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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...

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...

My 5 week old chick has an impacted crop. I've never dealth with one before, but after reading a few great articles here I am sure that's what it is. I see that the recommended treatment includes dulcolax. What amount would I use for a tiny little fluff ball? What kind do I buy? I do have...

I also posted this in a thread on another forum. Hopefully someone will find it and help me. Alright, Wednesday afternoon I brought home the 7 birds and set them up in the shed in a pen. I was super careful not to go near my current flock until after I had washed up. This shed is close to...

A lady I know is giving me several pullets tomorrow. I've got a spot in the shed ready for their quarantine. No contact or shared space with my flock. How long do I have to keep them seperated? Also, when I do introduce the 2 flocks, is it recommended to treat with Corid right away even if...

This morning I noticed my 7 week old chick is not doing well. Not following his flock, just standing around. He is not hunched up like with cocci. His feathers look like he's soaking wet. He keeps doing a weird twisty twitchy thing with his head/neck. What could this be & how do I treat it?

I was out with my chickies yesterday and a guy stopped to see if I had any hens for sale. I sold him 2. One started laying last week & the other hadn't started yet, but was hatched at the same time, so it should happen soon. I was sort of caught off guard & I sold them for $10 each. Now I'm...

I feel like it has just been too long since I've hatched any eggs. This weekend I will start some. I'm planning on starting them on Saturday night. That way I should be able to be home to watch them hatch. These will be Barnyard Mix/Anything Could Happen eggs.

Is there such a thing as a feeder that squirrels can't get into? I like squirrels, but I don't feel like I need to feed every one in the state of South Carolina! What do you guys do?

I have 2 bantam orpingtons that went broody almost 8 weeks ago. They were on eggs, but they have all gradually disappeared. They've been on the empty nest for weeks. Will they just sit there until they starve? I don't want to give them more eggs because they were eating (I assume) the...

I had to put my little Polish hen out of her misery. What started as a slight limp quickly took her down. I feel awful for it?, but I'm worried about the others. She was limping and dragging on the right side. What happened? What was this? Are the rest OK?

I know that any hen could go broody. But a sexlink usually won't right? I am not sure that's what's going on, but I hope its not anything serious. For 3 days she's been staying in the nest box. Even at night. If I pick her up & move her, she goes right back. If she weren't a sexlink, I...

I ended up with a bag of fresh fish. Cleaned & scaled & happily given as a token so I couldn't refuse. No one in my house eats fish. Can I give it to the chickens? Raw? Bones? Any feedback?

I didn't even know there was a gardening thread. Yay! This is my first try. I got kind of a late start so I bought plants instead of seeds. I got my ground tilled while it was still kind of wet so it dried into a lot of hard clumps. I broke it up the best I could, but I don't know if it...

Don't you hate it when you sit down for a meeting at work and realize that you have chicken poop on your shoe? ...when you get to church and see that you forgot to change your shoes after feeding the chicks. Pretty little skirt. Dirty old clogs. Good thing my friends know I'm a crazy...

I have a bantam orpington who just started laying. She is smaller than her sisters who started laying over 3 months ago. I attribute the size difference and late start to a sickness she had when she was younger. She is fine now. Very active, eating well, etc. She has laid 2 eggs so far and...

I just added about another 400 square feet of space in my run. Should have some happy little fuzzy butts out there!

I have 27 chicks from McMurray. The heavy breed assortment. First time trying meaties. The pen they're in now is about 5 X 8. I know they'll be fine there for a while, but will I need a bigger one? Of course I don't want the birds crammed in like sardines or treated badly like in a...

Once a chick pips internally, how long does it have to break through the outside before it suffocates?

Ok. Here's how it started. I had 1 broody hen sitting on eggs. Her sister decided about a week later that she wanted to sit on eggs, too. I didn't have too many to spare so I gave her one "pity egg" to keep her happy until I could get some EE eggs shipped. So, Friday she got eggs. Saturday...