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    What breed is this?

    I picked "her" up today because I felt bad for my rescue duck. I think she's 4 to 5 weeks old. Thanks, all! Here's a video of it quacking, I saw that you can determine sex based on quacking but I'm not sure if it applies to younger ducklings. The larger one was quacking a lot more before I got...
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    Integrating a rescue duck?

    Hello, I don't know much about ducks and took home a rescue Crested Duck today. I also didn't know what type of special care those ducks will need yet, but through brief websurfing, I now know I will need to prepare. Would I quarantine him and can I add him to a regular chicken coop? I made a...
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    Do I have a frizzle or a frazzle and how do I help her?

    Hello, I am a little concerned because my frizzle lost her feathers late winter last year and she's still predominantly bald but is finally growing her neck feathers. All the birds are on chick starter feed because I have 5 little ones. For snack, I give them all sunflower seeds, corn, and...
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    *graphic pictures. What did this?

    I came home from work to a giant radius of feathers and the last from my first group chickens is missing skin on the chest and her head is ripped off but not eaten. Also, thigh meat was eaten. The rest were hiding in some tall weeds by the house. After they saw me they were squawking back and...
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    Anyone have a slow chicken?

    Willow is a Cr. Legbar. I received this hen from a family member. She's about 20 wks old. She is my rooster's favorite because he is young and she doesn't fight. After he mounts her, she'll stay in squatting position for a few minutes. She lays eggs every day. I heard her egg song this...
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    Any clues for these 3 chicks being cockerels?

    I already have a rooster that is 4 months old and I'm keeping him. I have a feeling they are all Roos but it's too early for me to determine. I know the lightest is for sure. They are about 6 weeks old and were hatched by a broody mom. I am aware its still early for the other chicks maybe...
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    Older hen is crowing?

    I'm not sure what is going on. I have a 2.5 year old Polish hen who started crowing shortly after my rooster's favorite hen died. She also stopped laying eggs. Does anyone know why she would be acting like this?
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    Getting rid of my rooster (guilt)

    Hello all, I have had my 3 year old Starlight Green Egger since he was a chick with my first flock. He has just had 6 chicks and at least 1 is a 3 month old Roo. The elder hasn't settled down at all. He has spurred me 3 times and comes after me every day so I have to arm myself with a stick or...
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    Sinadrea's 6/23/2025 barnyard mix grow-along

    Hello all, I just had some chicks hatch during my vacation to Custer. Hen did a much better job than what I hatched in an incubator. We came back to 5 out of 8 or 9 eggs. Unfortunately, one passed away because it got stuck under brooder box mat. Here's dad, Marnie is an ornery 2 year old...
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    Is this a cockerel?

    Chick is about 4 weeks old, Polish, Easter Egger mix. The tail is starting to make me think he is. Thank you for your input!
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    What is wrong with my chicks leg?

    This is 1 of 2 surviving incubator hatchlings. I am not sure what is wrong with him but I am treating him for spraddle leg. I am not sure what I'm looking at. I had chick with mom but he wasn't walking, just trying to hop in her direction. It seems that the right leg functions normally. Thanks...
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    Should I break my broody hen?

    Hello, Looking for some advice on my broody hen. We just hybrid incubated and let her sit on eggs. We originally had 6 eggs, only 2 made it from the batch. I let the early chick live with the broody for a day but I think it has a spraddle leg so I brought it in. It couldn't walk on its own and 1...
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    Bielefelder is acting different.

    My friendliest chicken is now staying away from the others since yesterday. I noticed last night she was on the coop floor so I put her on a roosting bar. This morning she was by herself in the runwhile everyone else went to forage. When I threw out some table scraps, all came running except...
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    Ground medium ideas and safety

    Hello All, I am curious what ground medium/ substrate to use on a coop with an open floor in the midwest? The coop will be placed directly on the ground and our other one is raised and has a floor so it's all new to me. We may put it partially at an angle to prevent flood and snow water from...
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    What is a Painted Sussex?

    I had my sister in law purchase me one because the place she went to sold out of speckled sussexes QUICK today! I've been wanting one forever and the place I buy chickens at locally is selling out of chicks within an hour of them being put in the store. After researching online I can only...
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    Hen ate her 1st egg, can I retrain her?

    Hello, Well today I went out to give the chickens some treats and checked the brooder box and saw a broken brown egg in it. Upon further inspection, I noticed my Wyandotte was eating a section of it. My sister in law says it's impossible to get them to stop with this habit. Is it too late?
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    Breeds of this Starlight Green Egger?

    Good Day, I'm curious if someone knows the mixed breeds of my Rooster. I am thinking of breeding him with my girls next year because I want to see the egg colors of the offspring. He has a beetle green tail and is mostly yellow. Also, we have a small flock of 9. Do you allow inbreeding or...
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    Burning (but trivial) question about feeders and waterers?

    Every time I lift the tops off my 12 gallon waterer or feeder my rooster thinks I'm threatening him. Why are most generic feeders and waterers red and white?
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    When will they commingle?

    My 12 week old Pullets have finally decided to organically go in the coop with the older group, which consists of 3 older Hens and a Roo. The problem is, the older group is not too happy about it. In the day time, they act like they are a separate flock. Roo is kind of warming up, just a...
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    Do hens have personality preferences in friends?

    Just a silly question: I have a Polish (Kalena) hen who's other Polish flockmate (Pierogi) passed away in June. Pierogi timid and Kalena would be more in the middle of the pecking order of my group. The two were inseparable. Pierogi was the lowest in the pecking order and died after mites...
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