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I have a 9-year-old crested duck who has had 2 'attacks' in 3 weeks where she has completely lost all balance, wobbling all over the place, not being able to walk two steps without falling down. She gets quite panicky and at one point last night stopped being able to hold her neck up. Both times...

Hello all! I am fairly new to the duck mom life and I have 8 ducks, 2 of which reside inside at night, and 6 which stay outside (my khakis that are much more skittish). I recently was approached by a neighbor who let me know he had recently lost a few of his chickens and ducks to a fisher and...

I had been searching online for something on chickens and i realized there is a site full of chicken lovers which is interesting :). I have 4 chickens now for almost 4-5 month . Along the way i had 2 rooster who died cause they were already infected when i bought them. I also bought 5 baby...

Hi everyone! This week I hatched 6 ducklings that came from the eggs of my beloved babies that got taken too soon by predators. I am determined to build them the most safe pen / hutch imaginable for when the time comes for them to move outside. I was thinking of even buying a small sized shed...

my hen made herself a little nest and when she lays, the egg smacks the floor of the nest box and cracks. it's causing ants. how can i fix this safely? maybe i can tack a cloth or a towel in there? any advice is appreciated!

Hello all, newbie chicken keeper here. We have an eight week old Rhode Island Red who I've noticed keeps dropping her wing from her sides when she's standing or laying down, just the one wing on the left side. She's inside right now in the brooder (the coop outside is nearly finished, we've had...

I'm not sure the breed of this baby as she was a rescue, I'm thinking maybe Pekin? Either way, she is about 3-4 months old and was fine two days ago, swimming and having a grand old time. Yesterday she started with breathing like this and having diarrhea of a pale greenishy-blue color. We dipped...

Hi! I'm Ladygunner. I have been keeping chickens for 3 years now. I currently have 12 hens and 1 rooster. I have 5 Rhode Island Reds and 6 Cinnamon Queens and 1 Buff Orpington. I have no idea what my rooster is, a neighbor gave him to me. He looks like a mixture of barred rock and silkie, as he...

We are pretty new to chickens, weve had our silver duckwing bantums for about 6 months and our hen has been sitting on her first hatch and today we saw the first pip! So exciting! Later in the day we looked again and the egg that had pipped has started unzipping, its face is exposed and theres...

This weekend my beloved pet ducks were taken and killed by a predator while they were spending some time in the yard like they did every evening. I had been letting the female duck keep the eggs she had been laying and putting the ones she laid in the yard into the hutch for her after I found...

Hey guys, unfortunately I’m thinking about rehoming my drake. The other option would be to cull him, and while I don’t have an objection to this I would rather him get a nice new home. He will be 1yr in June, I hatched him and raised him from a baby so he is imprinted on me. I know this will...

Concerned about this large abscess on our little bantam's breast/neck. Been watching it for a few days and it is rapidly growing. Found a couple of scabs underneath it. It is oblong and hard, Anyone have any advice? She acts fine but it can't be comfortable!

i posted earlier about how I thought something happened with my male Mallard. After searching my backyard even more I see no sign of struggle or harm, just an open hutch door and a few missing eggs (I’m assuming my dogs wouldn’t have found / been interested in all of a sudden eating those eggs)...

Hi guys, I have three ducks. One male Pekin, one male Mallard and one female duck whose all black win some white speckles on her chest. They’re all best friends and totally comfortable around people. We raised them inside and we treat them as pets. They have a hutch and every night we put them...

[I've already posted about another problem one of my hens was having today and I don't want to make it seem like I don't care about my chickens here. This is my first year having chickens and I love them very much. So any sort of unknown bad thing happening to any of them really worries me...

i have a 1 year old female aslbury duck shes very healthy until recently we noticed she had the start of bumble foot, she was seen by a vet last week who advised that there is no infection and she can be treated at home with iodine and pile cream brought from a chemist. since yesterday she has...

Hello all! My name is Ashley and I am in Dallas county with a love for chickens! My first chicken, Queen Egglizabeth (Elly for short), is pictured in my profile image. I got her through an experiment in my AP Biology class. My teacher really sparked my interest for chickens and I raised Elly...

I have a now 22-day old Pekin duckling that has leg problems. His legs cross over one another between the knee and foot. He can't walk and just kind of pushes himself along the floor or ground. I was trying to work with him by letting him swim in the bathtub but today he can't even swim. His...

I just noticed today that I have an older silkie whose legs are splayed. I feel terrible for not noticing before now! She has extra long feathers and tends to stay under the Brinsea heater. Anyone have experience with treating older chicks? It's about 7-8 weeks old. Thanks.

I hatched out my own chickens and yesterday my little roo started acting weird. He isn't eating much and he tends to just stay under the heating lamp and sleeping. When you hold him, he peeps a bit and then sleeps. Within seconds he'll fall asleep. I hand fed him today and he's very talkative at...