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I have three two months old call ducks inside (too hot to transition). Outside I have an older Blue swedish, and three roughly one year olds: a magpie, a Welsh harlequin and a silver Apple Yard. I was only intending on keeping one of the call ducks however I was just informed that she will...

Hey there, This is a bit of an odd post, I know my partner and I are a bit abnormal when it comes to our pet chickens, but we would really appreciate some advice. We recently lost one of our two girls, Stella, had to be euthanized due to old age and multiple health complications decreasing her...

My precious male pete passed away. Its been very very hard for me and for his mate. He was a very gentle boy so i worry about getting her another male who may be agressive... she was more of petes protector than the other way around. Should i get her a duck of the same breed? And should i get...

Hello! I have 1 week old baby chicks and I was just looking for some “bonding” advice. They are still quite skittish when I try to reach into their brooder and interact with them or even feed them. I have 9 baby chicks. I know I shouldn’t “reach into” the brooder per se, but it’s the only way I...

Hi lovely people! I’m gonna make this short, but I’ll give details when asked! 6 weeks ago I hatched a duckling that was the only one left from the eggs I incubated. Since he was alone I got him a friend from the hatchery his egg came from. However now he has passed so his sister is all alone...

so back in christmas last year my brother and i each got a day old aylesbury duckling, jemima and puddles. they were the sweetest little things and my brothers drake puddles grew up to be the biggest sook. he would follow you around the yard wanting pats. then the other night a fox came and...

hi, 3.5 weeks ago only 1 of my appenzeller eggs hatched :( . i didn't want the chick to be lonely so i called round everywhere local in the hope of buying some chicks for her. unfortunately i couldn't get any so my only option was to buy some more eBay eggs and hatch them out. so 5 out of the...

So we have 1, 7-week old chick and 4, 1- week old chicks. The cat is kept away from the 1 week olds, but has been around my 7 week old (under watchful eye) since she was 2 weeks old. Usually she bats at her. Lately I have noticed them chase each other around. But lately (with the warm weather)...

Let me start off by introducing the situation. About a year ago I had a handfull of chickens that i raised. When I moved from my home to a more chicken-restricted area, I could only take 2 girls and so that is what I did (the rest I left to my at the moment neighbor or to someone I knew in...

I met my best friend and fellow chicken lover just after she had finished chemotherapy for her breast cancer. She was 26 when diagnosed. Despite having a really bad reaction to the chemo (her husband literally had to carry her out to the car after each session, and then carry her into the...

BYC had a few different badges - Friend, Spirit, Greeter, Educator, badges for members with 4+ years, etc. It used to be that on desktop mode you would see the badge under the members' names when they posted, or on their profile. Now I can't seem to find them anywhere. It's not a big deal, I was...