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I went out today to plant some things and I found my 6-year-old drake dead about 20 feet from the house. Somehow the coop door got open and something got him (he was about 20 feet from the coop which is near our house). I lost one of his mates to a bobcat about three weeks ago-we found tufts...

My poor splash silkie has been picked on quite a bit by some in the flock. This latest incident really has me steamed. I found her Tuesday morning with a dime-ish size piece of her scalp missing, so I brought her inside and put blue-cote on it. She's been inside since and is eating and drinking...

Okay- I feel really stupid- I just put two and two together and realized that my remaining drake had two curly feathers on his tail that are now gone. We did find a chunk of feathers on the ground near where the other one was taken that had a bout a nickle-sized amount of flesh on it...

Thanks- the Craigslist is a good suggestion. I'll go post it now.

I was only able to hatch 2 out of the 12 eggs I bought this spring- They were attached at the hip until this week when one was taken by a predator. Now I've got a totally lost drake who just hangs out in the hen house, lost. Can you help? I would be willing to travel a ways- I live in central...

The kiddy pool has now been moved into the enclosure, but I'm not sleeping well at night. I talked to one of my neighbors down the road's children today at school. She said that Wednesday (the day it happened) her dad had seen two coyotes in their yard & had shot at them, but missed. They caught...

I hatched out 2 Cayuga ducklings this spring out of 12- had to peck the egg-shell off very slowly. Loved them to pieces and they did well all summer. They free ranged with my 14 chickens all summer without a problem. They had just started to get their little curly feathers at the base of their...

My son couldn't get our two ducks to go into the coop last night- they slept in the little kiddy pool that we have set up outside the coop. I saw one briefly when I left this morning for work and didn't think anything of not having been greeted by my quacking guard ducks. Tonight, I went out to...

So my broody finally had the chance to hatch out her own chicks. She and the other girls started a clutch of eggs on the far corner of the coop that I couldn't reach and I figured I would leave them alone. Three days ago she came out with one adorable black and white chick. I was very...

After I get home tomorrow I'm going to try and trim her beak a bit since the bottom has grown to a flat spade-like shape and is white like my fingernail. At least that will help her a bit. She does feel a bit thin around her front bone there. Why didn't I notice this before! Anyone have...

I've kept an eye on this hen since we realized that her bottom beak was growing faster than her top beak. She has always seemed to hold her own, has never seemed malnourished or ill. Yesterday, I noticed that she seemed a bit off, but since she and her little band are free ranging, had trouble...

Quote: Terry, I have standard Partridge cochin hens with a bantam Brahma roo and while, I sometimes run into infertile eggs. This is what I hatched out btw ( & I think I have hens that prefer to throw hen babies as both were girls)-

I have to duckies that I'm hoping are Cayugas. They hardly leave each other alone & peep loudly when I take one out of the brooder without the other. The larger, first hatched one has started to get a bald spot in a "v" shape about an inch above his tail. When he hatched there was a spot on his...

I always thought this & the victory garden ideas were great ideas during wartime & peace. Very Cool! Not to mention one could eat said birds if need be...

I may email the seller just to let them know the results of the hatch. They were shipped well, albeit 10 days later than expected. I think they are so adorable. I know that I'm not supposed to pick them up much for the first few days so that they don't imprint too much, but they are so...

Quote: I'm not totally upset at the seller and looking to find fault. Other than the very delayed shipping & the extra eggs that they said they would include & didn't, I just want to make sure that I got what I payed for. That's all. I have had no experience with ducks or duck eggs, but know...

Katharina, Thanks- I wasn't going to give up on them. I am just wondering if they are actually Cayugas or not. If they aren't then I should email the seller on Ebay & see that he makes it right. I don't know if I can post a link to the auction or not.....

I posted about the ducks I just hatched in the hatching section & probably should have posted it here in the duck section. Here's the link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=350898 I really don't know what to do. Yes, they are adorable, but I picked Cayugas for a reason...

Well, I'm really annoyed. I really want to email the sellers, but before I do; I want to make sure that they aren't what I was sold. I know that the only sure-fire way is to wait until they are fully feathered right? Here's a picture what the eggs look like next to an extra large white egg. I...