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  1. T

    Stress after laying first egg?

    I suspect our Ducky may have laid her first egg today. She’s 20 weeks old, an Arctic Blue Egger. I’m not positive, but it’s between her and my Easter Egger that it could be. She’s acting strange to us. She’s still eating fine, but keeps laying down a lot, panting a lot, tail down, and her vent...
  2. RawDaddy

    Stress Causing low egg production?

    Reading through some of the posts on lower egg production, I noticed stress was a major factor. We have 10 mixed breed chickens, all see very healthy. We had been getting 6-8 eggs a day. About 6 weeks ago we introduced 3 duck hens to the backyard. They seem to get along fairly well. Fairly well...
  3. M

    hen has very low energy all of the sudden with no obvious signs of illness

    I have one very elderly hen who has been an indoor chicken for the past couple years. about 3 days ago, I moved into a new apartment in a new city and until today my girl has been adjusting wonderfully. yesterday she was especially active and curious. however, today all she’s wanted to do is...
    • mayaluna
    • Thread
    • elderly chicken low energy moving away new enviroment odd behaviors quiet hen reserved sickness? sleeping alot. stressed
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  4. R

    HELP!!! I’m freaking out! I think I over helped 😩

    So I have 4 duck eggs! They have all internally pipped! After 12 hours of no external pips I made little air holes..I thought I saw the one getting shrink wrapped and so I tryed to help remove shell in the air sac area and now I’m just freaking out..
    • Rache10
    • Thread
    • advice external pip freaking out hatching hatching a duck help over helped pip stressed when to help
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  5. K

    I found a wild abandoned duckling! Please help!

    Hello! Sorry to be a bother, but I’m afraid I might have a serious problem. Yesterday evening I was taking a swim with my family in a nearby creek, when suddenly a duckling came floating down through the falls. We weren’t sure what to do, but it came down into the water pretty hard so my...
    • Kodi UwU
    • Thread
    • how to raise a wild abandoned duckling send help! stressed wild duckling won't eat
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. S

    Runny Droppings on 3-week-old Bantam

    I have a bantam that has just recently started flying up to our hands and seems to want to be handled. However, this afternoon, it seems to be under the heat plate more and has runny droppings/diarrhea. It also doesn't seem to be eating as much as usual or I haven't caught it when I've checked...
  7. A

    Trouble with my Muscovy ducks in the new hutch

    Hi guys.. long time reader first time poster 😬😉 I have 2 Muscovy ducks who are about 2 months old. I have a large dog crate which is close by the house that we kept them in, and since they have grown so quickly it’s just not enough anymore. During the day they spend it roaming our...
    • Ashlee peta
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    • ducks moving ducks new home ducks outgrown pen ducks stressed muscovy ducks stressed
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. B

    Quail crazily jumping and going insane

    Hi, recently my one of two quails that I made a post about because it began pecking the other, has started to try jump out of its box... The box is big enough for the two and the one quail that jumps had its behavior changed around 2 weeks ago, it used to be fine with me holding it and...
    • bored
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    • behavior behaviour cant sleep harsh jumping help injured quail injuries quail quails stressed
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Quail
  9. B

    Young quails pecking each other

    Hi, recently i noticed that one of my two 3 week old coturnix quails suddenly just started pecking the other quail who is a few days older than it, I let them out of their box for a hour or so to let them roam free but the younger quail chased the other trying to peck it. But sometimes they...
    • bored
    • Thread
    • aggressive behaviour coturnix quail fighting help pecking quail quails stressed
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Quail
  10. Cottage K

    A question about moving guineas

    I hope it's ok to post about guineas here! I have 8 3 week old guineas that are outgrowing their brooder. We dont have the coop finished yet, but hope to be finished in a week. The last few days we have been moving thr guineaa from their brooder to a makeshift outdoor pen to have more room to...
  11. ABaker787

    Is George Stressed?

    George is my smallest baby, one of two OEGBs in my little flock, and never wants anything to do with running after treats or me holding them. Also, he doesn’t often lay with his peers. I’ve had them for 5 days now, could s/he still be stressed from the new environment? Or perhaps s/he is at the...
  12. analyticalblonde

    7 Week Old Barred Rock Panting?

    Hi All, I just moved my girls out to their coop yesterday from being in our basement since they arrived on March 27th. Today, when checking on them this morning I noticed that one of my 2 Barred Rock pullets was panting. The weather is wonderful but they have all been in our basement since...
  13. Melenae

    When will my stressed hen start laying again?

    I have two 1 year old hens that have been together since day one. We recently got 2 new girls (about 4 months old) that were introduced about 5 weeks ago. My wyandotte has always been sensitive and stops laying at the drop of a hat. But she hasn't laid for a solid 5 weeks. She's not molting, has...
  14. Bougiechicks

    Yawning and scratching

    my three day old little fiesty chick started yawning repetitively, stretching her neck, and scratching her neck aggressively and then falling/rolling over. I noticed it happened after she got her chest a little wet when drinking water. She has been doing this since last night, for about fourteen...
  15. dorothymcd

    Both Roosters dead from heat stroke in 3 hours?

    I love my chickens and always try to find them the best homes.. yesterday I brought 2 of my young roosters that I love so much but cant keep, to a lady with a farm. I brought them to her house so she can watch them until they go to farm later. She put them in the shade in a cage with food and...
  16. J

    Indian Runners not laying

    I have three Indian runner girls just over a year old. Over the last few months they will randomly lay one or two eggs. I haven’t had all of them laying in months. One of my girls sits on an empty nest all day (I left an egg in there to help but that didn’t seem to change anything). They don’t...
  17. E

    Rooster attacked.

    Just recently one of our roosters was attacked by a new puppy. The puppy is a Bullador and about 6 months old. I found the rooster about 15 minutes after the attack and I thought he was dead because he was on his back with his legs locked out. I went to pick him up and realized he was alive. I...
  18. Sandychic

    My rooster killed a hen

    I have 4 hens ( 2 Banties,an Americana, and a silken). All about 2 yrs old and a young rooster 5 months. Last night when I locked up the coop I noticed that one of my Little Banties was missing. This morning I found her in the coop dead under some leaves pretty beat up. Her back feathers torn...
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