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    duck foot caught under door!

    I walked into the chicken coop, and one duck foot got caught under the door, she walked away fine after I got it out but now she wont put pressure or walk on it she is walking with her wings, I grabbed her and looked at the foot moved it around it doesn't seem broken, but there is a little chunk...
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    Keeping geese off driveway and hostas?

    Is there anyway to keep the geese off the drive way and away from the garden? I heard tinsel will scare them to not cross it is that true if not would a fake owl keep them away or some kind if spray on the plants to where they taste gross?
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    dog or cat attack plz help!!

    i have 6 week old chicks that have been free ranging for a week or 2 now and they been doing great wont get farther then 2-3 feet from the coop, well I went away to go get gas to mow in town, get back and 2 are dead had been attacked by either the cat or dog, but all others are missing no since...
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    Pekin duck question!

    Is it possible to have a drake duck and have the curly feather on his tail at 3-5 weeks old or is this just a bent feather?
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    I don't think I got silkies?

    I picked up some silkies from a runnings farm and fleet a few weeks ago and they had five toes and dark skin so I thought nothing of it now the 2 blue I have, have pink waddles and didn't think that was a trait? Here are some pics and wondering if there silkies or not?
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    Fixing vent gleet with baby chicks?

    I have found out that it's vent gleet killing off my chicks, first I was wondering if adding apple cider vinager and plain yogurt to there diet can fix this I went to the local coop and they only had a probiotic plus to help digestion so with these thig can I fix vent gleet a u info would be...
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    Barred rock questions ***Updates pics

    Some people I have read can sex these by there color pattern u can't see a difference can anyone help out if these are male or females?
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    Lost 1 how do I save the other?

    Had 2 silkies have problems pooping I think it wasn't pasty butt but when I can home 2 had been pecked in the butt to the point of bleeding thought I could seperate them well now I think it is something else then just the pecking one died and the there isn't as alert I think it's like pasty butt...
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    How to put chicks back with other chicks

    Two of my silkies either started bleeding out if there butt or the other chickens started randomly pecking there rear, I had to separate them for the night what can I do to get the blood off and make the others stop pecking so I can put them together again?
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    Will ducks peck blood like chickens?

    Like the title says I had to desperate 2 chickens and they where crying so a duckling with each hoping it would stop the pecking and crying while there separated
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    Toulouse question

    My goslings are about 4-5 weeks old now and from pics I have seen they should have orange feet and bills right? When do they start getting there orange color?
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    Farm fields

    We just got some chicks ducklings and goslings and the farmer is worried about once they start free ranging they will destroy his field since the coop buds up to his corn field is there anyway to prevent this or will they leave the field alone?
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    Toulouse geese

    Just have a few questions about toulouse geese. I don't want them to be aggressive when they get older I know it's the individual bird itself but given it to be less aggressive would it be better if I held it and touched it or be around it all day or should I give a space to have them scared of...
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    Will they stick around with chickens?

    So I started off getting little ones, before I could sex them I ended up with 3 males and 1 female, let them get to about 1.5-2 years old and moved them to a diff farm (long story) well at the first farm they never really roamed to far from the chicken coop, but there was 20 chickens always...
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    missing peafowl

    Anyone have peacocks go missing for a couple days be seen bout half mile down the road do they ever come back? We have a male and 2 herbs penned up so they can hear the male will that help?
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    peahen nand sitting

    We are currently pulling the eggs and have a chicken egg in there for her to lay in same spot but what's a good number of eggs to have her sit on we have pulled 4 but is that to little or to much what is a good count to get before we put them back in there to try to get her broody the eggs...
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    little giant incubator?

    have one of those got some peafowl eggs in there anything special I should do? temp at 99.5-100 does the humidity have to be at 45 or can it run higher? and just like duck and chicken eggs air bubble side up?
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    males mounting another male

    We have 4 males and 2 females (looking for more) well one male is locked up with a 2 year and a 3 year old female, and 3 males run around the property well they don't fight but there is a male that chases him with his tail up and tries to mount him he is missing feathers on the back of his neck...
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    laying this year?

    I have a peahen that is 2 years old and the males are trying to breed with her but she doesn't seem to want anything to do with them, it is mid April but it doesn't stop snowing here in Minnesota it seems like jw if you think the peahen will lay eggs this year and if so when will she start!
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