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Hi! Today I noticed one of my duckies had laid a super soft-shelled egg. She's been laying for about 10-11 months now and I've never seen this. I am going to run to the store to get oyster shell to add to their feed, but does anyone know why this might be happening? She's the only one that has...

Hi all! I recently incubated and hatched my own chicks, and now I have 15 babies! They're about 6 1/2-7 weeks old as of today, and I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do with the roos (I count 7). I would like to keep a bachelor flock, but the only space we have to keep them they can...

Hello all, my adult Leghorn hasn't laid an egg in a few weeks. She's about 4 years old. She is still acting normal and looks as healthy as ever. My other 9 hens have all been laying SO MANY EGGS, so I don't think it's a coop problem or anything. I know as hens start to pass from old age they...

Hi! I recently hatched 15 babies. Dad was a black Australorp and moms were all different breeds (Australorp, Barred Rock, Red Star, something that's black and brown, white Leghorn, and an Easter Egger). This baby, named Saturday, hatched on 4/3, which would make her 2 1/2 weeks old today. Some...

Hello! I separated my ducks by sex because of harsh breeding. Because of the nature of my facility, there was nowhere I could house them that they wouldn't escape (lol) except for in the back coop/pen, where the males can still see and hear the females. Is this bad for my males? Is it better to...

Hello! I rehomed my rooster about a month ago, but I decided to incubate some of our eggs to get some home grown baby chickens. Out of 29 eggs, we had 15 hatch! I am quite excited about it as this is my first time incubating eggs, and I did it all myself. I know statistically we will have 7-8...

Hello! I have 6 wonderful Peking ducks that I love dearly. We have 4 females and 2 males, which I know is a bad ratio, but the males haven't had any severe issues with each other. One of our girls seems to be the favorite with our drakes. She's missing a bunch of feathers on the back of her...

Hello! We are a camp in NY state. We have 12 chickens, including one Australorp rooster. He's very handsome and he's good with our hens. This is my first time with a rooster. About a month ago, he became ~mature~, and attacked me one day all of the sudden. After I got over my fear of him, I...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I'm pretty new to chickens, though I've always wanted some! I first started taking care of chickens in May 2020, when I came to my current job. It's now my sole responsibility to care for them and I love it. :) (2) How many...

Hello all, this morning I went down to our barn to find one of our hens laying in their water dish!! I picked her up and put her on the ground, but she was complete dead weight - the only reason I knew she was alive is because she was blinking. I wrapped her in a towel, brought her inside, and...