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I have been reading some posts about adding apple cider vinegar to chicken water to help aid in keeping the water free of bacteria and thought I might start to do that. I did a little research though and it says that ACV will deplete the stored calcium in your chickens if given in hot weather...

One of my females has not laid an egg in two days. I recently lost one to rectal prolapse so I was worried that she might be egg bound. I am watching her closely and examining her butt to make sure nothing looks wrong. I changed my food and have been giving her some calcium supplements and...

I have been feeding my ducks Mazuri floating pond food. Its quite expensive 48 dollars for 50 lbs compared to the egg layer food we feed the chickens 18 dollars for 50 lbs. I recently lost one of my ducks to Rectal Prolapse, which was from a lack of calcium, egg bound problems. This morning...

I lost one of my two females the other day. I wanted to get another female as soon as possible for several reasons. I thought it would be easier to bring a female in before a lot of time passed and my two remaining ducks who are very close bonded and would not accept another duck. Also, my...

I used to have two females and a drake, All a month or so shy of a year. One of my females died of rectal prolapse this week and my male was really using my other female a lot. So we decided we needed another female. We found one about the same age as the ones we have. My other female...

I lost one of my Pekin females yesterday. She was not even a year old. She had laid a soft egg the day before and I did not realize she was in trouble. I woke up and went to let her out of her safe haven for the night and she had a red tube with a large golf ball kind of bloody mass hanging out...

Our duck Marley died today. She was almost a year old. I feed her floating pond food by Mazuri along with our other two ducks 1 male, 1 female. I also give them a large head of romaine lettuce each day and they are free to roam on my small piece of property for bugs. Marley from time to...