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  1. chookhead

    White/ brown scab on Rooster comb

    Hi, I currently have a mixed Australorp rooster who has a wonderfully large red comb. But for some reason near the base at the back of his head there is an odd scab forming. It was initially white then it changed to brown and grew. The brown is surrounded by pale and seemingly flakey white. I...
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    Muscovy not laying

    Hi, I hatched out some muscovies back in December. That would mean that they are about 6.5 months old. All the ducks I have left are one male and one female. The male is very interested in the female but she doesn't seem to respond at all and she is still not laying eggs. Is this normal? When...
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    BYC Android App!!!!

    make the app it seems like a great idea but make it free
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    EGG SONG!!!!!???!!!??!

    maybe she sounds like a car with a flat battery
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    EGG SONG!!!!!???!!!??!

    hey everyone i have this chicken i have rescued from an egg factory and she layed her first egg since she came into my possession and well..... her egg song is strange to say the least. does anyone know why ?? here is a small clip
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    My chickens is eating feathers off the ground

    i have found that its very very normal they tend to stop eating feathers after they mature a lil if they are pecking that could be another issue but if its just off the floor dont worry
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    Dealing with bird mites; my home, my hens, my itchyness!

    Hello fellow aussie. I have the same problem especially in summer but the only solution that I have come across that seems to work is MORTEIN DIY spray the one the large jug thing I spray my chickens with it all over and I spray their bedding and the perimeters of their 'age and they have no...
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    Have your chickens ever eaten screws????

    Yea it was in her gizzard for a while and nothing was wrong with her we found it after we culled her
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    Have your chickens ever eaten screws????

    my chicken swallowed a screw it was one of those self tapping ones it stayed in her system for 3 years not a single problem and for some reason she really loved screws she used to peck at screws that were on a wall and i say was because we killed her and ate her because she was getting to old...
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    Muscovy HELP!!!!

    No I don't think its that either because I don't have a heat lamp although it has been quite hot here in Australia maybe they touched hot piece of metal that was out in the sun. I know that u would burn ur fingers if u touched it that may be it
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    Muscovy HELP!!!!

    Its not a fungal or bacterial infection or a nutrient deficiency because I have another duck same breed that doesn't have any weird lumps.also it happened all at once like one day I looked at them and it was there but now its starting to go down and fade in colour and no I am not in the tropics
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    Muscovy HELP!!!!

    That's all three of them
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    Muscovy HELP!!!!

    i have three muscovy ducsk aroufn breeeding age but in a matter of 2-4 days a yellow lump has appeared on each one of their bills it hasnt impacted them at all and i have had muscovies before except i have never seen these lumps so i was wondering if this was normal ??? it is on all of them male...
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    Help!!!!! Baby muscovy duck

    Thnx its ok I have one left and the mother is a dud so I might take over from he and feed the lil chick coz it loves me more than its mother
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    Help!!!!! Baby muscovy duck

    it died it just stopped moving and gave up
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    Adds covering the words...

    if anyone wants add free browsing including the annoying adds before youtube videos they should first download google chrome and then install add block this extension allows for the complete and efficient removal of every add on the internet and no i am not a advertisment person from google...
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    Help!!!!! Baby muscovy duck

    hey everyone i think i accidently stepped on a baby duck and now its struggling to breathe and i dont know what to do its dying and i have no idea what to do its not breathing properly and is making like a popping sound with every breath does anyone know what it could be and what i can do ??
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    tell gender of Muscovy ducklings by voice

    only when they are older and breeding time comes around but u can tell from size and other features before the voice is apparent
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    Old retired hens

    thnx but i found ouit the secret is instead of frezzing and pressure cooker and that seal off the chicken in parts in a pan with cardamon pods and mestika the boil it makes a world of difference
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