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  1. 47Shire

    Dont know whats wrong

    As there's quite a bit here I will briefly respond to as much as I can. Enola - schedule, I think I'll do something like you're doing. I must say though, all my chickens inc the roo are all usually quite happy, so is pretty evident when 1 starts acting out of the ordinary, there's now 11 hens...
  2. 47Shire

    Dont know whats wrong

    Sadly she passed away sometime last night. We are Sunday now... Friday - pear not interested. Went out to find something, failed miserably as the French would simply ring it's neck, they had vitimin this, iron that, but nothing for worms. Resorted to the vets, who gave me worming treatment (not...
  3. 47Shire

    Dont know whats wrong

    We'll I've bought a pear. Forgetting I have a pear tree... Not that there's pears on it. Will cut it in half and mash it up a little. Will try some yoghurt too. I think Verm-X is available in France, will have to find some tomorrow. Chicken however seems to perk up from time to time, so I will...
  4. 47Shire

    Dont know whats wrong

    We do... But French fruit is very seasonal, unlike the uk where it's available at all times. I'm going out later so will see if the supermarket has any. They go nuts for Figs, but they arn't in season.
  5. 47Shire

    Dont know whats wrong

    I too have a chicken who I've no idea what's wrong, symptoms sound the exact same. She is not eating, though I think is drinking a little. She's been like this about a week. She was the lightest in my flock to begin with (I think she's the bottom on the pecking order, but is my cutest and...
  6. 47Shire

    Slug mouth muscovy's

    Hi all, quick question, my young ducks are loving roaming around our 1.8h plot, however I've found a few of them to occasionally have what I call slug mouths. As I can clearly see they cannot get food in, I quickly drive the duck in question into the duck house closing the door behind (so much...
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    3 sick chickens and a clueless owner

    Hi all, first of all if you're a bit queezy with death and killing of sick ones don't read between the *************'s Anyway, in the last 2 weeks I've had 3 chickens become quite ill. As normal I give them time to see if they'll recover, or pass away which is mainly because 1, I don't know...
  8. 47Shire

    It's a bit crowded! (Eggshells)

    Oh my, I removed that remaining egg yesterday, and decided to carefully open it up, for educational reasons of course, to see if it formed or what. Turned out it was infertile and it had rotten. It's consistency was that of puss, or runny cream cheese (the squeezy tube sort), and smelt...
  9. 47Shire

    It's a bit crowded! (Eggshells)

    And our count this morning was 13/15 happy chatty healthy fuzz balls, even got to handle a few. Throughout the day between them napping, momma would feed and drink, and the ducklings copied, having a few mouthfuls of food before scurrying over to the water dispenser and then scurrying back for...
  10. 47Shire

    It's a bit crowded! (Eggshells)

    Amiga - ooo yes, my first post in the duck forum, woop! :-) I get the impression Miss Lydia is one extremely experienced person on here. Have seen many useful and informative posts by her. HDF - thank you, me and mum weren't sure, and it's hard to believe that only 36hrs ago they came out of an...
  11. 47Shire

    It's a bit crowded! (Eggshells)

    Hi all, Our momma duck for the last 38 days has been sitting on a clutch of 15 eggs, and last night (day 37) I just popped in to check on her and another duck sitting another clutch of 18 eggs (14 being her own and 4 slipped in from another duck who started laying the other day - that is ok...
  12. 47Shire

    Hi all, got some ducks and chickens

    @ TwoCrows, thanks for pointing me in the right direction, over the next few days I'll have a look through the section. @ Herechilychiky, Fun? Started that way, but with momma duck being broody, the 2 white males are trying to have there way with her, and the male drake isn't having any of it...
  13. 47Shire

    Hi all, got some ducks and chickens

    Hi Cackleberry, reading back it probably seems like I'm more a duck person, but at the moment the chickens are a little less maintenance than the ducks. But we're happy for duck numbers to increase a little. And as for the chickens, not certain of their ages, but when they die out (through...
  14. 47Shire

    Hi all, got some ducks and chickens

    Hello, I'm Dave, an English lad newly living in France, and the house we recently purchased came with 7 ducks and 18 chickens. It goes without saying that I've had many many questions, and google searches 9 times out of 10 brought me here, so have finally decided to sign up as BYC is such a...
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