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My two ducks just beat my rooster up and he's not looking very good. He can stnad up and drink, but is unsteady on his feet. What I'm worried about, though, is that he's really having trouble breathing; his beak is open and his head bobs with every breath. Does this just mean he's worked up from...

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I found some kind of reddish-brown bugs on two of my chickens this morning. They were pretty thick around the vent area. I didn't do a very thorough check , but didn't see them anywhere else. I dusted the whole flock with Sevin, but is there anything else I can do? I can't spend very much money...

Question; I've heard that oats are good for ducklings to slow down their growth and thereby extend their lives and make them better egg producers, but my ducks are kept with the chicks. Would oats be harmful to two-week-old chicks?

Is there a way to tell whether a day-old chick is a male or a female? Also, is it necessary to give them duramycin? What is the benefit of it?

I just got new chicks and ducklings today (I wasn't prepared beforehand; they were a surprise from a friend) and the intructions that came with them said to put Duramycin in their water for the first two days. Here are my questions; (a) Is it really necessary? I've raised chicks before and...

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this; if not, moderators, feel free to move it. Just thought this would be an interesting topic; How old do chickens naturally live? AND How old is your oldest chicken? My oldest is 9 (ten this spring)...

How do you tell when you've gotten rid of leg mites without watching them all the time to see if they peck at their feet? Do the scales go back down and look more normal, or do they stay raised?

My rooster had been limping but getting around pretty well last time I posted, but now he's not walking nearly as much. Also at the top of his legs, right where the feathers start the skin is very red and with bumps or wrinkles. With the last one, these were the first symptoms, followed by these...

My guinea has some kind of bump on her ankle. It's mostly just normal skin (or scales, whatever you'd call it) but on the top it looks like a scab or callous or something, and it hurts her to move very fast but doesn't seem to bother her when I press on it. My rooster has something similar, so I...

My rooster has been limping and I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. He is only three years old, so that shouldn't be a problem. The possibilities that occured to me were leg mites and Riboflavin deficiency, but I couldn't say with any certainty. The bad leg does look like it might be a...