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  1. M

    5 day old chicks sleeping away from heat plate

    My chicks are 5 days old today. Yesterday, I noticed a couple sleeping away from the heat plate but would eventually go in and out. Today when checking in on them on the camera I noticed they started sleeping on the opposite side of the brooder away from the heat plate in a big pile on top of...
    • MountHelen
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    • advice baby chick behavior brooder cold chick heat plate pasty butt temperature
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. V

    My chickens were attacked

    Hey everyone, A hawk attack my flock and unfortunately one of them died. They were all in shock around my farm, specially my rooster. Now they are back in the coop and after 4 days of the attack they do not want to leave the coop. They get out when I go there to give them treats but...
  3. Chickenmother26

    Fluid coming from nose, gasping, smelly poop, lethargic, increased water consumption hen

    Hello! I got a 12 week old hen off of Facebook (I know, not the best idea 😭) and she seems sick. We’ve had her for 11 days now. We noticed bloody diarrhea the second day, which we treated for coccidiosis using CORID for 5 days, and now she’s on the preventative dose. She immediately had more...
  4. sillybillyhappygirl

    Can I travel with my pet pigeon?

    I don't have a pigeon yet but I likely will in the near future, so I'm just thinking ahead. I don't go out of town very often, but every now and then my family and I will take a trip to visit a relative or something. Sometimes it's just a day trip, but sometimes it's a couple of days, or on...
  5. Flutterbudget

    Is this water belly or is my Pekin just fat?

    Hi all! This is Missy and she’s around 2 years old. She seems to have almost gotten as big as her male! I’ve held her up and palpated her stomach it doesn’t feel tight or overly bloated at all it’s just nice and soft, I cannot feel an egg. I was just wondering if anyone thinks it’s just a fat...
    • Flutterbudget
    • Thread
    • advice advice appreciated ayelsbury ducks pekin pekin duck unknown water belly
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Muscovy-palooza

    Chicken sitting yes or no, quarantine, etc

    I have a friend that is battling health issues and is going to be traveling out of town for 3 weeks. She doesn't have the strength and stamina to secure her old dilapidated coop and run before leaving. I offered for her to bring her 6 chickens over with their tractor so we could care for them...
  7. S

    Calling New Yorkers

    I am looking for a duck to be friends with the duck I already have. I can’t travel very far and don’t want to order ducks through the mail. If anyone has a duck they can spare I would really love to buy one. I’m near the fingerlakes area. Thank you. Sorry if this isn’t the right place, I just...
  8. 9ducksinacardigan

    weird question! any advice for painting my ducks nails?

    haii!!! i plan on painting my duck lenny’s nails tomorrow since he trusts me enough to lay in my lap while i rub his belly. i have an insta dry nail polish that dries within 60 seconds, i want to know if that would be safe. i dont want to cause any injuries to him at all. im not doing this to...
    • 9ducksinacardigan
    • Thread
    • advice advice needed duck ducksafety help nailpolish
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. R

    Elderly Hen Splayed Legs/Weakness

    I have a very elderly hen named Tenebris- she is minimum 7 years old, but I believe she is closer to 8 or 9. She was hatched in my care and is 50% silkie, 25% black australorp, and 25% copper maran. Tenebris has been healthy her entire life except for just recently when she very abruptly...
  10. T

    What to feed ducks?

    Hello! I’m new here and new to owning ducks! I have 3 female Saxony ducklings that are currently two weeks old. I have been feeding them Dumor chick starter/grower the first week and have switched them to Purina duck feed that I blend up to smaller pieces. I’ve been told to feed them Chicken...
    • The Quackster
    • Thread
    • advice duck feed duck feed question duckling advice ducks saxony
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. C

    sneezy chick

    I got this little one yesterday and noticed she was sneezing pretty regularly (maybe once every 2 minutes), and when I listen very closely to her breathing, I hear a little bit of a 'clicking' ... poops are gooey to normal, eyes are clear. I've isolated her and she's cheeping up a STORM (loud!)...
  12. LaughingLagomorph

    Beginner Breeder Tips/Advice?

    Hi! I'm by no means new to raising poultry, I am however new to breeding them. Does anybody have some tips, tricks or advice for a new breeder? Are there any supplies I should invest it? I currently have some little ayam cemanis that I plan to breed when they're old enough. I'm also planning...
  13. PetalAndPlume

    Potassium Sorbate in Water

    Is it safe to put Potassium Sorbate in your chickens' waterers to keep their water free from algae and other natural contaminants? If not, what other natural ways would you recommend using?
  14. H

    What do i feed newly hached chicks (dont have special feed)

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  15. R

    Runners about to hatch out of coop

    Our favorite runner (the only friendly one) made her nest outside the coop and I decided to just leave her be. Thing is, we’ve had a bad drought since she started sitting and the pond is nasty and nearly empty - I don’t want her taking babies in there. I’ve also been reading that they often...
    • Rabidole
    • Thread
    • advice breeding indian runners runners
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Micoylf

    How old should my Peachicks be before moving from the brooder to the coop?

    Hiya guys! First time rasing peafowl and the 4 chick i hatched (i posted their hatch pics a lil while back) are doing amazing! Their wings are fully feathered now at 2 weeks and they are running around the brooder doing baby “displays” and chasing eachother to steal snacks. (My friends have...
    • Micoylf
    • Thread
    • advice peafowl peafowl chicks raising a peafowl
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Peafowl
  17. R

    Please help my chickens wing got wrapped around in a wire and I just found her, her wing is extremely swollen what do I do?

    It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...
  18. MommaMuscovy

    Is this behavior normal? Muscovy

    Hey y’all, I’m brand new to owning Muscovies and this site! I brought home five, two week old Muscovies, they seemed to have been raised by the momma and not hand raised. They’re very skittish and run all over the place like they’re scared to death when I do anything in their set up (clean...
    • MommaMuscovy
    • Thread
    • advice behavior ducking muscovey normal?
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. Brink

    Rooster is nice to everyone, except my husband.

    Hey y'all! So I have a rooster. I didn't raise him from a baby but he was given to me and I was told he was about eight to nine months old at the time. So he is estimated to be about nine to tenish months old now. I was worried he was going to be aggressive but he was actually more curious and...
    • Brink
    • Thread
    • advice aggresive help appreciated rooster problems singled out
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  20. L

    Need advice after all but 1 in flock of 4 died

    My friend just had 3 of his 4 Pullets die. First one showed signs something was wrong last Friday (May 19) & by Sunday afternoon she passed. They didn’t bother coming to get Corid powder from me until Saturday evening & didn’t quarantine the sick bird like I advised them to. Then over the next 2...
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