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My 2 year old Pekin is niacin deficient. I purchased niacin tablets, but I'm trying to a) figure out dosage and b) how to administer. We free range our ducks and chickens, and I've read of people putting it in their water or yeast in their food, but I need to make sure to be aggressive and get...

They are about 6 weeks.

First... Our flock consists of 7 - Three we got at the beginning of March, two a month later, and two about mid May. The drake come from the first batch, and is trying (and I think was successful) to mate with the youngest - isn't this too young? He is so amorous, does it die down? Those two...

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My 5 year old Brahma mama is wheezing - like a 300 pound man after a flight of stairs. She's been doing it for probably a week, maybe longer. Any ideas? And, along the lines of worming - is there a good all around wormer for chickens?

Do you have roosters?

Do you find that type of watered is still accessible for the chicks too?

Right now we just have the standard mason jar with the plastic trough thing, but I'm finding the ducks find way too much enjoyment out of it and have to refill it multiple times during the day - which I figure is normal, but I can fill it right before bed and by morning it is bone dry with...

We are upgrading our chicken/duck brooder because they outgrew it, and in so doing, I would like to know if it is possible to house the two with drier conditions? Has anyone come up with a solution to this? Thanks!

So, our ducks and chicks are a week old - we have 4 of each. This is our first time raising ducks, and I am full of questions :) We need to move them to a new location as they have outgrown the tote. Is it to ideal to think that we can continue to raise them together? We were thinking that...

Excellent information, thank you! I didn't realize I could start them swimming so quickly - looks like today will be the day :) At what point would I know if I have drakes or hens?

We have 4 older chicken hens. Getting ducks has been a dream of mine for years, and we finally got some! 2 Rouen, and 2 Indian Runners. Additionally, we got 2 Americauna, and 2 Buff Orpington to get our chicken flock back up in numbers. Here are my questions... I want to raise the new birds...

Hi all, I am looking for ideas on how to integrate new chicks into our well established flock. I have 4 hens and they will be 5 in a few months. Their egg laying is not ideal, but I won't part with them. It is time to get new chicks so I can stop buying eggs again :) My problem is I don't...

Thank you for the tips! I took a wire dog kennel out there - the one hen that is super aggressive with her is still trying to figure how to get at her, but I think I have it locked down from that happening. Thanks again, for responding!

I have a hen that I have been nursing back to health in my house (in a kennel). She had, what I suspect was the coccidiosis. I had done a trial run of her back with her flock last week, and she still wasn't up to snuff. Last night, I put her back in, checked on her later, everything seemed...

Thank you for responding :)

My girls are 3 1/2 years old and stopped laying, I want to say 2 months ago - maybe less. I know it is winter, and they are molten, but with it being that long, I figured they were done laying. Since it is colder, we've been putting the red heat lamp on from 6p - 6a. I just got another egg...

Warm bath, injecting olive oil in the vent, massaging, and feeding oatmeal with olive oil. She spurts out the yellow custard looking stuff, too.

her vent doesn't look blocked, but it is pulsating?

Chicken looked larger than normal yesterday, and I chalked it up to gaining weight. Husband noticed today something was off - when I got home to check her out, she was panting, and hunchy. When I picked her up, she "threw up" watery stuff that looked like there may be blood? Back end was...