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We had to cull her. After extensive research last night and her extremely labored breathing this morning, we concluded she likely had Marek’s disease so we made the difficult decision. She was my favorite and the flock is definitely aware she’s not there anymore but I think we made the right...

Unfortunately, we live in the sticks and not only are there no 24/hour vets, any vet is far and few between (ironic since you’d think it would be a booming business around farmland). I am hoping she makes it through the night, and we can evaluate tomorrow if we should make the trip to a vet or...

I have a 2-year old buff Orpington who is very sick. I noticed on Friday when I gave them water that her crown was turning black, she was walking funny and was not with the rest of the flock. The last couple days she won’t eat or drink, she isn’t moving from her spot in the coop on the floor and...

It’s gravel like you’d find on a gravel road. I have enough pine shavings to put on top though and level it out to be more comfortable until we can get to town to get plywood. We’ll find a coop for them that works and see if they use it or prefer the chicken’s coop. Thanks so much for the...

Odd question but how do they do on rock? The coop is on chat from our parking lot and I’m guessing the ducks won’t be a fan. I could put plywood down though as a floor if need be.

This is a pic of it. We have a total of 11 chickens, including the 3 babies in the little box that’s in the coop. We also have the old chicken coop still that we aren’t using. I was worried the ducks wouldn’t be able to climb the ramp though.

Could I house them with the chickens then?

Heres the best I could get of them. The one time they aren’t frantically running around.

Honestly we don’t know. They were marked “yellow” at the store we got them and now they’re a pale yellow almost white color. We think we have a mail and femalenso we named them Donald and Daisy. I haven’t been able to find breed pictures that look quite like they do so I just figured it was...

We haven’t got the house for them yet but we picked out one. It’ll be just a dog igloo type house and it’ll be elevated to try and discourage predators (but low enough they can get in). We don’t have a pen for them planned since they’d live in the dock by the lake. Should we keep them up by the...

Hello all! We got 2 ducks this last season and they've been in my house on the sun porch, currently in an extra large dog kennel my 120lbs chocolate lab used to go in. They are getting awful big though and the mess is starting to get to be more than I can keep up with. Plus there's the...

Thank you!!!!!!!

Are there any articles that are a 101 for raising ducklings? We’ve got 2 and need some info on what to do with them now that they’re getting bigger.

Hello all! We got our first chickens last year and they've been outside for about a year now. We are ready to move 3 of our new chicks outside, but we aren't sure how to do it, especially since our seasoned chicks also just got a new coop (a plastic shed we turned into a coop). The first...

I read this after I posted my post! Thanks so much for your help! We’ll try those and let you know!

We don’t have any roosters so how can we solve this problem? If there’s no roosters obviously she can’t have babies so is there a way to try and stop her?

Oh and she’s a Buff Orpington

Thanks everyone for your help!

YES! That’s exactly go she acts! What’s does it mean when she’s broody?

Hi everyone! My husband and I are new to owning chickens and we’ve come across a problem we are having a hard time dealing with. We noticed the last week or so that one hen is staying in the coop all day in one of the roosting boxes. She lays in the same one all day, is in there every time we...