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Hi all, I fear this might be futile but I want to try everything before the inevitable. I've adoped a couple more ducks from an person wanting to re-home them. One is the picture of health and the other one was described as "a bit of a limp but gets around ok". This latter duck does not have...

Hi, Apologies, as the question may have been answered a thousand times, but couldn't find anything specific to daytime attacks. After 6 years of raising a few chickens and ducks, the last of the first generation (Furiosa) was sadly assassinated in the garden in broad daylight by a fox. I saw...

Hi all, I'm looking for a little advice on potential causes of some odd behavior. Apologies in advance, this is a bit of a strange one. One of our chickens, Furiosa (a cream legbar) is exhibiting some odd behaviour. She's absolutely fine in the mornings, runs out the coup to get her...

Hi, I was hoping for a bit of advice from anyone who might be a farmer/experience with sheep farming. Our house is surrounding by fields that are rented out (not by us) to an unknown sheep farmer. While the enivornment is perfect for sheep - grass, streams, trees for shelter/shade, at least...

Hi all, I've a small chicken coop for a couple of birds (free range during the day so it's just basically a 1.5m x 1.5m with a nesting box). There looks to be an wasps nest formed in the corner of the roof - no idea what species are common in Scotland unfortunately. Do they present any...

Hi all, One of our three ducks has disappeared and I was wondering about possible causes and evidence I could look for. Last night, about 9:15pm (this is Scotland, so starting to get dark by then), I happened to look out the window and all three were happily splashing around in the pond. It...

Hi all, Hope this finds you all well and keeping safe. We've been considering adding a few Silkies to the flock for fun, but don't want to do so if they're not going to enjoy living here, so am seeking some advice on whether the environment here is suitable. We live in Scotland (lowlands), so...

Hi, Apologies for posting yet again looking for advice. Bo the hen has Egg peritonitis at the moment and is currently living in a roomy box with food and water indoors on vet's advice while getting treated with antinflammatories and antibiotics. She's also pretty skinny (very prominent keel...

Hi all, Currently one of my chickens (Bo) has egg peritonitis (non-septic). On the vet's advice, she's being kept indoors for the next few days (currently in a big box in the bathroom) and getting oral antibiotics and an antinflammatory. She does seem a bit more alert already though still...

Hi, After the sad loss of her sister, to keep the existing 2.5 year-old khaki campbell duck (Queequeg) company, I've picked up another pair (Leeloo and Multipass) who are only 8 weeks old. As the original pair were picked up at point of lay, I wondered about what behaviours to expect? So far...

Hi, Some sad news to report - Dagoo, who had been ill with an injured vertebrae and nerve damage, had to be put to sleep today. She tried hard through treatment, but in the last week stopped eating and lost too much weight. She died calmly and peacefully at home with the gracious help of...

Hi, You might remember us posting a while back about a duck (Dagoo) with muscle spasms/seeming neurological issues. After a few vet visits we got her to an avian specialist today. The working theory (to be confirmed or otherwise by xray tomorrow) is that she has a displaced or malformed disk...

Hi, (Hopefully this is nothing but as it seems unusual I thought I'd ask) I've a couple of Khaki Campbells (roughly a year old) who free range in the garden and I usually walk them round from the pond to their coop at night. A couple of times in the last fortnight when walking them round one...

Hi all, Your neigbourhood noob looking for yet more advice. I've three chickens (two cream legbar, one sussex) and two khaki campbell ducks, nearly one year old. Until the last couple of week everything has been harmonious, they've about 2/3 of an acre to buck/quack about it so there's no...

Hi all, Just looking for a quick bit of advice - I've been thinking about moving the chicken coop to another part of the garden (will help keep the wind off them) - the chickens are familar with the whole garden already so the area won't be alien to them. My question is will the recognise and...

Hi all, Hopefully just being paranoid, but seeking a quick bit of advice. Have a hen that seems to be a little broody (nesting, staying on the egg as long as possible), but is eating fine when lifted out manually, drinking etc., and seems to be fully mobile etc. However, I noticed when...

Hi all, Looking for a quick bit of advice. I've layer pellets on order by due to the Scottish weather at the moment they haven't been able to deliver (and short of hiking out I'm snowed in). I'm down to a few kg of layers pellets which my 3 hens and 2 ducks are hammering through (they normal...

Hi all, I'm not sure where this is more appropriate to the duck or coop forum so apologies if the normal etiquette is the duck one. I've a few chickens and ducks - the chickens I'm fairly comfortable with their coop setup, though a little paranoid about the cold, but from everything I read...

Hi all, I have returned with another in my endless list of newbie questions. My chickens started to lay a few weeks around (at about 22 weeks old) - a bit haphazardly in terms of how often, but nice eggs with strong shells. A couple of weeks ago I lost one of them (the vet thinks she may have...

Hi again all, Afraid I'm back once again seeking advice as a novice. Out of the four hens, one (Sarah Connor) has always been more boisterous and brave than the rest - jumps up on the garden gate to say hello and be petted, always first to run up to any visitors (human or animal) to...