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Today about 4pm I found an egg that my hens stopped sitting on and its making noises. Its got some shell missing and has made another hole in the shell. I have it in a box and the temp is about 85 and humidity is 63. Still peeping what should I do? Its been like this for aprox 6 hours. Do I...

~ Should I use the cheese Grater for the watermelon "Rinds"? ~Then should I cut the grated pieces up a little smaller? I heard you can chop up the rinds but I'm not sure on the size of the chopped up stuff. I'm concerned about them choking on the pieces. Thanks, Julie

There is baby fish(the size of guppies) in our creek, can i feed them to my ducks?? I was going to put the fish in my ducks clean pools for them to eat. ~ or... Can ducks eat Pollywogs/TADPOLES?? ~ WILL IT HARM MY ADULT DUCKS IF THEY EAT "baby fish from our CREEK"?? or TADPOLES?? Thanks

I noticed my hen was acting different,she was off by herself and then when i gave her some food & water i noticed some liquid coming from her mouth. i seen this a few times happen with in the last three days. So for the last 3 days i kept her caged away from the rest of the chickens. i do let...

We are getting ready to drain our family swimming pool since summer is over and i wanted to know if it was safe to use this water for my ducks swimming pools? The duck pools are kinda big (holds approx. 35gal water). ~ The water in question is Salt water. It is some type of salt that is added...

I just noticed on the Top of my ducks right foot is a blister/bubble. Shes not limping or appear to be in any pain. Its not an open wound. I never noticed it before. Do you have any idea what it might be? Thanks, ~Julie~

Is a coop too high of a place for chicks to hatch?? Do they just know how to walk down the ramp without falling? In a different hatch i found a dead chick laying on the ground by the ramp. (Wasn't sure if it fell.) and with that little house i was able to pick it up and sit it lower to the...

I Wish my ducks could ALL be housed and living as 1 Happy Family... My ducks are all paired and housed separately. *My (2yrs.old) Rouen Drake & Hen are together in an area..then separated by a fence... *my (2yrs.old) Golden Cascade Drake & Hen are together in an area. Then close by is a...

Ugggg... Now I dread having to go feed the chickens. (* )> There are 11 chickens which I had to help hatch at the end of November/beginning of December (Hens decided to stop sitting). The 11 chicks were cared for in my house till old enough to be outside. They always had people around them and...

My duck is now 1 year old, I hatched him in the incubator. He has always been around people. Sometimes he would try to get your toes through the fence if your not wearing shoes and he would try and get my kids legs if they were inside his pen/area. If people tried to pet him through or over the...

Whats the best bedding to use while trying to treat splay leg on a chick? Is rubber shelf liner on top of pine bedding good to use? The poor baby can't get any traction on just pine shavings. Thanks, ~Julie~

I don't know if I'm even saying the word right, but it's when the legs are spread apart and the chick can't walk. This is whats going on with a chick that's about 5 weeks old or so and its been like this for about 3 weeks. I thought it's leg or wing was maybe dislocated but it has flown a...

I noticed over a week ago that my chick was not moving very much so i put it in a box with shavings/bedding and food and water so it wouldnt get trampled by the others. i thought it was the wing b/c the right side looks like the shoulder sticks out more than the other side. one leg kinda goes...

It's very cold and rainy now in California and I'm concerned about the chicks soon to hatch. (Not sure when but should be soon) Two hens are sitting on a lot of eggs in the coop. The coop is kind of small but there is 6 nesting boxes with hay in them and on the floor. Also there are 2 roosting...

I hatched four baby chicks that are now 4 Days Old and two of them had poop stuck to their butts. I used a paper towel with warm water and gently wiped but it was stuck to the fluffy butts. So i let the warm water stay there till it was able to be cleaned off without hurting. I had this happen...

Not to long ago my chickens started laying eggs for their first time, some I have in the incubator and some are in two nests in the coop. (Found this out b/c two of the hens are sitting on nests and wont come out of the coop) Since its winter and sooo cold i thought they wouldnt be laying eggs...

I'm kinda stunned/surprised/in shock.... Well I guess I wasn't just expecting this to happen quite yet, after all their just my babies and sister and brother to top it all off. Jack and Jill are about 15 weeks old. Golden Cascade babies, Jack was abandond/left outside of the nest almost...

I have asked about this before, and seems to look even more of an over bite. From the side it looks soooo off. His beak, the top & bottom do Not line up. It looks awkward. Is this going to be a problem? There is rocks in their pen. Medium size kinda flat rocks right in front of the ladder...

My chickens finally started laying eggs and I'm so eggsited... lol They have all been in the same nest in the coop with the exception of a couple eggs in the coop but not quite to a nest. (they were in the "hallway", I call it. Under the roosting polls in front of each nesting box) I have...

Is there a certain weight for ducks? I worry that Lucky is getting too big. He's a little over 6 mo. old. but he is a big boy. Bigger than his parents. he free ranges but not in a huge area its a decent amount of space though. Lucky is Rouen/Golden Cascade but i think mostly Rouen(favores...