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I have the chance to get rid of my rooster. Which is excellent as he keeps going after my family and I am leaving soon. He will be going to a nice couple with no kids and lots of space. And if it doesn't work out, a nice stew pot. So anyways I will be left with ten hens, probably eight if I am...

Okay so here is the situation. I currently have a flock of ten hens, eight wyandottes and two leghorns, and a rooster. Then the two pekin drakes. My friend is getting out of breeding chickens, decided it wasn't for him. He has some show quality Polishes, Silkies, and Americuanas. Knowing I have...

So I was outside today and was looking at my rooster and noticed he had small black bits on his comb. So I caught him and tried rubbing them off a bit, which they came off. So I think they are just scabs from pecking. Is it normal for the girls to peck the comb of the rooster? None of the hens...

I am thinking about switching because the Blue Seal is a little more then 15 dollars here, and I believe the Southern States layer is about 11 to 12, but I would need to recheck when I go to look at horse feed. But I don't want to skimp on the quality, although I have read people like it well...

I have two pekin drakes who are attempting to mate with a single pullet they were raised with. I have blocked them off but the female flies up into their area when they are let out to free range. As I wanted to get some females anyway I have been looking around and it seems now it a fine time to...

I brought home two chickens this weekend. The person I bought them from later thought one of them had Cocci. Is it okay to treat them with Sulmet, not sure if they have it, but want to be sure. Not showing any signs such as lethargy or blood stool. DO you guys think they will be fine being...

So I am probably going to a get a couple more chickens at a poultry swap coming up. The place I am going to quarantine them is an unused dog run with a six foot wooden privacy fence. I'll probably only get two or three pullets. The area is about six feet by twelve feet, but have river rocks on...

So I have two pekin drakes. Just cute lawn ornaments. I will probably get some ducks come this spring, but not as of yet. My question is, do they eat less then the females, as they aren't producing eggs. And if so how much should I feed them. I give them probably about a fifth of a gallon jug...

So a person on a local forum has these two roosters, not sure on the breed though. What do you all think?

So as I was outside I felt a cool breeze come drifting along. I began to think about how the chickens will fair this winter. I know I read most will be fine without a heater, and since I don't have electricity out there until next spring it isn't an option. Around here is gets into the low 20's...

So my two Brown Leghorns have been sleeping in trees for a while now. I tried keeping them in the coop for a week, the day I let them out that night they were in the trees again. Being leghorns they are pretty flighty. I just processed the four meaties that were bothering them and now I want to...

I have two male pekin ducks, and although I probably won't hatch out any eggs, I do want that option. So I am now on the hunt for four to six females. If four I will separate the males, and six I will probably let them run together. If you know of any Pekin ducks for sale or anyone looking to...

So as the title says my chicken's neck swelled up after eating. It isn't her crop, way to high up and it is in the middle-ish of her neck. She looks like she ate to quickly and is trying to swallow it all down, but not sure. I am slightly worried since this is the first time I've seen this and...

So the back story is I bought two ducks, just as lawn pets, back in April or May at TSC. Both turned out to be boys, well I have enjoyed them so much, along with my family, that I am looking to buy more. Preferably Buff Orpingtons or Welsh Harlequins. Although I would like to get three females...

So this weekend we are taking our roos out to the Amish for processing, along with the meaties. But now I must choose which roo I want to keep. The decision is between Roy and Reggie. Roy is very standoffish, so my worry is that he may become aggressive. Do standoffish roos become aggressive...

I have two brown leghorn pullets who are about 9 weeks old and then six or seven GLW pullets who are 14 weeks old. I am taking the roos, seven in total, to the Amish this weekend and would like to integrate the flock soon. At the moment the leghorns are living with the ducks who they have grown...

So on a whim we got two ducklings, when we went to get chicks. Well they are eight weeks now and from what I read they are both boys. We don't have any girl ducks, but do have hens. I have heard that they will possibly try to mate with them, so they will be separated from the chickens. Will they...

This probably sounds silly, but how do you decide which chickens to show? Obviously they are going to be sold off, hopefully, at the end. I have searched for a breed standard for mine, GLW, and can't find one. So how do you know which ones to take?

I am posting this just to be sure. The only way I can really keep the chickens out is to fence it off, but anyway. So I have about thirteen chickens that free range. Well free range as in they jump over the fence and do what they want. Which is fine they don't leave our five acres so it isn't a...

So I went to Pensacola for the weekend, leaving my ducklings and chickens under the care of my sister. About ten hours into the drive we got a call that one of the dogs attacked one of the ducks. Well already ten hours into the drive I figured my sister would be able to take care of the wound. I...