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My Araucana chick was born last friday, a few days later than the others in her incubator, and wasn't walking and was sleeping an abnormal amount. We decided to giver her a few days to see if she was just disoriented from hatching, but she only walked on her knee joints. I came on the site to...

I'm hoping to show my two white silkies this summer. I've never been to a chicken show which I'm planning to do before I take my hens there but I want to be prepared and get a sense of what to expect. I've bathed one of the girls once before, she was a pretty good sport about it but the dog...

Partridge one in the middle looks like a Pullet and the black is looking like a Cockerel, not sure on the first one though.

Cockerel.

The top one looks like a pullet. I can't see very well though and am not clear on the second one. It will be easier to tell when they're older once they're feathers have come in a bit more.

Thanks for your help the drakes were eating the shells yesterday lol we're half way there

I know a chicken lover with a flock of newish chicks, one of which had injured it's leg while in a box at an auction. They wrapped the leg in attempt to fix it but a few weeks ago it did exactly what you described. Now their chick is happy and hops around with all of the other chicks. As long as...

At this point I'll try anything, but I worry that the drakes might eat some too and the girls have a habit of inhaling their food. I might try putting eggshells and the oyster shells together, that's what we are going to do with the chickens if they don't eat them because they gobbled down their...

My two year old Pekin ducks refuse to eat their oyster shells. The shells are fairly new to their diet because they had strong rock hard eggs in the past but after one became egg bound we started feeding them small dishes of their egg shells. They ate some of them but we never worried because...

I'm no expert but your darker Silkie looks like a hen. Her tail looks rounded and poofy as does her head. My Silkies are much younger and their rooster feathers are very drastically shown in the way they droop downwards. You can also tell by their feathers around the flight feathers and tail...

How colourful

Black skin? Are you talking about feathers? Because if you are I think you need to do a lot more research before even considering getting a duck.

You are very prepared for being a new duck owner. Also yes, you need a balanced ratio or else everyone will be unhappy and at risk.If you only want 4 ducks you could give away the drakes and get two more females. If you are giving them away it'd be best to do it as soon as possible so they don't...

Honestly I think it depends on if you want fertilized eggs (If that's why you have them) or males in general. Our males have become aggressive to the other ducks in this past year to a point where they and the younger ducks have to be separated. They're very protective which can oppose problems...

I have no idea why your first response to cockerels would be to kill them off, but since your standards are so low it shouldn't be to hard. People--me included often struggle to find good homes for roosters that unfortunately turned out to be male instead of the preferred pullet, but since you...