    Help with assisting twin hatch (muscovi)

    I'm on day 31 out of 35 of hatching Muscovi duck eggs. I suspected I had twins early on (a couple folks also thought so after posting a video in the august hatch along thread). I've decided to keep them and do an assisted hatch if they made it that far based on reading other's recent...
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    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    Hi folks, I have 7 white leghorn (+ unknown roo breed) chicks due next week. This will be the first time I raise chicks myself. I read I shouldn't give them too much space so they can find the heat source easily, but also not too little, so they don't get crowded. I have: 1) an open top...
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    Is this unabsorbed yolk?

    Context: This chick pipped on the wrong end yesterday evening. I didn't expect it to zip until tomorrow-ish. It zipped all by itself about 15 min ago. There was a tiny bit of blood when it zipped, which reading the forums also sounded like it might be a bit early. When it got out it dragged...
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    Soon-ish to be chicken mom

    Hi folks! After lurking for a few weeks/month I decided to create an account as I expect I'll have questions of my own that aren't answered by just reading other people's posts. Nice to meet you all and join this community! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've...
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