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    Please help - trembling chicken

    I have a rooster who is one year old he’s a Barnum belgium d’uccle and I love him so much. I’ve noticed more so recently that he tends to have a tremble when he stands I’m not sure if it’s because he’s watching out or something but it’s sort of in his upper legs and tail feathers. He is healthy...
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    Scaly mites

    Hi everyone, I was hoping I could get some real like experiences to help calm my anxiety. I have a lovely bantam rooster with extreme feathers on his feet. I noticed recently a lot of standing on one leg, tremors in his legs leading to a slight tremor in his tail. I looked at his feet and...
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    Broody Hen - feathers lost

    Hi everyone, this is my first time with Bantum Belgium Duccles - my hen goes broody so often which I read is normal with this breed. The last two times she was broody she went through a bit of a moult afterwards which again I thought was ok since we were changing seasons. She went broody AGAIN...
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    Odd behaviour please assist

    Hi everyone, First time chicken owner - I have bantum duccles. My hen is 9 months old now and I live in Australia so it’s approaching the 36 degree days (very dry heat). She has been losing a lot of feathers it’s like a pillow fight every time I open the coop but she isn’t balding there...
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    Help! Chicken making weird noises

    Hi everyone, I would appreciate any advice my mind is going crazy. My hen just started laying this week she’s a bantum duccle, about 24 weeks old. Just this morning I realised that she was making a gurgling/crackling sound. It sounds like when a human is hungry and your tummy rumbles. It’s...
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    Please help chicken not eating hard food

    Hi everyone, My hen is about 14 weeks old. I have been noticing she has watery poops for a few days now but it has been hot where I live and this has happened before from that. Poop looks relatively normal tho, no blood or worms. Just sometimes watery. Anyway I was sitting with her cause I...
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    Rooster and Hen - a match in heaven

    Hi everyone, Okay so I bought two little Bantum Duccles from a breeder, turns out I got one rooster and one hen (of which I love dearly). Anyway, they are inseparable. They follow each other everywhere!!!! They cry and panic when they are seperated, they have dirt baths, groom each other...
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    Ruffled feathers please help

    Hi all, First time roo mum. I’ve noticed my 12 week old roo has rugged feathers compared to my hen. He’s eating and drinking like normal and no sign of mites. They are still both on the starter feed for another week and he gets treats such as a porridge with meal worms, bran and polenta 🤣. They...
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    Pullet and cockerel fighting?

    Hi I have one cockerel and one pullet. They absolutely adore each other and will often have “dust baths” together they sleep so close to each other and now are about 6 weeks old. They seem to go crazy every so often they don’t hurt each other but they chase one another around. It’s kinda 50/50...
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    6 week old chicks won’t leave me alone!

    Hi there I have two chicks about 5-6 weeks old. Every time I leave their site they just cry until they forget. Sometimes if they are distracted and I disappear they don’t seem to scream. I’m getting concerned because soon they will be put outside and I don’t want my neighbours to complain...
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    Chicks scream when I leave their site

    Hi, my chicks are 4 weeks now and they are so happy but when I leave the house they just scream for about 10min before they just settle themselves. I think that because of this stress they poop a bit of diarrhea when I’m gone because when I’m with them their poos are healthy. The rest of the...
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    Help! Chicks weird poop and screams

    I have two 4 week old duccles. Got them about a week ago. They seem super happy and content but the last two days I haven’t been home they had Diarrhea but once I sat with them for a while it went back to normal. Occasionally they have these white watery poops but I read that can be normal...
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    4 week old Duccle Chicks - please help!

    Hi, I just got two little chicks, I’m really hoping they don’t turn out to be roosters as I’m not allowed to keep them where I am. 😭 Please see photos of them side by side, I’m concerned the white one is a rooster as the comb is significantly bigger and pinker than the black duccle. Any...
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