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hey folks. in the last 3 weeks I've lost 2 birds. a hen and a rooster. now i have a mallard hen acting the same. they are lethargic they sway their heads and as the disease progresses they start to fall over. i put the 1st 2 down thinking it was just coincidence. now I'm fearing this will kill...

hey folks. ran into something i never seen in 30yrs of raising birds. 1 of my isa browns never moulted. the other 25 all did. poor thing is freezing and we've had a warmer winter here. she's probably got half her feathers. she's healthy and eating other wise. i give lots of supplements and...

hey folks. last year i built a new coop on what i thought was the dry section of the yard. it was previously lawn. by late summer their run was a muddy mess. any ideas on how i can fix this? i was thinking i may have to add some crushed rock to allow the manure to run thru.

i have a bantam silver duckwing hen i gotta tsc the last week of april. she gave me 3 tiny eggs in a 2 day span then nothing for the last 14 days. she is the only one laying are in there. the rest are 3 months old. i dug in the chips looking and nada. she's eating and socializing w/ me. is this...

have had 3 female mallards and 2 female african geese since early may. haven't seen a egg yet. i know they don't lay as much as the days get shorter but i thought i would at least get a few a week from them anyway. anyone have experience?

im in n. Maine. our winters are brutal. i haven't attempted to keep hens over the winter for awhile now as its expensive for feed and almost all the eggs freeze before you can collect them. im giving it a shot agian this winter w/ 25 hens of different breeds. any tricks anyone has to delay them...

im in n.Maine and it gets wicked cold here. its been a few years (like 20) since I've kept chickens through the winter. used to just give them their layer feed and call it good. would it be better to give them high protein feed for the extra energy and some oyster shells just for winter months...

im in n.Maine and it gets wicked cold here. its been a few years (like 20) since I've kept chickens through the winter. used to just give them their layer feed and call it good. would it be better to give them high protein feed for the extra energy and some oyster shells just for winter months...

hey folks. lost a 8 moth old barnevelder hen today. no blood anywhere. she was very thin. almost no weight to her. looks like she starved but i have food and treats available all the time. any ideas what might of killed her? looked over the rest of the flock and all look fine.

hey folks. my girls are starting to lay and im planning to sell what we don't eat. in Maine there is a law that the eggs must be washed before selling them. what do you all use to wash yours? i know washing isnt ideal but was curious if theres some homemade wash i can make instead of buying...

got my 1st bantams this spring. have a few hens. do bantams lay at the same age as reg. hens? my bantams are at 17 weeks now and my reg. hens a few weeks younger and i got a 1st egg from them today.

hey folks! i have a diverse flock of 27 birds. 4 mallards, 2 african geese and the rest are mostly laying hens and a few roosters. I've never owned silkies but I've read they can get overly picked on. im growing them out in a separate pen untill they're nearly full size. these are the wifes...

for the 1st time i have gotten 4 mixed bantams from TSC to add to my 10 full size chicken flock . only 1 hen is a bantam. i plan on trading or culling the other 2 bantam roosters. the rest of my birds are all hens. my question is will my 1 bantam rooster go after all the full size girls or just...

just noticed one of my ducklings is scratching both sides of his head with both feet. i fed them purina medicated chick starter. could itbe hes having a reaction to the medication? never seen this before.

i started to get into the health craze and found out how chia is so nutritionally dense i figured what was good for me should be good for poultry. the chickens love it! i give it as a treat not as a replacement for a good chicken feed but I've noticed a big difference from just feeding the...

hi folks! been feeding these s. american roaches to my flock. they really love them and are a blast to watch them chase them down. these are not like our invasive house roaches. they're woodland roaches. they can't climb smooth surfaces. i feed mine grains , dry dog food and veg. scraps. they're...

hey folks! got 12 khaki cambells at 5 months old that are losing a lot of plumage. they were just getting the last of their feathers in and now probably lost 1/4 of plumage. i just took them off starter 2 weeks ago and put them on grower pellets. they free range daily. never saw this with ducks...

i have 5 khaki campbell ducklings at 3 mo. old. when do i change them over to regular food? t.y!

got 3 baby geese last week. went to check on them tonight. the smallest one is very limp when i picked him up noticed he has a whitish diarrhea. he's having difficulty breathing and has a hard time standing on his own. gave some electrolytes and put him under a small heat lamp. any other...

hey folks. one of my 15 mo. old silver laced wyandotte hens has diarrhea. its dark brown and watery. her vent area is all wet. the rest of them are fine. i have them on layer feed some scratch mixed w/ coarse lime for grit. and occasional vegetables. they are on oat straw. she's eating drinking...