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  1. R

    Mink attack - need help deciding care !

    I had a mink get into my duck pen. It got 2 of them, one of which being our only girl :( I have 2 indian runner drake's left, one with an injury that I need advice on treatment. It happened 2 days ago and he is now out of shock and is preening and drinking water. I have him inside in a crate...
    • racheleking4
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    • duck injured please advise
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. K

    Peking duck rapidly declining in health advice needed

    Hello! I live in a residential neighborhood with a decent sized lake in the backyard. Well someone decided it was a good idea to dump 3 Peking ducks with clipped wings in the lake to fend for themselves. I enjoy sitting on the dock and feeding the fish, so naturally they took to me. I have...
  3. BekahHah

    Help me out!! Quail egg zipping but I think the beak is stuck!!!

    My jumbo quail started zipping at 10am today and seemed to do alright until near 12 this afternoon, it’s trying to zip but it’s beak is hanging out and unable to continue zipping. If it’s beak was pushed in maybe I could continue but right now it can’t turn. It’s chirping a lot and I don’t...
  4. Collinska

    Please help me with my duckling!

    Hi I need some help from this community! For starters I’m sorry about how long this is, just trying to give all the information I can for help. The Backstory: So, around a week ago we got two ducklings (Tweety and Little Bit) that I believe are Pekins from what I’ve researched online. I love...
    • Collinska
    • Thread
    • duckling please advise
    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. Lob21

    How to prevent my turkeys from going to neighbor's yards and down the road

    I've had my turkeys(I have 2) for a little over a year now but the one problem I've always had with them is that they always go to my neighbor's yard. I always have to stay outside with them and watch them to make sure that they don't go anywhere. My neighbor has chickens and I think that is...
    • Lob21
    • Thread
    • crying please advise turkey behavior
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Turkeys
  6. P

    Legbar pullet with a bad leg help please

    one of my 8week old legbars has recently injured her leg she got her wing stuck in the brooder I put in the grow out pen in case they got scared I assume she hurt her leg trying to get out any ideas of what I can do she’s eating and drinking and I’ve separated her to stop bullying but she is...
  7. jsullivan704

    Polish chick with possible wry neck

    So i have some polish and silkie chicks right now, around 8 weeks old. Back when they were around 2 weeks I had a polish chick that almost died, like it wouldn't even lift its head up refused to eat or drink. I spent days nursing it back to health, expecting to find it dead every time I would...
  8. A

    Need help with Rooster

    Hi everyone. I have a concern that I need lots of help on. So I have a rooster that is crowing and I tried everything to keep him from doing so since we live in a neighborhood. We did like a collar that supposedly lowers the volume of his crow but I get afraid because last night, there was a...
  9. robbeard11

    Are duckling in high demand in Tennessee?

    Hi! i live in Lawrenceburg, TN and I am thinking about getting pekin ducks and Muscovys and hatching their eggs to sell ducklings. Has anyone had success doing this and do your ducks sell quickly?
    • robbeard11
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    • chick duckling duckling age ducks help please advise sell selling a duck tennessee
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. B

    Can anyone help me

    I’m new to keeping birds and I don’t know much besides what I googled online. I want to get a Red Golden Pheasant, but I’m not sure on how to go with it. My questions I have are how loud are they, what do they eat exactly, could I have just one bird or could I get two males in one cage, how big...
  11. summertimeislife

    deformed foot

    hello, one of my hens, who is about four months old has a deformed foot that looks like this one. should i tape it into place or use a stent??? please help!
  12. Georgeschicks

    chicken has a purple floppy comb and is not laying

    hello! I have a two year old bcm hen. she has not been laying recently but I didn’t think anything of it because she has always been a bad layer. two days ago i noticed that her comb is purple floppy and I am wondering what is wrong. her activity has been weird lately too. she often stands stock...
  13. W

    DYING CHICK NEED HELP ASAP PLEASE!!!!

    Too long didnt read at bottom. Can someone please please help ASAP! I have a little chick here who is almost a week old. Shes been having issues for the past 3 days. Shes not eating or drinking, shes panting/ breathing heavily and shes really weak and lethargic. She seems to have a fair bit of...
  14. I

    I need to know- does this mean my baby duck is unhealthy?

    i recently became concerned about one of my newer ducklings, which i named Frank. We bought her and two others (All Pekins) from the local farm store in early May this year (2019, specifying just in case) and moved them out into the coop in late May, and we keep new birds in a little “jail”...
    • Ilovemyduckkids
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    • am worried about my baby frank concerned duck duckling pekin pekin duck pekin ducklings please advise please and thank you possible illness
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. kschaff1

    Lethargic, not egg bound.

    My polish pullet isn’t acting right. She’s always been a little strange, getting stuck under the coop several times, not being able to get out of the coop because a roost was in the way, etc. So I didn’t think too much of it when she didn’t come out of the coop with the others this morning until...
  16. R

    Help please!! Duckling won’t stop plucking siblings feathers!!

    Hi! I have been using these forums for help with my Muscovy ducklings but I made an account just to post this because I need HELP. Long story short I can’t get one duckling to stop plucking the others feathers (I have 4 total, about 4 weeks old now). I tried separating him for a while, giving...
    • rachelsduckquestions
    • Thread
    • advice duckling help ducklings help muscovey ripping feathers muscovy muscovy behavior please advise plucking plucking feathers
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. lil bird lady1

    Lethargic chicks please help

    Silkie chicks, 10 weeks old, runny diarrhea, acting extremely lethargic, losing balance and falling over, dry eye and reluctant to open eyes, wings drooping when they walk, staring at the ground and reluctant to look up. One chick has already died from this, when they dies they were vomiting...
  18. T

    Olive egger chicks

    Hi! So I got two baby chicks, olive Eggers mixed with a maran. They're about 7days old? One is older and I think it's the black one... The grey/white one is energetic, healthy, eats, drinks, poops, squeaks, etc. But the black one which we got just yesteeday and brought home doesn't seem All...
    • Tha_gurl_ju
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    • baby chick baby chick 0-1 week old and up help asap not drinking not eating not moving not normal not walking please advise what can i do
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  19. Vhope77

    CHICK DEFORMATION HELP PLS

    this chick just hatched and it seems a part of his abdomen is out and he is moving around lots and it looks like it’s getting pushed out more is he going to pass away or is there anything I can do to help him ?!
  20. cluckmecoop7

    What's the prime time?

    Hi everyone! I have a question about chicks and the outdoors. well, let's get right to it! My question is: What is a good age to start letting your young chickens sleep outside in the coop and, well, live in it? I am going to be very nervous the first few nights they are outside at night, any...
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