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    Shaking rooster

    Thank you :hugs
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    Shaking rooster

    Thank you, I'm rinsing all the feed in the morning now right before I feed and checked around the pen for any poisonous plants. going to block the pond off for a few days so I can investigate there as well. So far nobody else is showing any signs of anything but I've set alarms so I will get up...
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    Shaking rooster

    Oh and I am in Ontario in the GTA
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    Shaking rooster

    Hi thank you for responding, unfortunately, he passed away minutes after I posted this topic. His croup felt normal and he didn't seem dehydrated so I suppose maybe he ate something he should not have as they have about 1/2 an acre or more to wander. I'm going to save the body and see if I can...
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    Shaking rooster

    My rooster Iapetus was laying on the shelf under the perch this morning shaking like a leaf and unable to stand, he was on the opposite side of where he was sleeping last night. His symptoms: Full body shaking Weak legs he can't use them at all Louder breathing One eye has a little frothy foam...
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    Sick rooster

    Well Albus is still alive, I'm syringe feeding him vitamins and yogurt and he was able to stand a bit this morning but his head is still stuck to the side and I have to hold it straight so he can swallow properly.
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    What defines a good rooster?

    Thank you:) I don't really even notice the crowing that much, the neighbors all say they like the sound of it but we have a bit of distance and trees between everyone's houses so that helps. Some roosters crow more than others as well.
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    Sick rooster

    I'm so worried I'll lose more but so far everyone else seems normal. Agreed, they are just as important as any other pet to me, I cannot kill and eat them because they are my feather babies.:love
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    Sick rooster

    Yeah, I was not expecting it at all, his mate Fern is very upset and is standing next to the gate like she's waiting for him to come back, I'm hoping she survives since often ducks just waste away after their mate has died.:hit
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    Homing Instinct

    Probably a good idea to let him get a bit bigger then, older hens will always pick on a young rooster a bit but they do get over that pretty quickly once he's bigger.
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    Sick rooster

    So I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the rooster but last night I found one of my ducks dead, I let them out to free range for an hour and a half before dark and I found him under a pine tree flat on his back neck stretched out, he has no markings of an attack, his neck was not broken...
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    Help! Chick with foot problem!

    It looks like the start of bumblefoot, here is an article about it that you might find useful https://www.beautyofbirds.com/bumblefoot.html I have had very limited success in the past at getting rid of it on my hens and ducks so hopefully, someone else with more knowledge on the matter comes...
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    weird neck movement

    It looks almost as though she's got something caught in her throat, maybe try feeding her scrambled eggs with oil on it to help things move along? and avoid grains and hard food for a few days.
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    Will Crows kill chickens?

    I have wild crows who walk around with my grazing ducks and chickens, so far they have never attacked they just seem to ignore them, I let them eat the chicken corn because they scare away the hawks and owls who like to kill my hens. It seems a lot of you have had problems with them but perhaps...
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    New Coop

    That looks really cool! great idea to recycle and playset like that.:thumbsup
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    Feathers

    That's pretty weird then, maybe try putting baking soda paste on her feathers then washing it off with Castille soap (the hypoallergenic scent free bar that you can get at most farm stores) this is what I do to my white horse who also turns a yellow colour sometimes. Other than that I can't...
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    Is this a hen or roo?

    It looks a little bigger then the others in that one pic, is it the same breed as the others? it looks pretty different in colouring.
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    What defines a good rooster?

    I have seven roosters, one lives at the neighbors as their only rooster with 20 hens because he was a bully and always starting fights with the other roosters. The head rooster is a Delaware named Altair and he is a very good boss, he's strong but not mean and does not tolerate fighting, if two...
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    Is this a hen or roo?

    Can't really tell since it's so young and just from pictures. Some of the things that I look for when trying to determine if it's a hen or a roo is the size of feet, are its feet bigger than the other chicks? is the middle toe longer, I find this is usually a good give away for mysel. Sometimes...
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    Help! Hatching eggs.

    I would not open the egg, give it some time waiting for everyone to hatch and if it doesn't after all the days are up I would open it to see what's going on, it's probably a bad egg but I am always careful of stuff like that.
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