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Help! Not only are we being plagued by these tiny biting flies or midges....not sure what they are really....but the poor chickens are miserable as well. The temps have been very hot with no rain and little if any breeze. Some have found splice under the open sided hanger and the others have...

We were given 2 baby Muscovy ducks that we added to our chicken clan. I have to admit they have SO much more personality than chickens!! Up until about a month ago they were very tame and wanted us to rub their backs....we think they thought we were males that were going to "service" them. But...

I posted this in the duck forum as well.... Have had chickens for a few years and have become used to understanding their moods and if they get sick etc. We were given 2 female 10 day old ducklings 4 months ago and all has gone well. In fact I would have to say they are a lot more interesting...

Have had chickens for a few years and have become used to understanding their moods and if they get sick etc. We were given 2 female 10 day old ducklings 4 months ago and all has gone well. In fact I would have to say they are a lot more interesting and cute than chickens! But....the weather has...

We have a 5 month old cock that was fine until this evening when he could not walk normally to the hen house. He will take 2-3 steps and stop and sit. Not on his feet but the on the whole leg...kind of squat walking. No obvious signs of any injury and his feet appear normal, his comb is bright...

I have been reading all the posts I can about breathing problems but nothing seems to fit. We were given 6 girls from a friend who had to move. After a bit we realized they were not very young....at all. No eggs to speak of from any of them except very large gnarled ones every once in a while...

We have a cock who is in the process of molting and has scaley leg mites, which we are treating (thanks for all the advice). Before the scaley mites were noticed he has had one eye swollen from the beak to the corner of the eye, and the eye looked "milky". We finally got a close look at it...

I have built a coop 2.5m X 3m. Inside are 4 nesting boxes and roosting poles that could hold (if the dimensions in books are correct) about 20 chickens. But this seems like a lot of birds crowed into one space. I can stand up comfortably at the door end and it slopes to about shoulder height at...

One hen nested on top of a large trailer in our hanger and has now hatched out 10 adorable little chicks. They are 2 days old now but we have questions 1. How long will it be before she will want to leave the nest she made and go to the coop 2. We have thought to move her and the chicks to the...

We have an old hen (not laying) and her right side breast looks like it is bulging out. When we felt her it felt slightly like a water balloon! She eats well and seems in fine health otherwise....just an old girl. Anything to worry about?

I would spend hours searching through the forum but I really haven't the time so forgive if this is a common and known problem. Our big cock has a shut eye. We picked him up yesterday and examined him and all seems normal and healthy except fot the shut eye. Now today it looks like his other...

We have 6 new hens and a new cock (who will be dispatched today....first time to do this so should be interesting) who are in quarentine in a very spacious area of a barn. I put in a ladder type wide root for them against one wall but they never use it preferring to sit on the straw on the floor...

We have 7 Gascon Black chickens....one mature cock (lomg story.....his mates died) and 6 offspring from him - 2 hens and 4 cocks which are all just 3 months old. Friends have to move and are giving us their 6 hens and 1 cock of mixed breeds but they are larger than our existing birds. Big...

We have a hen who is laying an egg a day but the yolks break instantly when cracked open. Is there a deficiency in the diet perhaps? Is this something to worry about? Also, she hatched 6 chicks on the 4th July and today started sitting on 7 more eggs. How often will a hen hatch eggs?