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  1. Yardmom

    Raising chicks a month apart in age?

    Young chicks learn very quickly who will peck and who will play nice. They also learn escape routes like under the fence the bigs can't go under very fast. If the littles have a place that the bigs can't go they can be integrated when only a few days old. The other approach would be to...
  2. Yardmom

    A sign of broodiness and tips?

    If you are trying to break her of broodiness, she needs a crate where she can not lay like in a nest and she needs to stay in it for more than a day without breaks.
  3. Yardmom

    A sign of broodiness and tips?

    Are you asking if they are broody?Only if both hens are sitting day and night. Are you asking can two broodies sit together?On occasion 2 close "friend" broodies can sit, hatch, and raise chicks together. More often the hens will fight over eggs and shake them to much. If any hatch they...
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    Can my bird be saved? :(

    The comb could be Frost bite from a few weeks ago, but her hunched appearance indicates something else is wrong.
  5. Yardmom

    Skinny duck, barely walking (Eating & Drinking normal)

    Eating a lot and loosing wait can be a sign of parisite. How are the chickens doing overall? Does the duck live with the chickens all the time? Are the birds confined or free range?
  6. Yardmom

    Help with my Muscovy Duck eggs please

    This is an old thread, but to answer your question you need to candle the eggs. To candle the eggs find or make a dark place. Then use a bright light such as the flashlight on a cell phone and put it tight to the egg. If the duckling (or chick) is internally pipped you will see shadows in the...
  7. Yardmom

    Hen laying eggs at night.

    Since the shell is hard, probably nothing to worry about. Hopefully she will cycle back to daytime laying soon. Usually a hen can hold an egg until morning, but sometimes they just need to lay when they got to lay.
  8. Yardmom

    Hen laying eggs at night.

    How old is the hen laying on the roost? Are the shells of the eggs a normal hardness?
  9. Yardmom

    Baby chicks flying at others

    Do all the chicks have pea combs? Delaware should have single combs. Males do show an early size difference in Delaware
  10. Yardmom

    Bullying: is this normal!?

    The chicken that is struggling in your flock is not due to size, but do to personality and differences that chickens pick on. Trying to reset the pecking order will not help. Getting a roo will not likely help. Do you know what breed she is? You mentioned frizzled and docile. To give this...
  11. Yardmom

    Older hen seems 'off' but I'm lost on why...

    Thankfully I don't have any experience with bumble foot. Hopefully her feet will feel better soon.
  12. Yardmom

    Roo turned bully

    Are all your birds under a year old? Your Cockerels are maturing and want to be in charge of the girls. As the weather warms be on the lookout for other boys to want to fight for position. If you do not have space for roosters to runaway from each other be prepared to separate all the boys.
  13. Yardmom

    Day 20, no wiggling anymore - help!!

    You may have been lucky enough to see the wiggling as the chicks got into place for hatching. At this point you wouldn't see much wiggling, but you should be watching for external pips. If you don't see them today it might just be a slight delay. The amount of surface water required to...
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    Older hen seems 'off' but I'm lost on why...

    I'm don't know the answer for why or what to do, but I have noticed older hens in our flock growing spurs in the past. Unfortunately after the spurs appear the birds seemed to age rapidly.
  15. Yardmom

    Silkie Mix Chicks!

    The "solid" feathers are dominant, so if one parent has regular feathers so will the chicks. They do get feathered feet and crests. I think my Silkie crosses are very pretty birds. They are hardier than the silkies. Mine are very broody, but also lay quite a bit in winter even as they age.
  16. Yardmom

    4 day old chick not moving much, help!

    Hopefully (and likely) development or stress issues. Hopefully the others remain active.
  17. Yardmom

    4 day old chick not moving much, help!

    Although it is possible for a chick so young to have wry neck, it is not the only possibility. Not every chick hatches and unfortunately not every chick survives the stress of the first week. Where did you get the chicks? Access the other chicks to make sure they are not declining. Make...
  18. Yardmom

    Single survivor after Marek's - what to do

    Occasionally we end up with a duck in one of our chicken coops. Sometimes those ducks would rather hang out with chickens than other ducks. Ducks are not susceptible to Marek's, so could work as a cross species companion. (Make sure the duck is female.)
  19. Yardmom

    Mixing Chicks with Teenagers

    No heat needed at that temperature. (I guess keeping birds cool is more of a concern for you). Adding hiding places or places only the little ones fit can help. The chicks can be very smart about how not to get pecked. I have seen my chicks push right between safe hens, but completely stay out...
  20. Yardmom

    Mixing Chicks with Teenagers

    The three week old chicks need heat while the older ones do not. As long as chicks can move in and out of the heat that may not matter. Some 10 week old chicks could be aggressive toward smaller birds while others of that age may not react much at all to them. Both your setup and the...
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