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My girls have been slacking. Does the heat play a big part in it? We've been between 90 and 100 every day for a few weeks. I'm lucky to get 5 or 6 eggs out of my 15 girls.

Hmmm...hadn't thougt of that. I'll put a picture up when i get home.

I am not familiar enough with ducklings to guess how old he is, but since he still has some color, I am guessing he was hatched for Easter. So just about a month old. Still pretty fuzzy. The hen didn't want to have much to do with duckie. Or vice versa. He's sort of been on his own. Went...

That is supposed to say broody mama. Not bloody. That would be weird.

My neighbor knocked on my door this morning with a baby duck in his hands. He was working a job yesterday and there was a pond. One lonely, solitary, scared little duckling. Still partially green from Easter dye (presumably.) So, neighbor knows this little baby can't survive on his own...

I did a search & looked at a bunch of pictures. I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I'll try to get a hold of him again tomorrow & get a picture.

This chick is about 10 weeks old. Raised by Mama & not as friendly as my brooder chicks usually are so he is kind of hard to get close to. For a couple weeks I've noticed that his comb looked black but I figured it was just how he is. Today I got close enough to grab him & see. His whole...

Chicken nuggets don't come from chickens. They come from the store. Duh!

I just lost a bantam hen & I had no idea why. After reading this I figure she was egg bound. Poor thing.

I see that the center pad is puffy. Is that bublefoot? What do you guys think?

Can I chime in with a question? I have a beautiful rooster that started limping several days ago. No visible sores. Today he can not put any weight on his leg at all. I can't tell whether its a sore foot or jacked up muscles in his leg. I took pictures of his foot. His other foot: Top...

I am going to follow this so I can maybe learn what's wrong with my rooster. Went from a slight limp several days ago to not bearing any weight at all today. No visible sores.

Did I miss the post with the answer? How many eggs hatched?

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