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Male Rouen ducks turning female?

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I have a pair of Rouen ducks, they are just over a year old. They both feathered out to look like males, gray feathers with the green heads. They where trying to breed each other and my dog , to the point where they had pulled all the neck feathers off of each other. The backs of both of their necks where bald . I felt they needed females so i got 2 girl ducks. The "boys" have since molted their feathers again, but now they look like female Rouens. No more green heads, no more gray feathers...

Male Rouen ducks turning female?

Need help

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Hi everyone I wonder if you can help me please I have a female duck named sky not sure how old she is but I have noticed in the last couple of days she isn't herself. She has started sitting on the floor with her tail in the air and she not eating has much has normal please need advice xx thank you

Cockerel

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hi , I would like your opinion on this, a friend has chickens and some of the eggs hatched and one was a male, as he already had a male he keeps the same one confined daily it's pen and run, the others are free range I suggested it might be kinder if he each one out on alternate days as the one confined runs up and down the pen screeching, what do you think is kindest. Thank you

poorly hen

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hi,

wondering of anybody on here has had experience of the following?
I have 5 bantam hens about 18 months old. About a week ago I noticed one of them was a bit unsteady on her feet, like she was drunk, she was still able to walk but preferred to stay in one place and didn't move around a lot.
a week on she is unable to walk and her legs are just sort of out in front of her. She occasionally puts her wing out to steady herself. I have put her in a dog crate still in sight of the others as...

poorly hen

enteritis

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Wondering if anyone has news of some 'miracle cure' for this.
One of our hens, who we have had from point of lay, has had yellow watery droppings for about 2 weeks. This has proved to be unresponsive to amoxil / clavulanate, followed by baytril. She was wormed by the vet at initial consult and is about to finish antibiotics. We have been giving her syringe feeds and have just started a probiotic.
It's amazing that she has lasted so long, obviously she is not keen to leave, but it seems as...

enteritis

Mysterious cuts on face

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Hey

I have a rooster that has cuts on his wattles in the same spot on either side, so I separated him from the rest of the flock as at first I thought the hens where pecking at it but today when I was checking up on him I noticed that there is now a small cut on the top of his comb. Is this a disease or is he managing to some how cut his comb and wattles on something?

Replying back to this would be a great help as I don’t want to worry myself over nothing.

Should I Feed just layer pellets to small free range flock

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Hello there
I am new to this forum so please forgive me if this has even raised before. I did search but found nothing helpful to me.
I have 4 hens of varying ages and a very proud cockerel.
The oldest hen is 3 years old hatched by her mum and regularly going broody. The next two are younger but don't know their age and the 4th is an escapee from a breeding unit and is probably 6 months old. I currently put out a mix of layer pellets and wild bird seed for them but they aren't so keen on the...

Should I Feed just layer pellets to small free range flock

Chicken Leg Issues

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Hi Everyone,

OK so my chicken has always suffered from Scaly legs, however one of her legs is now swollen and looks infected. I am trying to get her to the vets however money is very tight (the dog has been unwell and is undergoing treatment which started a few weeks ago otherwise we wold just get her straight into the vets).

I have been washing it with Hippy scrub and that seems to be helping, does anyone have any recommendations on what else i can do/use to help her?

As i say money is...

Chicken Leg Issues

possible Lice/Mites

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Hello all,dont know if this is the proper forum but i could use any advice i can get.I recently erected a fairly big aviary and started keeping canaries and i have 30 now but i have just noticed on a dead bird that i found it had what looked like lice or mites on it.Will this spread to the others as they all mix and what is the best way to treat this problem.Regards.

Panicking newbie! Help please!

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Hi there, I'm really hoping someone can help please, as I'm in a bit of a tizzy! I'm having a problem with one of my girls - just not sure what. Does this look like she is egg bound or is it a prolapse do you think? The picture with the blood on was from Sunday, but that had cleared up by the next day. The other I have taken earlier this morning. She is eating and I have seen her drink, but she definitely isn't herself. She doesn't seem able to poo properly (it's very runny and she's seems...

Panicking newbie! Help please!

Sick chicken - what's wrong with her??

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We have two Light Sussex, almost 4 years old. Both layed well until November. One now not laying at all, had cough 2 months ago but recovered quickly, since then very lethargic, stands around hunched up, tail down, eating & drinking ok. One day looks almost dying, next day quite perky. Other hen looks fit and healthy, lively, but laying very soft-shelled eggs every other day, eggs broken and hens eat them. Coop cleaned every day, Diatomacous earth regularly in coop, fresh water every day,...

Sick chicken - what's wrong with her??

Layer Pellets for Silkie

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Hi, I’m new to chicken keeping and my silkies are 14 weeks old now. I’m wondering when is a good time to switch them onto layers pellets as most brands recommend from 21 weeks but I’ve been told they won’t start laying until around 7-9 months so should I wait until they start laying or can I swap at 21 weeks. I worry that they may be taking in too much calcium if they’re not laying and I swap food at 21 weeks, but if I don’t that they won’t have enough calcium when they do start laying....

Layer Pellets for Silkie
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