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    Need to get rid of the flock :( (ducks and chickens)

    This year my mom was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. She was the primary caregiver to the birds but she can no longer go near them because of her immune system. I am too busy and cannot take care of the birds. Our flock consists of 1 Delaware Rooster (3-4 years old) 1 Speckled Sussex...
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    Need to get rid of the flock (Ducks and Chickens)

    This year my mom was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. She was the primary caregiver to the birds but she can no longer go near them because of her immune system. I am too busy and cannot take care of the birds. Our flock consists of 1 Delaware Rooster (3-4 years old) 1 Speckled Sussex...
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    Need to get rid of the flock (Ducks and Chickens)

    This year my mom was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. She was the primary caregiver to the birds but she can no longer go near them because of her immune system. I am too busy and cannot take care of the birds. Our flock consists of 1 Delaware Rooster (3-4 years old) 1 Speckled Sussex...
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    Have to get rid of the flock :( (Ducks and Chickens)

    This year my mom was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. She was the primary caregiver to the birds but she can no longer go near them because of her immune system. I am too busy and cannot take care of the birds. Our flock consists of 1 Delaware Rooster (3-4 years old) 1 Speckled Sussex...
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    Emergency! Need answer ASAP!Taking a Rooster to the Vet.

    My rooster has a hurt vet and needs to go see a vet. He is very sweet, he lets me hug him and he loves to jump on my back, but he will not let me pick him up. There are no vets in the Nortg Bend Washington area that does house calls. How do I get him to the vet? Do I have to drug him! I need to...
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    Rooster With swollen Toe

    My 2 year old Delaware's middle toe is very swollen. If you put your index finger to your thumb to make a circle, its a little smaller then that. It is also red on the bottom. He was acting normal all day, jumping up on the coop to greet me and i'm am pretty sure I saw him eat and drink. Is this...
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    Blue Sweedish Drake Might Need a New Home.

    Hello, Yesterday when I was at the lake I saw a Blue Sweedish that someone dropped off at the lake. He fallowed us across the lake and never went more then 10 feet away from us at anytime. We decided that we can’t leave him there cause he will not survive the eagles and the fact that the lake...
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    Why does this keep happening?!?

    For the 2nd time in the past 6 months one of our chickens (Mojave our Buff Brahma) drowned in one of our duck pools. I goin her about an hour ago. In my last post somone said my ducks are pulling the chickens in and drowning them. Is this the most likley cause? How can I stop this from happening...
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    Chicken Dying as I Post This.

    My 1 1/2 year old Jersey Giant Hen has had problems for the past 2 weeks. She was diagnosed with sour crop and put on antibiotics. She got better and started to act normal again. I went out to put them away tonight and noticed her lying on the ground i picked her up and she barley opened 1 of...
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    Need help with giving oral medications

    About a week ago my jersey giant got sour crop. The vet gave us oral medication (5.5 ml of amoxicillin twice a day). Everything was fine until I found out my dad will be leaving for 4 days. She needs her meds but I don't know how to give her the meds without my dad holding her beak open. Does...
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    Emergency! SICK CHICKEN!

    I went outside today to feed my chickens and ducks when I looked over and saw my jersey giant standing alone. She has a plae comb and is closing her eyes it looks like she is haing trouble keeping them open. Usually she is running around and hates to be touched but when I went near her and...
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    Hen Throwing Her Head Around Like She Wants to Throw-up

    Just a heads up if one of your darlings is displaying weird behavior......other than normally weird.... One of our RIR's was acting strangely. She wasn't moving around much, allowed me to pick her up without a bit of a squabble and was just staring, keeping herself isolated from the gang. Then...
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    Can Mallard/Rouens Fly?

    I am hatching mallards crossed with a Rouen drake. Will they be able to fly? And what would you call them? Rouallards? Mallouens? Tom, Dick, Harry???
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    HELP!!! Day 26 duck eggs do I need to intervene? PANIC OVER - PICS

    Woke up this morning to 4 eggs peeping and each has a small pip at the large end. Humidity is at 75%. But over the last few hours, the pips haven't got any bigger and when I chipped away a bit around the pip the membranes are white. Except for 1 egg which has a small hole through the pip area...
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    Drake with Bleeding Nares

    I posted in emergencies as well, but there isn't anyone on there right now... Went to put my Rouen drake in bed with his girls and he had blood all over his bill! my son wiped his nose and a clot seemed to fall off. We managed to grab him and wipe his bill off with some hydrogen peroxide...
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    Bleeding Nares

    Went to put my Rouen drake in bed with his girls and he had blood all over his bill! my son wiped his nose and a clot seemed to fall off. We managed to grab him and wipe his bill off with some hydrogen peroxide. There is no sign of trauma to his bill, but both nares are red inside. He isn't...
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    HELP!!!!! PLEASE Huge Rooster Dilemma

    Hi everyone - We ended up with 2 cockerels (supposed to be hens). One cockerel has become dominant and the other is basically an outcast. He sleeps in the coop with everyone else, but stays away from the pack unless a hen comes too near and he tries to mount her. Of course the dominant guy will...
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    Another intro of ducklings to the gang

    We are doing the meet and greet of 2 ducklings to our mixed flock of ducks and chickens. They are 6-7 weeks old (Welsh Harlequin and Jumbo Pekin) They are in a separate pen with their own house within the safe run and then we have been letting them out into the big run under supervision. It's...
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    Does Mating Season Ever End????

    My Rouen drake is almost in full eclipse plumage but he still is chasing my poor ducks around to mate and I think they are finally getting sick of it. Even his partner is shoving him off. One of our poor mallards seems to be a favourite and the back of her head is almost bald. Does it ever stop...
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    Sick Mallard Hen?

    One of my Mallard ducks is a year old now and in the last day or so, she has been lying around a lot. She is eating and drinking fine and laying. But instead of wandering around with the others as she usually does, she is plopping herself down and not moving. She is usually kind of skittish and...
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