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    HELP! Do my chickens have lice?

    My chickens have seriously had a decrease in egg production the last couple of weeks and I noticed yesterday that the feathers on their heads are almost gone and they have what appears to be little "beads" all around their eyes an on there faces (see pictures). Are these CHICKEN LICE? How do...
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    Are Ducks Supposed to set on their eggs?????

    Hey there everyone. I am VERY new with the duck thing so I could use some help. When my neighbor passed away a few month ago, her son & daughter -in-law donated their ducks to us since we have a 1/3 acre pond on our property. So we now have 1 Drake and 2 hen mallards. The hens have...
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    Hens have stopped laying

    None of my 7 hens had laid an egg since August 31 (then I only got 3). They appear to me moulting again but they already went through one at the end of June beginning of July. Now the coop is full of feathers again. It has been very hot and I know this can effect them, but for ALL of them to...
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    Female goose missing..

    When I went out ot feed the animals this morning, Bonnie (my female African Goose) was not in the "Goose Coop") where she has been spending most of her time. I searched the entire 5 acres and did not find her. The male (CLyde) is paciing and squawking. My questionm is, the male be alright...
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    My Geese had a visitor

    I guess my neighbors peahen decided to pay Bonnie & Clyde a visit. she has been flying over into our yeard for the past several days ( I guess she likes our pond and property better) LOL
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    Setting eggs?

    Okay, so I am still very new with the Geese so here goes another few questions! Bonnie has finally discovered the "Goose Coop" and I noticed two eggs in there a few days ago when I was putting feed in their bowl. (Of course I definately did not touch or move them at all) she had covered them...
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    HELP! Goose layed eggs in pond!

    I just got my pair of African Geese from my friend on Friday. They have been real adventurous, enjoying their new habitat, the larege pond huge yard area and have been good so far in learning that twice a day I take them some grains out to put in their dish when I feed the chickens and cows...
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    Bonnie & Clyde, our newest additions

    Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce the two newest members of our little farm. They are Bonnie and Clyde a pair of African Geese that we just purchased from our neighbors that needed to sell them because of their new puppy. I can't wait until they get used to their surroundings and she...
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    Feeding Scratch and pellets

    Hey there everyone. I am so glad I visit this place so often I have learned Soo much! First of all I decided to change from laying mash to pellets thinking maybe the hens were not actually eating enough....surprise I seem to be using much less and they seem to be atually eating much more...
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    African Geese

    Our friends have a pair of African Geese that we are planning on buying from them next week (committed to them last week but DH just spayed the pond edges and it requires 7-10 days before fish are edible or animals should feed/graze on grass in area). Anyhow, now DH is panicking because...
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    There really is an Easter Bunny!

    I just could not resist posting this. L@@K what I found in the Chicken coop on Monday evening when I went to collect eggs from my ladies... He was under the nesting box! He was just a baby, fit right in the palm of my hand. I guess he was getting an early start on gathering up "Easter...
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    Not sure the breed...

    Hey everyone, So I got these three new hens from the feed store nearby and they were already laying eggs. I'm sure they are probably a mix of something. here are a couple of pictures maybe someone can tell possible what they are???? They all have Double combs on their heads and the...
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    New chicks with matuture hens

    Well now that we have finally gotten the hang of this chicken raising we are going to triple the size of the run and add more boxes etc. We are going to purchase 25 meat chicks and another 25 laying chicks. My question is: Will I need to keep the chick separated from the older hens and the...
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    Finally my ladies seem be laying!!

    Well finally over the past 3 or so weeks my ladies have started to be more consistent with the egg laying. With the five hens, I am now on the average getting 3-4 eggs per day now, and most of them are the size of a normal large egg you would get from the grocery store. Most are white, some...
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    Will My hens ever lay consistently?

    So lets see. back at the first week of August on of my 5 hens had started laying very tiny eggs. After about 1 month of laying one about every 2 or 3 days she stopped and went very broody for about 2 months. Then they all started moulting. No eggs. Now, They are now 1 year old and I...
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    Looking for RIR or Barred Ply. Rock

    Does anyone have any information of someone selling RIR or Barred Plymouth Rock in the Central Florida Area.. We are looking for either of these two breeds so we can have some GOOD laying hens. We would prefer them to be just about ready to start laying or already laying. Unfortunately the...
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    Does molting keep hens from laying?

    So it has been one month since my "Satan" hen stopped laying and become completely "broody" Don't know what she thinks she is going to hatch, has been sitting on plastic easter eggs for weeks. Any how, the other four hens still have not laid any eggs. They are now over 9 months old. The guy...
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    Hen has become SATAN chick and stopped laying eggs!

    Help please. I finally figured out which of my five hens was the one laying (actually found her on the nest one day, and there was an egg there when she left nest) Here is my dilema! Since that day, (about a week now) she has not laid another egg and has become "Satan" chick! She is...
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    Hens fighting! Still not laying.

    Well it has now been one month since the first egg and we still are only getting one egg per day from the 5 hens. And still not every day. Still not certain if it is only one hen laying or different ones due to eggs being in different nest boxes each time. Now here is my question. I...
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    Only one hen laying

    Alright, so one of my girls started laying eggs 22 days ago. I have gotten 14 eggs so far. (usually 1 for 2 days in a row then a day without). So here is my confusion, I have 5 hens. All from the same hatch, same breed. They are now 7 1/2+ months old, is it normal for only one of them to be...
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