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I have already lost half of my chicken and duck flock last summer to raccoons. They were two attacks and they got in two different ways. I secured everything very well last summer but tonight at 8 o'clock when I went out to put everybody up there was a raccoon literally walking through my...

Hi. I have a chicken coop, yard and duck yard. The chicken coop is deep litter in bad need of cleaning. The duck yard (covered) has had accumulations of straw upon straw upon straw this winter. I have several problems. 1) mice have come in over the winter and I’ve been trying to get rid of...

Hi guys... My one year old duck, Betty was eggs bound and I didn’t recognize the symptoms. She was limping for a few weeks and I thought it was getting better but then yesterday she started falling on her breast. I took her to the vet and they X-rayed her and found she was bound. They cleared...

We are new duck owners. Got 6 this spring from a straight run (no one in our area had anything other than a straight run). 4 cayugas and 2 welch harlequins. we are pretty certain we have 2 male cayugas and 1 male Welch harlequins. Yes - that’s right - as luck would have it - we have 1/2 and...

I have two adult chickens - the buff Brahma bantam, Thelma, is the oldest and has been at this location for years. She lost 3 of her flock mates and that left her alone. So about 2 months ago we got Princess - the polish - is a laying adult (no idea how old) and Thelma gave her a bit of a hard...

Hi, besides dogs, a cat and a rabbit, we have 2 mature chickens (a polish - new to our family, a buff Brahma Bantam), 3, probably 5 or 6 week old chickens (a Well Summer hen, a black lacewing hen, and an Easter egger hen), and 6 ducks (4 cayugas, 2 Welch Harlequins) that are about 3 weeks old...