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  1. Apolinne

    Drake jail - what is your set up, experience, pros/cons, advice

    Hello friends, Do you have a drake jail ? What is your experience ? Why did you decide to build a drake jail ? What is your set up ? What are its pros and cons ? Are all your drakes together ? Yes ? No ? Why ? Have you ever had a drake jail ? Why not anymore ? Do you rotate your drakes to be...
    • Apolinne
    • Thread
    • behaviour drake drake jail drakes ducks set up
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. D

    Why does my duckling sleep like this?

    Has anyone else seen a duckling sleep and constantly lift his head up and down? I have three now 6 week old and the littlest who only had one working leg when born for a few weeks but has made a full recovery (🙂) sleeps weirdly.... I'll attach a video. The other two sleep as normal with their...
    • Downey0001
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    • behaviour duckling sleeping
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. Aqua_12345

    My chicks hate to be left alone

    I got some chicks the other day and I've been spending a LOT of time with them. But when I leave the room or out of their sight they cry and chirp and carry on and I feel so bad for them, but I can't spend 24/7 with them. They have a heat source, food, water, a place to hide and something to...
  4. Aqua_12345

    What is my chick doing?

    Hi, I'm new to raising chickens and one of my chicks will come to me and (I think she nuzzles into me?) And she will sit on my shoulder and be covered by my hair. Why is she doing this? Im very curious, does she think I'm the Momma hen?
  5. T

    Bantam Chicken Question

    Hi, after some infromation on Bantams - I have googled but can't find what I'm looking for. We were gifted two bantams that have never been humanised, so they won't come near us like the other hens will. Not 100% sure of age, but we think they are reasonably young. One has just hatched 3...
  6. Emily02037aj

    Domineering Hen

    Hello! I got heritage turkey hen whos being VERY domineering to me. I've done a lot of things but this is the second time she's actively went for my face, I like to think I understand turkey body language and behavior as far as my hens go; but I don't know what she wants:barnie for history she...
    • Emily02037aj
    • Thread
    • aggression behaviour help help aggressive hen hen rehabilitation turkey
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Turkeys
  7. M

    Why is my rooster bowing at me?

    I have a rooster....Nugget...who's the sweetest little boy. He's just over a year old. Never bites or fights with anyone. I hand raised him so he's quite used to me and lets me pet him and scratch his pin feathers when he molts. He seems to really like it. The thing is that whenever I get...
  8. A

    Polish Hen not sure what's she's doing

    Hi all, I wondered if anyone with experience of Polish Hens could share some insight for me please. I've had chickens a few years, mainly Buff Orpington but I recently got 2 Polish Hens. Thing is, one of them has slightly strange behaviour and I can't figure out what's causing it. I know that...
  9. Aprilxoxo

    Common knowledge that an inexperienced person should know?

    Hi everyone I own a very small flock (2 turkeys, 4 chickens, some quail and recently newly hatched chicks) I am very new still to owning poultry and theres alot i do not know, but when i initially decided to get them i did alot of researching of what they needed, diseases, common problems, how...
    • Aprilxoxo
    • Thread
    • behaviour chickens common knowledge illnesses inexperienced learning new poultry story time
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  10. Savannah_Likes_Chickens

    Okay so I have a few questions

    So my questions are this: 1: why Is my cockerel (6 months old) pecking the back of (only) one of my pullet’s head & back? 2: when will he calm down? 3: can I get him cartrated? If so, will it kill him? 4: what can I give to my pullet & cockerel flock as a treat every now & then 5: my ??? X...
  11. C

    Submissive rooster

    Hi guys! I need help. I have eight chickens that were four months old when we got a rooster that was three months old. He is a silver laced Orpington and is double their size. Their breeds are black sex linked, red sex linked and blue azure. They have been bullying HIM for almost two months now...
  12. I

    Cockerel alert call when hens laying

    My 10 month old Brahma cockerel does his alert call whenever a Brahma hen goes to lay in any nest box. That is, he will stand about half a metre away, face the hen / nest box after she's gone in, then shout at her. He was hatched (incubator) alongside these x3 girls, but does not behave like...
  13. P

    What Kind of Behaviour is This?

    Okay guys, want some opinions on behaviours. My main flock of misfit hens are incredibly tame and always have been. Occasionally they will peck me because I often bring treats so they’re used to pecking into my hand to get them, which is fine, however!! Lately Plum, my wry neck, has started...
    • pterry97
    • Thread
    • behavior behaviour body language
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Quail
  14. P

    Chicken becomes v anxious and squarks when friend isnt near - help!

    Hi all Wondering if you can help me as I am new here and new to chicken keeping! I adopted two silkies Pom Pom and Lavender about 2 months ago. They are approx. 1 year old and settled in really well. I was then told not to keep chickens in groups of less than three, so I then got two more...
  15. DeeJay

    Muscovy Drake Behaviour

    Hello! I'm seeking some advice regarding Muscovy Drakes. I have two Drakes - one is the progenitor of the other. The eldest Drake is around 4 years old, the youngest around 5 months. In the last 3 or 4 weeks, I have noticed the elder Drake staying lower to the ground, being more separate from...
    • DeeJay
    • Thread
    • behaviour depression drake behaviour drakes duck behaviour ducks muscovies muscovy muscovy drake power dynamics
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. B

    Quail crazily jumping and going insane

    Hi, recently my one of two quails that I made a post about because it began pecking the other, has started to try jump out of its box... The box is big enough for the two and the one quail that jumps had its behavior changed around 2 weeks ago, it used to be fine with me holding it and...
    • bored
    • Thread
    • behavior behaviour cant sleep harsh jumping help injured quail injuries quail quails stressed
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Quail
  17. B

    Young quails pecking each other

    Hi, recently i noticed that one of my two 3 week old coturnix quails suddenly just started pecking the other quail who is a few days older than it, I let them out of their box for a hour or so to let them roam free but the younger quail chased the other trying to peck it. But sometimes they...
    • bored
    • Thread
    • aggressive behaviour coturnix quail fighting help pecking quail quails stressed
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Quail
  18. T

    Agressive Rooster Dragging Hens

    Hello! I have a 13 week old flock, 8 pullets, 4 roosters (bad ratio, I know, still deciding which roosters to keep). I have one rooster who is aggressive, but only towards the hens, grabbing them by the neck and dragging them around. The other roosters are not aggressive at all, towards each...
  19. Kimmyh51

    Do broody geese have a different call like ducks do?

    I have a lot of ducks, but this is the first spring (in a couple of months down under) where I will Hve a female goose. And I was watching a YouTube video of a goose on eggs, and her call is quite different to what my gander and goose sound like which made me wonder whether geese have a...
    • Kimmyh51
    • Thread
    • behaviour breeding broody goose gander goose goslings
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  20. P

    Chicken itchy

    Hi i m new this site forum. i would like to know if anyone can tell me why my chicken are itchy even though is powdered them around 2-3 times past 2-3 weeks and there no signes or mites or lices in them. also they are healthy daily activiates and food and water all good. still they are very...
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