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  1. Tilly6

    Can I get a chick to keep my single duckling company

    I had a duck abandon her nest when the duckling was hatching. I tried to hatch her eggs that were left, but nothing came of that. I have a 4 day old duckling alone in the brooder, in September, in UP Michigan, no one is hatching ducks. Can I get a chick or 2 to keep it company? It’s absolutely...
  2. Tilly6

    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    So my 6 year old duck went broody, sat on eggs. One is hatching and it’s pretty chilly and rainy today. How long can she be gone and should I go get the baby? The nest is inside our duck coop. I have never hatched eggs before so I am panicking. Plus she is in with the general population since...
  3. R

    Can you tell the gender of a pullet?

    Hello! I came across this really cute pullet someone was selling, but i can’t have any roosters. Is there a way to tell if its a boy or a girl? ive attached the picture. Its an easter egger
  4. LadyAchee

    Day 21 sitting next to nest

    Broody hen is had 2 chicks hatch one yesterday and one today. She is currently sitting next to the eggs. Should I put her back on them or were they too hot and she got off to let them cool? Help😅
  5. EriLynCap

    Muskovy question.

    I apologize if this has already been asked. I have been looking online for days. I also apologize for the length. We had what I believe to be a female muskovy show up on our pond approximately 3 months ago. She started growing the caruncles about 3 weeks after arriving and as of right now only...
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    • dominance drake duck muskovy question
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. J

    Help in Caldwell, Idaho with an HOA

    Hello! My family and I are really interested in owning chickens! Our HOA CCRs state we can't have "farm animals" but doesn't list what they consider a farm animal. I called my HOA and they said they consider chickens farm animals, but would be willing to revise that if I could find something...
  7. PileatedFarms

    My juvie pooped a rock?

    One of our Black Australorp juvies (~17-18 weeks) pooped a weird poop next to me this morning, conveniently on the bench I was sitting with my coffee of course but that means I did get to see it. She pooped what seems to be a yellow rock? Maybe a calcium deposit? It is completely solid, can't...
  8. R

    duck wheezing and sneezing

    hi, first time owning ducks, i searched for similar questions but still not sure so i prefer to make a thread i have 5 ducks, 4 weeks old. they sneeze a little and one of them is wheezing, not all the time but if i'm near them long enough i will hear it, i think only one of them is wheezing...
    • rzigorzut
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    • ill question wheezing
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. truebluewhitingowner

    Can 5-6 week old chicks drink electrolytes and probiotics in the same water?

    Hi! I am new to this community and chicken caring and was wondering about water. Can I mix a pack of electrolytes (the sav-a-chik) variety as well as around 10 grams of probiotics? I want them healthy as possible without overdoing it. Thanks in advance for answering my question regarding this. :)
  10. 3buffs1barred4chicks

    Adventures with day-old-mail-chicks and broody hen (& pictures & a chigger question)

    We mail ordered four chicks in April, last Wednesday. they arrived. We received 6 chicks, unfortunately one of them passed away during shipping. Wednesday afternoon we tried introducing the five alive chicks to our broody hen, Cinnamon. She's over a year old, and has been broody for about a...
  11. T

    New memeber, puzzled over what breed this chicken is..

    Hi all, I started a small flock I got from a tractor supply about 8 weeks ago, and I cannot decide what sort of bird this is. Can anyone help?
  12. G

    Chick pipped egg then died. Upon opening it hadn’t popped the air sac though.

    Hello! New here so I need some advice. I’m incubating chickens for the first time after mainly just doing quail. I ordered eggs on eBay and noticed an egg a little cracked on the outside but thought it’d be ok in the incubator ( might’ve been my first mistake ). Things go smoothly and I go into...
  13. N

    2yo hen, bare/bald red patches on head still eating, no rooster, top of pecking order, DE in nesting boxes, other hens are normal. stumped pls help

  14. missmaqs

    QQ- Do roosters have a way of sensing gender?

    Apologies if this is silly, but I've been super curious. My rooster puts on a dance for the ladies, and lately he's been dancing for some of my straight runs, ranging from 1 month to 6 months old - he picks specific birds in my flock of young ones and dances for them? Can roosters instinctually...
  15. S

    Odd colored poop?

    Hello, I just let my chickens free range yesterday since I was home and today when I went out in the run their poop was all turquoise colored, it has never been this way before, should I be worried about it? Or is it just because they had access to so much extra foliage that it Is normal? TIA!
  16. IvysAnimals

    Swedish Duckling Question

    Helloooo! Years ago I had someone come to my house and ask me if I could take 3 ducklings because they saw that they were standing on the side of the road with the possible mother that was hit by a car right next to them. I took them and we had bought other ducks like Pekins, Magpies, Rouen...
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    • boundaries ducklings ducks flying help mallard question swede
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. The chicken nurd

    Is it normal for an adult hen to lay tiny eggs

    I have one maybe two 1 year old hens who still lay tiny “pullet” eggs it’s not a big deal but anyone have any idea why Photos: The white hen I know lays these eggs the other two are suspects
  18. L

    Legal to Ship Chicks From California?

    Is it legal to ship day-old chicks from California without NPIP certification? If my memory serves, it's illegal to ship to me without it, but Google hasn't yielded results when I search going out of California. What about within CA? Which other states require certification? I'm afraid to get my...
  19. ChickenOfSpades

    How much room do I actually need for 4 chickens?

    Hello everyone, I'm a little confused by all the recommendations for required coop/run space. After doing a bunch of reading and searching (here and a few other similar forums/sites), the common rule of thumb seems to be the following (per chicken): 10 sq. ft. of run space 4 sq. ft. of coop...
  20. oodle

    What predator am I dealing with?

    Twice now I’ve lost a chicken to a myster predator. This is how it goes: I hear a chicken commotion- my flock is kind of making distressed and attention-seeking noises. I go out to check on them and one of them is missing. I look around the whole entire yard and no feathers, no blood, no signs...
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