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  1. Yardmom

    Something is wrong with my drake

    Was this morning the first you noticed any off? With the sudden onset I'm wondering if he could have gotten into something poisonous. Is anyone else in the flock acting strangely?
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    Broody Old lady

    If you pick daily the eggs will be fine.
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    Cheap fencing ideas

    Does the area just need to keep chickens in or does it need to keep predators out?
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    Run under raised deck: good idea or bad?

    I have included our deck inside my duck pen. My ducks are only locked in the pen at night, so not usually there when we are on the deck. My chickens come into the pen during the day, but don't usually go under the deck. I would not expect your chickens to have much build up for poop, I think...
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    Chicken Cracked Beak near Nostrils advice

    If she is eating, drinking and not being picked on she should be with the flock. Be aware that with some birds 11 days gone can be like a new integration. I would place her with the flock when you have plenty of time to watch how they interact. Be prepared to place her in see no touch if it...
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    2-3 weeks old, mareks?

    This is not Marek's. These chicks are struggling with body temperature. Chicks need a place to warm up, but they also need a place to cool down. Raising the heat lamp could help, but they really need a larger ventilated area.
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    Help wry Ducklings!

    It sounds like behavior related to vitamin deficiency. That would be unusual for 3 day old ducklings. How old are the ducklings? What is your brooder set up - heat and cool ect. What are you feeding them? I would probably try feeding them some eggs. With ducklings niacin deficiency is...
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    What is acceptable behavior for pecking order?

    From your description it sounds like your birds are pushing the limit on behavior. What is your setup like (coop, run, free range)? How are their feeder(s) and waterer set up. Do they have places to get out of sight lines from each other?
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    Wheaten ameraucana 2 week cockerel

    Sometimes chicks have physical features visible to the eye that show they are male. More often than not they don't. This chick does not have any visual signs such as a red and large comb compared to others of the breed. Feathering differences can be genetic. There is no way to follow the...
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    Filtering Water

    We have a reverse osmosis system that filters the salt out of our drinking water, so it is possible. It will take a very fine filter. It will depend on the what the other contaminates are on how to filter them.
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    Is my chicken unwell or just sleepy? I don't know why/what to do?

    Unfortunately you bird is quite ill. I don't see any visual signs of her coming back into lay, so I doubt it would be egg binding. Pictures of poop, what type of chicken food she had been eating, and any dewormer or other information of past care would help in knowing what might be wrong.
  12. Yardmom

    Is this guy still okey or shrink wrap?

    If you can see veins it is not yet hatch time. As long as its beak is free it should be ok to wait and see if it can hatch on its own.
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    Tamest rooster breed?

    What is your purpose for getting roosters? How many hens do you have? Most often when someone is talking about separating the roosters from the hens it is because they hatched or bought straight run chicks and now have to many roosters compared to the hens. I am not aware of rooster...
  14. Yardmom

    2 y/o EE stopped laying after eggbound

    Egg binding can not last an extended time, but it could be a different reproductive issue such as internal laying.
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    Internal pip or trying to? - Day 24

    Yes
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    Trio Nesting Together

    Yes, I have had 3 broody ducks on the same nest. Not a single duckling hatched likely because they kept moving the eggs so much. They do not take turns. They either sit or they don't. Honestly you are still at a stage where you don't know if any of your ducks will go broody, nevertheless...
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    Internal pip or trying to? - Day 24

    It won't hurt to lockdown a day early if they are pushing on the air cells.
  18. Yardmom

    Barred Rock head spots

    Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) hatchery quality barred rock don't always get defined head spots for pullets. As long as they are pure barred rock you can still go by single barred for pullets (darker) and double barred for Cockerels. That should become clear in the next couple weeks.
  19. Yardmom

    Hard Time Figuring Out Duck Breed

    It looks a bit like a welsh harlequin, but not quite right. Possibly a hybrid (purposely created by the hatchery)
  20. Yardmom

    Worms?

    Not a worm.
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