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Hurricane Sandy is going to hit us tomorrow night and stay for 72 hours. How do I prepare my birds? Their coop wont with stand 100kmph wind and hurrican rain! We are planning on caging them an keeping them in the unused part of the house but I can imagine that is stressful for them, any tips on...

We just adopted a roo named Not-Cornelius and he got away! He has continuously been trying to return, but we seem to scare him off. We located him sleeping in a tree, at a guess over twenty feet up, on a branch. Will he be safe there? It's near two clearings(on either side) but we live way out...

My two pekin ducks, Johnny and Baby, tend to wag their tails a lot, why? Is it happiness like a dog? Being annoyed like a cat? A mystery? Also they stand up really tall and shake their wings a little from time to time, why do they do that? a little like that, but a duck and still in a standing...

Just got two pekin ducks, one male one female. We got them for breeding they are currently about five weeks old, and messy! We set up a temporary pond and are living with our chickens in their coop(also temporarily). We had a naming epiphany. We wanted to give them famous couples names: Romeo...

This morning my chicken who was troubled since hatch died. And just now one chick had a seizure! He/she could probably be a roo. And another pullet spit up some muccus! I feel like a horrible chicken momma! The others never showed any signs of sickness until about 15 minutes ago. Penny, the...

Where I am it is: June 29 12:35 am! 35 minutes into my birthday! It's my birthday, and I'll be on BYC if I wanna I've got big plans(aside from participating in the BYC scavenger hunt and gossiping with the chickens)! So, any fellow June-baby-BYCers out there? Or am I a loner?

Hey I'll post a video of what she is doing but here is a quick description. Elvis is my 6-7 week old pullet, she is having some issues. It started mostly today but some signs were shown a tiny bit yesterday. I took them(the chicks) outside to help in the garden and Elvis spent a lot of time in...

Hey we are going to make a run but... We don't really know how. Do you guys have any favorite plans? What did you do? How much did it cost? We need it at least big enough for six chickens(plus room for expanding our flock) and we really want a big run area so we can hang with the hens! So...

So we have six chicks and my mom wants to get my sister her own duckling for her birthday, I suggested Calls(because my sister is picky on what is cute and what isn't) but we want to be sure of some things. How much water do calls need? I know some breeds don`t need as much as others. Will they...

When I first got my chicks I put them in a little temporary brooder(eventually to become chick hospital) until I finished setting up the good one. While they were in the temporary brooder they ate and drank and pooped in peace. I put the in their bigger, better kept, beautiful brooder, guess...

Okay following the mods proper diagnosis steps: 1. Elvis is a Blue Cochin, 5 weeks old, and light(er than the others but such is normal for her) 2. Elvis has been having loose stool, she is quite hot to the touch, yesterday she ate thread that got stuck in mouth/throat(now fixed), not drinking...

So we're keeping a close eye on Elvis(if you wanna know why I have a post in emrgencies) and she has fallen asleep and she is chirping in her sleep, like wicked purring speed fast! It's highlarious!

So my chicks some how found a string in their brooder and it is a thin thread, Elvis(4-5 weeks) somehow got one piece most of it down her throat and some possibly wrapped around the base of her tongue and two inches of the thread sticking out her beak. A light tug seems to pull her tongue and/or...

So I have a coop, but no run and my coop's built in run sucks! It's not even enough room for one chicken(let alone 6). So we're going to build a huge enclosure, big enough for us to hang with the chickens in, even enough for a little table and chair set or home made play structure(chicken-size)...

I saw something about BYC's sister sites, Which are those?

Is your bird colourful? Do they have an interesting pattern? Are they so Gold-Laced you could even say they glow? Well then this is the contest for you. ********************** Rules: 1) You must enter as so: <Photo of bird(up to three per bird)> then name of bird, age, breed, why you like the...

I am not sure what to line my next boxes with, hay? Cedar chips? shredded paper? grass?

Hey guys! I have been feeding my chick home-made chick starter and a few treats for a little while now and I am what you call an over-protective chicken momma. If when I was little thought my mom was bad with me I should have met future me than I would have never called her over-protective...

I am going to my dad's this weekend and I will have to leave them behind. Normally I only leave them for a few hours at a time and either Maya or my mom are home, and they know how to care for them. This time it'll be my step-dad because Maya is coming with and mom is working at least two of the...

So the show I would like to enter my chickens in(eventually) asks for pet insurance on all poultry and livestock! Anyone know a place? I mean who the in the hell(pardon my language) offers insurance on poultry?!