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My quacker (khaki campbell), Hendrix, is 5 months old. His eyes seem to look like they have 'sleep' around them, they aren't red, not weepy or anything and don't look infected, he does have access to a kiddies pool to dunk his head and do his thing, so shouldn't that keep his eyes clean? Or...

Hi everyone I have a 5 month old male khaki campbell quacker, Hendrix. Hendrix lives with my 6 chooks.. it seems he has become very fond of one of our chooks in particular, Kelso. Hendrix and Kelso are INSEPERABLE, if i pick up Kelso, Hendrix starts quacking at me and will follow me everywhere...

We have a trampoline in our backyard.. the chooks LOVE it, they all roost around the edges and walk all over it.. even with my 2yr old jumping on it.. she thinks it's hilarious!

I posted that my quacker has a bed under the coop as he doesn't use the ramp.. here are some pics! It's raining today so I will post pics I do have atm, I don't have any from inside but it has straw in there, every few days or so I rake it out and put fresh straw in. It's not really any hassle...

Hello BYC! I was just listening to some beautiful 'egg songs' coming from my backyard and am getting worried about my neighbour who complains about EVERYTHING! Sure we all have one of those.. Anyone actually had complaints about their chickens egg songs?

Our backyard is 1/4 acre.. most of which is lovely green lawn.. yet my quacker and chooks seem to think our deck at the back door is a cool place to hang out and POOP! If they hear you in the house they come up and peck on the windows... My husband works night shift so I am out there every...

It is Winter here in Melbourne, Australia... but we have been having some beautiful sunny (but cold!) days.. the lawn is thick and green and in desperate need of a mow but I can't bring myself to do it! My quacker is enjoying finding too many yummy things... well thats my excuse and I'm sticking...

My 10yr old son is looking for his very own pet, this will be his responsibility (obviously I will help) but was thinking of guinea pigs? Are they a good 'starter' pet? We already own 2 dogs, a cat, 6 chooks, a duck and a bearded dragon but he wants something that is his own, can they live...

So way back at the start of January I bought my very first chickens, 6 little girls, all different colours and sizes.. Our first girl layed her first egg on Good Friday and we slowly started getting more eggs as the weeks went by until today.. we got 6 eggs from our 6 chooks.. Yeh it's not...

This is a hot topic in my house at the moment! We have 6 hens, this is their first year of lay.. however my husband says we will eat them when they no longer lay eggs... I think that's AWFUL! We also have 3 kids who have named them and treat them as 'pets'.. I understand the circle of life but...

Along with our 2 dogs, cat, 6 chooks, a duck we also have a bearded dragon, Angus! We have had him since he was a week old, he is now coming up 3 yrs. He has a placid, gentle nature.. Angus at 1 week old: And here he is last week with my daughter, she absolutely LOVES him and always wants to...

I have 6 hens.. during the day they 'free range' on our block of 1/4 acre.. however! 1 hen is adventurous and likes to fly to the top of the fences which are about 7' high! I'm scared of her going over as they're are dogs in 2 of the yards in which we share a fence. Will clipping her wings...

It is Winter here in Melbourne, Australia but we have had some beautiful sunny days of late.. cold but sunny! Just wanted to share some pics of my baby Hendrix enjoying an afternoon paddle in the beautiful winter sunshine... He is 3.5 months old, I'm totally amazed at how much his colours have...

Hi All! I have a 3 1/2 month old Khaki Campbell drake 'Hendrix'.. over the past few weeks his feathers have just been sticking out everywhere! He looks like he is at an awkward feather stage.. Is this normal? This is my first duck!

I have a 15 week old male khaki campbell... he was initially hand raised indoors, he now lives with 6 hens and 2 dogs.. At first he would only ever hang out with the dogs but now he seems to prefer the company of the hens. I have a mixed lots of hens, all different! The duck seems particulary...

G'day all... I have 6 hens, 3 who have started laying. My 3rd laid her first egg today.. however I found it in the run, not the nesting box? My other 2 lay their eggs in the same box, I have 3 boxes so not sure why she chose outside in the run?? TIA!

I have a 14 week old Khaki Campbell duck named 'Hendrix'.. I have had Hendrix since he/she was 1 day old. I assumed at around the 8-10week mark Hendrix was a girl, I know Hendrix' parents and she is identical to Mum.. However! Now at 14 weeks Hendrix' 'quack' is dry and raspy and not really a...

Ok, so I have 6 chooks, 2 have just started laying.. both of their first eggs were double yokers.. my husband was told that all chickens' first eggs or in the first few will be double yokers! Fact or fiction?? No pressure on the remaining 4 who are due to start laying in the coming weeks... lol

Ok, So it's coming into Winter here in Melbourne and already the chook run is just MUD! I do have a duck in with my 6 chooks.. they free range in the day so they aren't confined to the run BUT is it ok if it's mud? Will this do any harm to their feet or cause disease? Thanks!

I'm hoping this pic upload works.. first try! Eeekkk! This is 'Hyde', he/she is approx 22-24 weeks old. Unsure if it is in fact a hen or roo because the tail feathers have thrown me! Thanks!