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    Broody hen sitting on chicken AND duck eggs

    Thank you! I’ve already marked which eggs came from her but I’ll go mark the rest
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    Broody hen sitting on chicken AND duck eggs

    Thank you, would it be ok to move them to an incubator early or should I wait it out until she leaves them?
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    Broody hen sitting on chicken AND duck eggs

    My hen has gone broody and made it a habit of collecting eggs from other birds. I didn’t think she’d take duck eggs since the ducks usually lay in another coop but I checked on her today (about three days after she first went broody) and she has two runner duck eggs and one khaki egg. Is it...
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    Mice and rats found with just the head

    Update: haven’t been finding it as regularly, but still getting just heads every so often.
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    Mice and rats found with just the head

    The rats come from a neighbor’s yard, I’ve seen them coming over the fence. Food is also in a locked bin over night.
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    Mice and rats found with just the head

    My game camera broke a while back, but I’m hoping to replace it soon
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    Mice and rats found with just the head

    Middle of the yard
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    Mice and rats found with just the head

    This is the third morning in a row finding just a head. First time it was a mouse, second it was a rat, now it’s a mouse again. Any ideas? If the predator is big enough to get the rats should I be worried about the chickens? I’ve seen the following around my house Cat Dog Skunk Coyote Owls and...
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    Bumblefoot observation

    Can you share a picture of the callus? It seems to have healed so it’s possible there’s just a scab/ scar left from the surgery
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    Bumblefoot observation

    It’s possible you didn’t get everything out or it’s possible that by opening the foot you left a wound open for more infection to come in. Did you wrap the foot afterwards? Did her foot look worse than the others? As for the Epsom salt, I used it on my chicken (once a day for about a week and...
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    What's a recessive gene?

    Short answer: Recessive genes need both parents to have the gene for the baby to get it. Long answer: A perfect example is blue vs brown eyes in humans. Blue eyes are recessive and brown eyes are dominant. For the sake of explanation, a capital B is going to represent the brown gene and a...
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    Question about earlobe color?

    My white leghorn rooster has yellow earlobes. The ear color usually goes with the egg color so I’d imagine any breed that lays lighter colored eggs is a possibility
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    Question about earlobe color?

    I’ve only ever seen naked necks with red earlobes but I’m far from an expert on nn’s. Any possibility he could be crossed with something else?
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    Two sweet ducks in souther CA need a new home!

    Have they found a home yet?
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    Happy’s Memorial Thread

    Some of you may have seen my posts about Happy, my little quail who’s been on and off dealing with bumblefoot. I’m sad to report that she passed away a few days ago. Despite her illness, I’m confident she lived a good life. She was with her best friend Jasmine, didn’t pluck her feathers, and...
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    Is the best thing to put her to sleep?

    This is pretty much what I’ve been doing. I’ve tried my hand at surgery but it’s just too much and too deep on such a little foot for me to get it myself. My vet is open to surgery (he’s already done it once on her) but it’s expensive to have to pay for it again :/
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    Is the best thing to put her to sleep?

    She’s okay right now, eating/drinking/walking fine. I’d love any and all advice, send it my way!
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    Comb turning purple, mites/lice?

    Update! Lice are gone, still laying eggs, eating/ drinking as normal. Combs are now only purple in the morning and evening, not all day. I’ve heard purple combs are mainly lack of oxygen, since it’s morning and evening, when they’re in their coop more, could it be a problem with the...
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    Is the best thing to put her to sleep?

    Thank you, I’ll ask around
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    My Daily Chicken Routine!!!! What's Yours?

    6:30am I usually do the morning rounds—let them out of the coop, check food and water. I check for any signs of critters in the yard (lately I’ve had holes in the garden) and if I see anything I check the night cameras. 8:50am Check everything over before I leave for work (All chickens...
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