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Hello I am some what new to chicken keeping and this is my first rooster, I was flipping through pictures of him today and realized his comb and waddle have shrunk significantly. The left picture was taken 11/11/14 he is a craigs list Jersey Giant and I was told he is 7 months old, the...

Hello, I was wanting to ask you all about something that is not fun to talk about but I have to ask someone who knows more than me. Well let me start by saying I have 4 full grown muscovy females/ sisters and they are healthy. This year I introduced a male living with them, and for the first...

Lately I have been concerned about one of my Rhode island whites Olga, Her comb and or wattle seems too pale, While her sisters seems fine. The first picture is what they looked like last winter, On the left is Ester on the right Olga, the fallowing pictures I took today. This is my first couple...

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I have a pasture area I was considering opening up to my chickens and ducks and it has a large 6ft bush in the middle with lost of berries. It concerns me that the local wild life has not eaten the berries. Maybe they are poisonous? Will my birds know better than to eat something poisonous? Can...

I have heard conflicting statements from this forum about wood stove pellets used as bedding, What types of additives and certain types of wood should I look our for? I have several people on craigslist that have slightly moist free pellets. I am new to all this and currently buy shavings. What...

Just up dated my BYC page and added a couple video's of my scovies running a muck. If you like pictures of muscovies you have to love video. They have such large personalities! They make my chickens seem boring! If you have video share it! I went to "flickr" and uploaded them there them went to...

I am getting ready to clip my moscovy's wings for the first time, they are 5- 6 months and starting to fly all over the yard! Here is my question I have looked at the different styles of wing clippings (http://www.cornerstonefarm.net/wingdemo.html) and was wondering if anyone knows of a cut that...

I am getting ready to clip my moscovy's wings for the first time, they are 5- 6 months and starting to fly all over the yard! Here is my question I have looked at the different styles of wing clippings (http://www.cornerstonefarm.net/wingdemo.html) and was wondering if anyone knows of a cut that...

I am not sure if this is an emergency or totally normal, Please any info would be much appreciated! I recently noticed a yellow spot on my 5 month old muscovy hen, It is located right above her main tail feathers, in the center of her body about the size of a quarter. I first noticed it...

This is my first winter with chickens I have 4 hens and 4, 5 month old muscovies. I have a 3 1/2 foot by 5 foot coop, that is not insulated. I did wrap the coop with a draw string tarp. I read a lot in the forums and decided not to heat my coop this winter, My coop has small vents up high and is...

My chickens and ducks free range all day, and I have noticed they don't like going back in their coop to get out of the weather... (unless it is really bad) After watching the chickens try and seek shelter under my patio table I decided they needed a day shelter separate from their coop, that...

This is my first year with ducks. I have 4, 3 month old Muscovies. I have been doing research about what to do with the plastic kiddie pool this winter. I have heard to remove the pool during winter but so far don't seem to mind the cold. When is it too cold? I read Muscovies don't like the...

I recently built and designed my first chicken coop, and adopted two 7 month old Rhode Island White Laying Hens and, 2, 1 1/2 year old Araucana Laying Hens. This is my first time building a coop and having chickens. My question is pertaining to the design that I came up with for my coop. I...