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  1. W

    My hurt baby hen

    Mickey (my hen) was attack by her brother when they were 6weeks old, he almost killed her he pecked her head til her skull was showing. So I took her in and brought her back to health. Now she is almost 5 months old and only has a little scar left. However she does act unlike most chickens she...
  2. RanditheDuckMother

    Duckling biting another!! HELP!

    So I have 2 ducklings who hatched 2 days apart. One of them just hatched today, after it finished drying off I put it in the brooder with the first duckling. The first one is distancing itself from the younger one and will come after the younger one once in a while to bite it. The younger one...
    • RanditheDuckMother
    • Thread
    • #advice #duck #ducklings #ducklings #tips? #help #help me please
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. U

    First time broody

    Can anyone give me any insight on candling? I have researched it and I feel like only the middle egg is where it is meant to be but I don't want to make a mistake. These are taken on day 14/15 all eggs were placed at the same time. The first egg is a blue shell and its harder to see into, the...
  4. K

    Peking duck acting...strange. I'm worried about hwr

    Hi all, I've lurked here for ages, so thank you for the indirect great advice. I have a +\- 4 month old Crested Pekin that is just...wrong. She's normally running with the rest of the flock, exploring the yard and destroying things. But yesterday I noticed she seemed listless and out of it. She...
    • KristinsQuax
    • Thread
    • #advice #healthissue #sickduck
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. S

    Baby chicks seem like they hate me

    Hello, I bought these chicks about four days ago. I know it takes time for animals to bond and I assume chicken bonding is probably different than your normal household pet. Anyhow, I’ve been watching video of people putting their hands near their chicks and the chicks will come out and eat...
  6. A

    Help Diagnose Hen...egg bound, vent gleet???

    Peri is about 28 weeks old and has had runny stools and been crying in pain when trying to poo recently. She only started laying eggs for about 3 weeks and then stopped about 3 weeks ago. The last week or so she has been on her own a lot and lethargic so we treated for cocciodocis (we had...
  7. kittypaws004

    Where can I order fertile duck eggs?

    I live in the USA and have took care of 5 ducks in the past but have never successfully hatched an egg (of any sort). So I'm thing if I do get an incubator soon, where can I get the eggs? Some of you raisers may have purchased eggs from the internet, where did you get them and how was the...
  8. Julielynn810

    should I be concerned? duck crop

    Does her crop look weird? It seems like it's uneven to me. It's squishy, not hard.
  9. mamachicken090900

    Please Help -- New Home

    Hello. If you look at a previous thread I wrote, I posted about a chick named Nova who had slipped tendon. I took her in for surgery and the tendon slipped out of it's place again since she was hatched with it instead of aquiring it like I thought she had. Nova is around three months old. She...
  10. R

    Help! Duckling unable to walk + foaming eye.

    To be clear, I live in an apartment complex in South Florida with my family since I am still a student. None of us have much knowledge about ducks or any kind of waterfowl, at that. We've just been living here for a year, but we have taken a liking for the Muscovy ducks living here and we have...
  11. Swastik Choudhari

    Again broody after laying 7 eggs..??

    I dont know if this is the right forum. I have a chicken (mix of game bird × i dont know)she successfully brood all the chicks she had...after her chicks got old enough she left them and again started laying. She just layed 7 eggs and again had gone broody. Now its 3rd day she had just left...
  12. M

    Can I put one day old chicks with 3 week old chicks

    Hell everyone, I currently have 1 week old Rhode Island Reds and in two week I wanted to add a Plymouth Rock to the group. Will this work? Is it a good idea?
  13. Thehappyheifer

    Where to buy a SQ pair

    I am looking for a sq silkie pair, I'm looking to spend $500-$1000. Could anyone point me in a good direction? Do I need to spend more?
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