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  1. L

    Salmon Faverolles - Underweight?

    Hi - I have a 16 week Salmon Faverolle who I think is being kept from food by more dominant birds in the flock. I have two feeders with All Flock 20% and 15 birds. She weights 2 lb 11 oz. How much did yours weigh at this age?
  2. B

    Underdeveloped Hen?

    I bought two cornish rocks and two ducks from tractor supply co, but unfortunately one of the chicks died, so growing up the ducks and chick became the best of friends. They are about 4 and a half months old not, and the ducks are big and already laying eggs, however the chick is not growing at...
  3. ThatCrazyChickenGirl

    Help! Stubborn lice on my favorite rooster!

    Short story - we have one rooster who hasn't responded to pesticides well as the rest of the flock, and has a terrible lice infection, as well as scaly leg mites. He's very underweight. How should I treat him? More detail - I've sort of adopted my boyfriend's family flock over the past...
  4. slukeplass22

    Chicken Losing Weight

    Over the past week or so one of my two Buff Orpingtons has been losing weight. She is the biggest chicken I've ever had and was probably 8 pounds (beak to tail she is ~14") earlier. Now she weighs less, her keel bone is out by an inch, and I can feel her two breastbones. Below is a bunch of...
  5. chickengirl778

    Chick Small, spitting up, and pooping almost just water

    1) Speckled Sussex, 5 weeks old, much lighter than the rest of the chicks we have 2) Sometimes she will act like she's drinking even if she's not, she will poop basically just water, she has spit up twice, and she doesn't seem to have any interest in chick food, although she will eat grass...
  6. Nimueh Alene

    Putting weight on neglected hens

    What is the best way to get weight HEALTHY weight on my adopted hens and rooster... They are literally skin and bones. I have them on layer pellets and scratch for a treat... They need more protein right ? Thinking about feeding them back boiled mashed eggs. Any way to simulate appetite? They...
  7. LizzyWhimsy

    Help, Underweight, weak Chicken

    Hello, I just got twelve new hens that I rescued from a difficult situation. One had a severe case of bumblefoot which I had to surgically repair and some have mites, which are being treated. HOWEVER, there is one hen I am extremely concerned about, who we've named Hazel. When we were bringing...
  8. S

    underweight mallard drakes???

    hello! first time poster and duck owner. about two months ago, my family and i acquired some mallard ducks from some terrible living conditions. we live out in the desert; it reaches 120 in the summer sometimes. not exactly an ideal place to own ducks to begin with, but the people who owned...
    • sourmilksundae
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    • diet drakes feeding food mallard skinny underweight
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. FirstTimeClucky

    Chicks losing weight?

    About three weeks ago I bought three Silkie chicks. One was 6 weeks old, the others about 3 weeks. I've been picking each of them up every day or two, to tame them and get them used to being handled. They are getting noticeably bigger, but today I noticed their keel bones are sticking out, which...
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