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Hello. I hope I am putting this in the right thread. I just came in from checking my birds and one of my Khaki hens is doing a wheezing/gasping sound. She's still moving around, but I haven't seen her eat or drink yet. I came right in to do some research. I took some videos but I can't get...

Okay so I have a quick question. We had a hen hatch out 7 eggs around 2 months ago. I think we have 4 hens and 3 roosters. If I wanted to keep one of the roosters with the hens, would that work? They share the same father, but different (I think) mothers. I always thought you don't want...

I have a broody duck right now and she made a nest under our peach tree. She has three eggs so far (one was donated by another hen;)) and she is really broody. But now we have a rain coming for the next three days. Do I try to cover the nest during the night and hope she goes back in there...

So, I have three female Cayuga, and one Buff and they have suddenly just stopped laying. They are all a year and 2 months. I know that ducks are supposed to be more consistent layers then chickens, so I am very surprised that they just stopped. Does heat affect their laying? I also have a...

Is this the forum for incubation and egg hatching?

I just joined Backyard Chicken! I have always wanted to. So glad I finally did! We have 19 full grown chickens and have a 13 new chicks getting ready to join the big girls! I have just bought an incubator and I am looking forward to hatching out some ducks (we own 6 ducks as well, Cayuga and...