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I lost a silver sebright at the end of January, his only visual symptom was feather on his chest and scabbing, he continued acting fine up until he passed one night. The next bird was a bantam EE, she had no visual signs or symptoms of anything being wrong. She passed in either Feb or March, I...

I have an old lady who just started hobbling around. Checked her feet this morning and on the top of one foot she has a hard round bump, no black scab. On the other foot she has a toe that seems crooked and is swollen up by the nail. My first thought on the toe was that she may have gotten...

I have had two ducks die so far this winter, about 2 weeks apart. One died suddenly with no symptoms, thought maybe it was the cold that did her in. The second duck became very suddenly ill. Her underside was covered in a pasty mint green waste. She was shaking her head and spewing a green...

I already have several ducks and chickens. I am adding 2-3 call ducks in a month or so. I am getting them for my toddler daughter and hoping they will bond with her and turn out to be "pets"allowing her to hold them or follow her around. Anyone know how friendly they typically are or if I am...

I have a duck who has been limping around for almost a week now. She has a dime sized hard lump on her toe. It does not have a black spot like bumble foot so I'm not sure if it is the start of bumble foot or something else. Any advice?? I feel horrible for her. She is obviously in pain and...

I have an adult duck who is limping pretty bad this morning. He is favoring one leg/side of his body. When he lays down he tips a little like he is trying to keep weight off of one side. His legs looks fine and there are no visible injuries. Any suggestions on what may be wrong and what I can do...

Hi, I am new to this. I have seen online that some of these spots are not fertile and just mean something else. It's still hard for me to tell the difference. Hoping someone can help me!

Hi everyone, I have 5 female ducks, 1 drake, and 3 female chickens right now. I am going to be getting a couple more hens, probably 3-4. I also want to get some roosters. I was just wondering what a good hen to rooster ratio is? I was thinking one? Also does it matter if the roo is a bantam...

Hi, one of my chickens died the other night, something attacked it, took the head and left the body. It happened at night and I have 3 chickens left and 6 ducks. None of the others made any noise or at least not enough to wake me. I am wondering now what to get as a "flock protector" I want...

Hi everyone, I could use a little advice. I am in Maine and the weather has been pretty cold recently. My ducks and chickens are in a indoor coop, it's part of our garage. The chicken coop has two heat lamps in it right now that are always on. I noticed the other day that two of my chickens...

Hi everyone - I have a Buff Orpington that is already laying, under a year old. It has started to snow today and she is out free ranging in it she doesn't seem to be acting any different or favoring her feet. I noticed that the back side of her legs and the bottom and in between her toes are...

Hi, I have 2-3 different age groups of chickens and ducks that are all together. My oldest 2 chickens that are 19 weeks old (almost 5 months) I just got my first egg from them last night. I also have a couple birds that are between 12-19 weeks old. I know I need to start feeding layer pellets...

I have 4 chicks (ages 7 weeks to 4 weeks old) and 3 ducklings (about 3-4 weeks old) in a large pool all together, got all of them at about the same time they are used to each other and fine with one another. Yesterday I got 2 new ducklings, one is a couple weeks old, the other is days-1 week...

Anyone have any info on these ducks? What kind of personality they have, good foragers, etc?

What are the best treats for ducklings/ducks? Mine are a couple weeks old.

Looking for at least 5 silver sebright chicks or hatching eggs. ASAP Located in ME Thank you

In the youngest picture they are about 3 weeks old, in the older picture they are 6 weeks old. I got them from a store that told me they were ameraucanas. They were straight run but said they should be females. Any idea if this is true? I have looked at several pictures of ameraucanas and other...

Hi guys, So I just picked up 2, 3 week old Americana chicks yesterday. They have feathered out some. I'm just wondering how old they should be before I let them outside for a little while to play. I won't be leaving them outside. Temperature is around 60-65 this weekend. Is it too soon?

Hi everyone, I could use some help...I'm expecting 4 ducklings and 2 chicks next week. I've been thinking I would like to order 1 more duckling, but I'm not sure. Could anyone give me an estimate on how many pounds of food 5 ducks would go through a month? Thank you!

Hi all, I'm Brandi from Maine. I live on a couple of acres and have finally convince my husband ducklings and chicks are a good idea, so here I am! I have four ducklings coming; Cayuga, Black Swedish, Blue Swedish, and Welsh Harlequin. Two chicks; Buff Orpington and Black Giant. I am super...