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Our 10 month old Rose Comb Brown Leghorn was in a nesting box Friday night as we were tucking the rest of them in for the night. She just wasn't herself, she was quite wobbly. She sits somewhat fluffed up and hunched with her tail feathers splayed out. She felt lighter than usual, though...

Hiya. So here's the breakdown - we have 9 ten month old ducks. 6 males / 3 females. That was an unfortunate roll of the dice and a few boys will be "going down the road," but just this morning I noticed one of our males (or so we thought - but his sex feathers are gone now) was away from the...

Hiya! I have been trying to find an answer to this for 2 days and now I have to go get some other things done, so I was hoping someone could help me. We have a bottle of NutriVet Brewers Yeast (flavored with garlic / for dogs) that we got for our poch at Tractor Supply. I would like to be...

This is our Rose Comb Brown Leghorn rooster B@st@ard. Even with diligent comb and wattle Vasaline-ing his wattles (waddles?) seem to have gotten burned. The other evening as we were tucking them all in we noticed his wattles were cold and "clinking" together. At that point they were not...

Watermelon in the summer? No, thank you. Fresh pumpkin (with the seeds) topped with chopped lettuce? No, thank you. I've tried a bunch of other goodies as well and they just don't seem to be interested in anything but their crumbles... Any good ideas? For what it's worth - we're in Catskill...

We finished the Duck Shack yesterday! The duckers spent their first night in there last night and they must have liked it because they didn't want to get out this morning! I am concerned about being able to find the eggs in the hay - the girls really nestle them down in there. we used an...

Hiya! I just realized that I was supposed to start here... I've been active on the site since May when we had a medical emergency with one of our spoiled little hens. A very brief internet search led me directly here. I'm on my way to becoming a true addict! Thank you for the companionship -...

We found our first chicken eggs today!! Hubby and I were spending some time with the chickers when we got home from running some errands and I noticed one of our Pixie Girls (a Rose Comb Brown Leghorn) sneaking under an old chair we had in the yard with some building material leaning against...

for Spring I need to revamp my perennial beds - the ducks have taken them over! I usually face my beds with rocks, but I'm wondering how high I need to go to keep the ducks OUT! this picture is from a few years ago - the mulch is long since gone (too formal for me!) - but it gives an idea of...

We just found our first duck egg!! We are over the moon right now - giddy! We're pretty sure it is from on our Blue Swedish as the others are Cayugas and we're hoping that their first few eggs will be almost black. We did the float test and the egg sank right to the bottom and layed there...

Hi there - just looking for some ideas and advice... Here's our story so far: We have 31 chickens (including a few too many roos that will be going away before winter) that are 16 weeks old. They are free range all day and cooped at night. We just finished our "trap door" so until very...

Our chickers (chicky-peckers as we call them) like to huddle under the coop or under my hubby's truck. A few of them just hunker down next to something... It's pouring here in Catskill Mnts, NY and I'm a little unmotivated to do much today so here I am!

We came home this afternoon and found our boy ******* all bloody on his tail area. Our chickie-doodles are just turning 14 weeks old and still getting tail feathers (ouch it looks painful!). ******* is near, if not at the top of the pecking order and we haven't seen any evidance of pecking...

Lucky, my daughter's special girl - taking a dirt bath in what used to be my beutiful annuals flowers! This is more entertaining, though!

One of our Barred Rocks must have gotten her toe stuck in a corner joint of the chicken coop - we just thought she was snuggled down in the nook to be comfy. We think she was there for a part of a day and over night. My hubby found her in the same place this morning and tried to scoot her out...