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  1. M

    My Dog Brought Me the Lovely Gift Of A Baby Quail! Help With Advice!

    Last night my sweet dog was so considerate to bring us a baby quail. Little chick was so spooked at first and we helped treat it for shock and it seems to have recovered. It wasn't hurt at all just a little slobbery. We set it up in a small tote last night with wood shaving bedding since we had...
    • MyDogBroughtMeAGift
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    • advice advice appreciated baby quail dog gift help quail wild quail
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  2. M

    Chick Hatching Assistance - Is this Shrink wrapped?

    I'm hatching a combination of mail-ordered ducks and chicken eggs this year in a NurtureRight 360. This is my second year of hatching. Last year I just did chickens and I had 14 going into lock down and 10 hatched. This year I had 7 duck eggs and 6 chickens going into lockdown. Today is day...
  3. F

    My duck wont be a duck!

    Okay, first let me give some much needed context. My duck March was a surprise after we had given away all of our drakes. We had no clue they had fertilized an egg and she hatched soon after they left. She was all alone, we tried our absolute best to spend as much time with her as we could but...
    • finneasW
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    • advice chickens duck duck and chickens help seperation
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Tzippi613

    Moving my girls outside - Boise, Idaho - Ladder and Roost questions

    Hello everyone! We get to go down on a road trip to see family for a late Seder, and while I'm very excited to see family (some of whom are getting very up there in years, and haven't met their great-grandson in person yet), I am worried about leaving my girls. (I'm a first time chicken-haver...
    • Tzippi613
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    • advice boise idaho brooder to coop help ladder nervous beginner roosting seven weeks
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. Jrbd82

    Auto turn not working in nurture right 360

    I am on my fourth hatch with this incubator. My last hatch was the most successful getting 17 out of 18 eggs hatched. Are use the auto turner on the first three hatches but the last hatch the eggs were too big and I had to manually do that. I just cleaned and sanitized my incubator and now I...
  6. 0

    Soft quacks while on nest

    one of my girls, Sinclair, has decided that she wants to be a mom. She’s been giving me soft little quacks when I’m nearby but gives other hisses. Does anyone know the meaning behind these soft quacks? I’m fairly certain they aren’t mean “get away from my nest” quacks. If anyone with...
    • 0iseau
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    • advice broody duck help
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Helanaii

    Silkies or Satins? Did I make a mistake…

    Hey guys! I have never owned silkies before for some dumb reason, and decided it’s time to finally cave and get some pet silkies! I contacted a local breeder who breeds satins and silkies, she assured me her chicks were way better quality than a hatchery and talked me out of just ordering...
  8. DramaBrahmaMama

    Culling chicks, the hard talk

    I took about 5-6 years off of raising chickens. It's all coming back to me. And unfortunately, yesterday we had to cull our little 5-day old brahma that was struggling with respiratory issues. We did all we could do for 3 days, but she was suffering. Culling is a terrible reality of any farm or...
  9. ItsYelik

    Week old silkie chick with umbilical sore?

    Hey friends. I have a week old silkie chick that started crying and preening their stomach profusely. I looked them over and noticed a sore on their stomach. A little research into chick anatomy led me to the conclusion that it may be where the umbilical cord was. I have never had this issue...
  10. Aprilxoxo

    Introducing Chicks

    I have a rescue hen that's all alone at the moment (finished her quarantine) and I've just started to process of introducing my 7 week old chicks. I've put the chicks coop into her run so that they can interact with each other but not be able to be harmed. For the last week and a half the hen...
  11. Puddingtheamericana

    Ducks afraid of people?

    i’ve got two about 5 week old ducklings and their completely scared of people. if anyone in my household tries to approach them, anywhere near them within 3 feet, all hell breaks loose. they’ll scramble around and run to the back of their brooder and scream super loudly. if their hungry and you...
  12. OkamiWolfee

    Bobby's chicks! We did it!!

    Hello everyone, I don't know if you will remember me but I posted a thread about me trying to hatch some chicken eggs for the first time for my friends little boy who is terminally ill, well, those eggs didn't hatch unfortunately, and it turns out the incubator temp was not totally accurate, it...
  13. Puddingtheamericana

    can i move my duckling’s brooder outside?

    i have two 4 1/2 week old ducklings currently in their brooder with a temp of 70 degrees. the brooder is currently located in our tuff shed and i was wondering if it’s safe to move the brooder outside into our chicken coop, but still keeping the duckling in the brooder with their heat lamp. i...
  14. B

    Is my chicken Jealous or just stupid?

    I have quite a few hens in my flock! I absolutely love them and I spend a lot of time sitting with them and petting them and my hens quite like it. A lot of my hens don't like being held, but they'll lay down next to me and let me clean their faces when I am in the yard. I often take short naps...
  15. Puddingtheamericana

    duckling won’t stop shivering

    i have two ducklings about 3 weeks old now, and I usually give them swim time. when they were tiny we’d do it in our sink so the water was warm, then we moved to a bucket in our shower. ducklings grow surprisingly fast and now we can’t really do swim time indoors anymore so were doing it outside...
    • Puddingtheamericana
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    • advice cold duck duck duckling advice duckling issues ducklings help
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Puddingtheamericana

    When do I lower the protein for my ducklings?

    i have 2 ducklings, both 2 weeks old now. we bought a 22% protein starter grower for them and they’ve been eating it for the past 2 weeks. I read that ducklings need 18-20% protein (22% was fine for me) for the first 2 weeks and then at 3-8 weeks they need to switch over to feed with a protein...
    • Puddingtheamericana
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    • advice duckling advice duckling feed ducklings ducks feed feed advice
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. KateK1N9

    Duckling can't walk

    I have a duckling that is a few weeks old, it's was doing great up until a few days ago when we saw that it was walking on it's whole leg as well as the feet. We kept an eye on it but it got progressively worse ( started falling to it's side and couldn't keep up with the other ducklings) so we...
    • KateK1N9
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    • advice duckling duckling advice help urgent urgent help needed
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. D

    professionals on ducks

    i’m doing a school project on ducks and i’m required to do a interview on the subject. but i don’t know who if interview about ducks really. like i already know all the care and stuff so i don’t think a farmer would be a very good interveiw candidate. who would i interview for a project about ducks
  19. Jaimes09

    Help!

    Have hen that hasn’t been feeling good for about 2 weeks now. Was hoping it was only vitamin E she needed but nothing’s improving. Today took her out and she doesn’t move much and when she does she flaps her wings and stumbles. Seems like her right leg/foot has no movement. She hasn’t been...
  20. Chickadee00

    Should I let my broody hen hatch some eggs?

    Hello, new owner here. I've got my first broody hen, a bantam girl. I'm not sure if I want her to breed yet, since it's still pretty cold outside (-8° c, 17.° Fahrenheit). Can I put her and the eggs inside the house? Or should I let her breed in the coop, the other girls will bother her though...
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