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  1. Frijole

    HELP- New baby Chicks !! ***please!!

    Please read through all of the info on this site for raising babies. Banties are particularly delicate from my opinion. Having said that, if you mail ordered them, it was tough on them and (from my experience) not all will survive. Be sure your brooder lamp is at the proper temp, they should...
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    What the back did I buy?

    This is so great, thanks for all the info. Are there telling sex characteristics or are we just waiting for eggs? The little Princess Muscovy keeps flying the coop, so our plan to get her a partner/flock to hang with didn't work so far.
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    She or He?

    I have never heard her hiss, but she "puffed" at me when I accidentally startled her. Is that a thing? This will be our first adventure into ducks. Also, if you have time, please check out my thread under geese... we were told they were geese, but I think maybe they are just big ducks. One of...
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    What the back did I buy?

    All three are muscovy Drakes? Also, please see my post regarding the original princess in the duck thread?
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    She or He?

    Hi experts! This beautiful duck flew into our yard Friday night. It belonged to our neighbor who said to keep it. He said he swapped her with the intent to breed her, but didn't have a drake. After consulting my trusty Google, I am wondering if she is more likely a he due to the beautiful...
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    What the back did I buy?

    Long post warning: my neighbors duck free into or yard Friday night. (His new puppy is learning to be a farm dog :) He told us to keep 'her and identified her as a Muscovy. She hung out with our chickens but was starting to be picked on so we decided to build a pen. Knowing that ducks like...
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Geese and duck?
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    Geese?

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  9. Frijole

    Chicks won't go to sleep!

    Housing chicks and full grown chickens will likely kill the new ones. You should separate them, put a brooder light on them and allow space. Chicks will settle in and 'sleep' at night, but if they're peeping excessively all night they are too hot, too cold, hungry, etc...
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    Hot weather care for chicks

    HI from Bakersfield, too! We beat the heat for our flocks by freezing ice in dollar tree plastic bowls. In the afternoon we drop a big chunk of ice by the coop (for our free ranging flock) and in the dust bath for the quail pen. They also love mud... provide wet dirt and they will scratch that...
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    Identify this disease please?

    You can see her staring at the sky occasionally - but my husband has not seen it, so it's not usual. This pose is captured after drinking, which is when it's really obvious.
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    What is a status message? I have no status!

    What is a status message? I have no status!
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    Identify this disease please?

    HI all - We've had chickens for years and I've never encountered this problem. Ordered a dozen chicks from My Pet Chicken. All were very healthy and no deaths, but this little Buff Orpington demonstrated this strange behavior from the beginning. When she was a few days old, it was all day...
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    Is Tappy Toes a male or female!?

    Please weigh in! 8 weeks, the comb is significantly more pronounced than the sibling, Willy Nilly. Am i seeing saddle feathers on this little guy? S/he is a Sicilian Buttercup. Please excuse our make shift dog-kennel-coop. (Transitioning them to free range with the older girls)
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    Starting up Coturnix Quail questions

    Hi! We are three months in. 7 ladies, one male. They are in about 27 sq.ft on raised wire. We have laid down straw, as I hate to have an animal always on wire. In addition, we added a big flat Tupper ware with soil, as they love a good dirt bath. Prior to the recent heat wave, we were getting...
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    Quail day 16

    Good luck! I'm following you, we are getting ready to embark on the same adventure!
  17. Frijole

    At last.... !!! :)

    It never gets old! We're pretty sure the blue one is from Tina, our Easter Egger, the brown one is from Black and Yellow, our bantam black mottled cochin (she was once black and yellow. ..), and the white one is currently a mystery Layer. .. could be several ladies.
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    MEEEAN Chicken - integrating "bigs" with "littles"

    Hi all - New problem for all of your expertise if you could take a minute and weigh in - We have a small flock of 7 that are 10 weeks old, and a newer flock of 14 that are 6 weeks old. The older chicks were moved into our big hen house. The younger chicks were in a brooding box. They were...
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    Bantam Chick found on her Back...??? Now running around?

    Update - Thanks for all of your help - Millie S. is still around and (of course) a standard favorite. She pulled through and is growing nicely. :)
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    Bantam Chick found on her Back...??? Now running around?

    Millie was hatched two weeks ago tomorrow. She is now seemingly fine, although definately more delicate than the others, but I just lost Cleo - out of the blue. Yesterday was unusually hot - we had vented the brooder, turned off the light, filled water, etc... She was lethargic and swaying, and...
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