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  1. PattieTheDuck

    Duck trying to internally pip on day 21??

    I popped six eggs into an incubator on august 11th and I expect them to hatch on around September 8th. Today is day 21 and the two remaining eggs are trying to internally pip! I feel like one of them is probably going to be able to pip by tomorrow morning. What should I do? I need help asap on...
  2. M

    HELP HELP EMERGENCY! My 1 month old baby chick is chocking! What do i do!!????

    She seems by cause she is playing around jumping and running but sometimes she stops and harshly shakes her head aide to side. Maybe she found some cooked rice i left outside and chocked on them.. I tried to help her when she was gasping and i tried to give her water but she Won't drink at all...
  3. C

    Raccoon Attack Injured Hen

    I have a Hen who is three years old and she was recently attacked by a raccoon. Unfortunately I didn’t know until the blood had already dried on her face. I cleaned up her face with some hydrogen peroxide the best that I could and she has been drinking soooo much water but seems to be struggling...
  4. WildLemmens

    UPDATED WITH PHOTOS: Hunched, Ruffled Feathers, Excessive Quacking, Weird Yolks. Whats happening?

    Hello. I have a 1 year 3 month old Cayuga Hen. Since April (it's almost July now), she has been ruffling her feathers, hunching her neck, and quacking excessively every time she sees or even just hears us in the yard. In the last 2 weeks, her eggshells have gotten gray (which is exciting), but...
  5. D

    Sick Duck, dont know what to do for her

    Hey there, I have a female buff duck, almost 2 years old, who recently has started acting strange. We first noticed that when the flock would venture to the neighbors yard she would stop walking, drop her wings and wanted to be carried back to our yard. This is very unusual as our ducks do not...
  6. BKHen

    Duck family tragedy- duck needs a new home

    Two nights ago a predator attacked and killed 2 out of 3 of my ducks. It even ate the eggs my female duck was sitting on. The one who survived is devastated 💔. He wont eat, quack, or enjoy his day. My family is sad but we need to to find a new home with ducks so he can hopefully be a happy guy...
  7. Sproutablossom

    Duckling Help - Hatched premature and is at the 72 hour mark out of egg

    Hello all, Our Indian Runner ducks laid eggs and diligently sat on them up until the first one hatched. The mother then accidentally suffocated the first baby so we removed the other eggs and very swiftly put them in the incubator. All 8 had pipped, and after 12 hours everyone but two had...
  8. Kitkat1992

    Duck egg 2 air sacs and/or malpositioned. Need advice asap

    Advice on if I need to assist with this hatch. Newbie so I don't know what I'm doing. Not sure the exact days either. I don't want to lose the little duckling so any help would be great. Thank you. Incubation temp 100° Humidity 50%
  9. Mattie15

    Rooster Overbreeding Hens/ Raw-Backs :(

    My rooster Andy is a big sweetheart. He was 'not to often' with his ladies when it came to topping them. There were no injuries or feather issues. Well, then I had to move back in with my dad. He has a pen with a rooster and hens, and then a separate but connected pen for a pair of game chickens...
  10. A

    All 70 of my chickens not laying

    I have about 70 chickens. They all stopped laying. They are 2 years old were laying steadily and the last 4 days in a row I have had 0 eggs. Its so weird. They have their nutrition and food needs met. They have a heat lamp and lights on timers in their house. They have a big coup. They have no...
  11. AMOolman

    Help! New chicken mom! Weird poops!

    I have four hens and I believe they all are laying, I got them on Mother’s Day of this year, I noticed this poop this morning under the roost. I have seen poops like this before wondering if there is any answers or if I need to be concerned or not?
  12. ECrow

    Is this Scaly leg mites?

    Hi there, Does this look like scaly leg mites? I was looking at my rooster's spurs and noticed that his legs don't look quite as smooth as I was expecting. I can't say I noticed them looking really smooth lately, but I was a bit concerned when I saw them. He is about 2 years old and otherwise...
  13. R

    Runner Duck acting strange

    I have a white female runner duck who is about 3 years old. Normally well in herself. She is eating and drinking normally. Has lost no weight. But is unsteady on her feet, staying in her bedding/nest area lot, not really going to her pond much to swim. Her male partner duck is completely fine...
  14. Fangeddeer

    Why do my ducks have peeling bills?

    My ducks beaks are peaking n it’s getting worse it seems. Is this normal? I feed them regular duck pellets but they don’t seem interested in eating much anymore. I blame myself because I ran out of food for a month so I had to feed them stuff like lettuce, carrots, rice, etc so they didn’t...
  15. RadEggs

    Egg binding or heat stress? HELP!

    I loooove my chickens, and one is acting weird. It was hot outside, so I brought them into the garage. Then my ayam cemani pullet started acting weird. She sat woth her wings out to her sides a little on the roosting bar, and would close her eyes for a bit, then go into fits of panic, panting...
  16. F

    Lone baby chick

    My little brother recently went to a farm house with my dad. It’s owned by a friend of my dad’s. While there, he saw them killing runt baby chicks. (know it’s runt because he asked why are u kill killing them and they said it’s because the chicks were too small.) My brother originally picked...
  17. Kitkat1992

    Cayuga Duck Emergency

    Symptoms: 》small but noticeable loss of appetite 》hint of lethargic (still follows flock. around. to swim & rummage through. the garden for bugs) 》begining to not want to stand & use one leg 》weak First time I...
  18. E

    HELP PLEASE, my baby chick is being weird and not her usual self this morning I am worried.

    I have a late hatcher that had her egg sack still attached for a couple days. It dried up enough that I could snip just enough off and after feeding her and giving her water, I decided to let her rest for the night lastnight. For the past 4 days she’s been super active, always trilling and...
  19. Dixie0831

    Rapidly Declining Bird -- Paralysis?

    Hello, First of all, thanks for any help. What type of bird, age and weight. She's a buff orpington 12 weeks old, and weighs around 1.5 lbs. Question of FTT due to small size since birth. What is the behavior, exactly. Yesterday afternoon she was behaving normally. I went to bring her into...
  20. Fangeddeer

    Does anyone know good ways to rehome chickens?

    Hello, I’m having issues rehoming my cornish chickens n I’m just wondering if anyone could lend me some tips? I’ve already tried here and cragis list + I don’t have Facebook.
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