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Just found the second headless chicken in three weeks. Thankfully there wasn't a massacre, but the first attack was a on a full-grown rooster in my full-size chicken coop. Head missing, body left otherwise in tact on the coop floor; he must have been pulled right off his roost. I buttoned up the...

He does have a bucket. I gave him his own in his little holding area. Just checked on him and he's hanging out peacefully under the heat lamp. I will try some ACV - thanks for the tip!

Thanks, Amiga! I did call a local vet who handles birds. He was not as familiar with farm ducks, but said he doubts it's botulism. He thinks the duck might just have a cold. We have him separated with a net fence so he can still see the others, and he has a heat lamp. Going to try that to see...

I have a flock of 13 Swedish blues and one pilgrim goose. All are healthy and active except for one of the three drakes, who has been declining quite suddenly for the last few days. I let them outside a couple days ago and he fell off the step, then couldn't get back inside up the step with the...

Gryeyes - how do you establish dominance? I have one "good" rooster who protects the kids from the nasty bantams. I'd like to keep one bantam, but so far have had a hard time curbing the "small dog" attitude in these little guys. My kids can't be outside when he's out. I'd love advice as the new...

I'd like to join this thread with a similar question, as I am learning from the previous posts already. I hope my question will lead to more answers for you as well, FarmerGirl. I have an established "mutt" flock with a leghorn/cochin/maybe Rhode Island Red rooster. He has been a fabulous...

Bumping this up in the hopes someone will want them...

Hello, New Hampshire peeps - I'm cross-posting this from the Rehoming thread as well, but thought because you folks are really the target audience I might as well cover my bases: I have seven guinea fowl (mixed male/female and colors: white, lavender, pearl) that I raised from keets last...

I have seven guinea fowl (mixed male/female and colors: white, lavender, pearl) that I raised from keets last summer. I love the crazy birds, but despite our large acreage they insist on ranging to the neighboring housing development. We tried fencing, but they fly over. Thought about clipping...

I don't think it's Marek's - that was my initial research hit after I got on the boards, but it doesn't seem to fit. He can move both legs and feel pain, it just seems that they don't work right. At this point he is refusing to drink water from a dropper as well, so I think his hours are limited...

I just hatched 8 bantams, and the last one to hatch - about 12 hours after the rest - emerged with a leg that sticks straight out behind him. He thrashes around the incubator trying to get upright, but all he can do is maneuver his one good leg and hobble. He's about 12 hours old now and no...

I just had my first incubator hatch start last night. So excited! I have a question about one of the chicks, though. The first one out, a little bantam, has curled toes and her legs seem to be splayed. She was joined by two more chicks within two hours (a bantam and a full-size), and today they...

Hi! Hoping to resurrect this thread... We just got a pair of Pilgrim goslings this morning. We are raising them with blue Swedish ducklings, and so far so good, although the Pilgrims are three times the ducklings' size. My real question is whether anyone has a ballpark of their winter...

My eleven wee baby blue Swedish arrived today! The post office called bright and early, and the lady nearly refused to give them up, she was so attached to them just from holding onto them while I drove down there. We are equally infatuated already. Can't wait to raise these little guys and...

I have nine guineas who will be a year old this July. They are driving my husband crazy with the yammering. Please tell me they'll calm down once they get to a year (which I think I read somewhere, and which he is holding me to as he works from home and they set off their squawking at the...

Thanks for this thread! If nothing else, it answered a lot of questions that did not come with my incubator, like how much water should be in the darn thing. All it said was "increase humidity" but had no guidelines for how to do that, so this thread is wonderful. I've had successful...

Wonderful info. Thank you so much.

Joining the thread to save it. We just ordered 10 Blue Swedish ducklings. Can't wait for them to arrive, and am enjoying all the photos here!

Thanks again for the information and tips. All our chicks came from local sources, so this will be my first experience with shipped babies; I can imagine they will probably be in a bit of shock, and it's good to hear the symptoms and know what to look for. One other question: we ordered 2...