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Hi. Sorry : I am copying my thread from the Ducks forum, since I think I should actually post it here : "Please help : I just broke half of the eggshell of an unborn duckling. I thought he could not get out of his egg alone, since egg was half broken yesterday, and the hatching stopped since...

Hello. Please help : I just broke half of the eggshell of an unborn duckling. I thought he could not get out of his egg alone, since egg was half broken yesterday, and the hatching stopped since then... When I broke the eggshell this morning, duckling did not move. I don't know if he is just...

Hi. Ducklings are being born today, and I found one of them with a white, weird discharge in one eye : (Sorry : I could not take a better picture!!) Of course, when I saw it, I took the duckling from its mama to get it inside of my house in order to get rid of this discharge : I was afraid...

Hello. I would like to add some new duck breeds in my yard... I already own Indian Runner ducks and chickens. I would want to add at least one breed that could live and free range together with my birds - with these qualities if possible : 1 - good egg layers (a breed that lays even in winter...

Hello. After my first 12 Indian runner ducklings of 2024 - born between May 5th and May 7th... 10 new runners babies are now also born, this time between May 13th and May 14th. Here is a picture of some of them : (These poor, pretty babies are still shy, so I just can't take good enough...

Hello! My 12 first Indian Runner ducklings of this year are born between May 5th and May 7th...! ...Was a stressful experience, because for one : they were late. I had put their eggs on a broody Brahma hen on April 5th, and since last year, the ducklings were born at Day-25 or Day-26, I had...

Hello. In the afternoon, I have noticed one of my roosters - Rocky - has a nostril cut in half...!! Here is a picture : I actually don't know if I have to do something for him : Rocky is not in pain, and his cut is not bloody or nothing... ...I am afraid he would hurt himself - because...

Hello. I would like to have some advice, opinions, or whatever about small birds specifically - mainly about QUAILS... ...In order to try to get rid of my allergies, I plan to buy quails - probably Japanese Quails : I have severe allergies, and I am kind of really desperate to get rid of them...

Hello. So... I know this person who is going to cull some beautiful roosters on the weekend... and he did ask me if I wanted to buy one of them. And after thinking about it : if weather allows me to get out of my area in the next days, I plan to buy 1, maybe 2 one-year-old Brahma roosters - so...

Hello. I have some questions about genetic, but ONE in particular... and maybe stupid, but I'm curious, and actually really hoping something very specific... So... Out of my four first Indian Runner ducks - all of them being born in Spring 2022 -, two are females... One of these females is...

Hello. One of my Brahma rooster - my favorite, named Apache le Colosse - is dying. (He is only around one-year-old.) For some weeks now, he has been getting more and more paralyzed... By elimination, and after all the care he had, there are only 3 causes possible : 1 - an injury in his back...

Hi! Here is a thread concerning an one-year-old hen that died suddenly... She was a Golden Cuckoo English Marans named Pierrette. A very beautiful girl, with a very "Marans-ish" personality... but maybe a hybrid, since she had only laid cream-coloured eggs...? But whatever... So, this...

Hello! One of my chickens - a young white legbar - has had white, yellowish, warts on her comb for a few months (since last spring at least)... ...Her name is Lila. Actually, she has no worrying symptoms : she is energetic, is laying fine blue eggs, and has never been sick since I have had...

Hi! So... I kind of did not know where to post that... ...I noticed (some) Americans seem to like using chemical products to heal their chickens... am I wrong...? But elsewhere in the world, we don't have always access to these chemical products... and when we do, they can be ridiculously...

Hi. I have a problem with Apache le Colosse - my light Brahma rooster : his skin is quickly blackening on his head (crest and wattles). Look at the picture, and you can notice how his skin is dark compared with my dark Brahma : If I am not mistaken, this is caused by a lack of oxygen in his...

Hi. End of August, I have traded three of my 3 months old Runner ducks for two pullets : The silver laced Wyandotte was actually a cockerel... so I gave him away, because I have no need for a Wyandotte rooster for now. But whatever...! Fact is, I am not sure what breed my yellow hen is...

Hi! So... for the time being, I own 11 Indian Runner ducks... I was actually going to keep 8 only until next spring : 2 drakes, and 6 ducks... But I have to keep a third drake, because he was already so shiny in his juvenile feathers my mother fell in love with him... (I understand her : I...

Hello! I know there is already a really, REALLY useful thread abour colour genetics : https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mallard-derived-duck-color-genetics-basics.74277/ But sadly, this thread does not answer all of my questions, because I read some of more elsewhere, and I am a bit...

Hello, people! I... don't know if I'm doing that right : never in my life have I posted on a forum before... I don't know how to do that right, so I hope for your leniency if I am doing something wrong. Thank you! ...So... I'm from France. Hi! I am the happy owner of chickens and ducks! They...