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P.S. the newspaper is just for tonight. my son brought the chicks home from school and he and his father made a make shift cage and I didnt get home til late.

I have a chick that's about 2 days old. One of his feet seems to be lame, for lack of a better word. its not deformed, but isnt working right either. the foot rolls to the side so he stands on the side of his foot, so he has pretty bad balance. Any ideas if there a way to fix this? physical...

I have a flock of 11 mixed breeds. They are free range ducks. They have started nesting in my front yard at night, which I would not care about, except that anytime one of the dogs or cats walks by them, they all start quacking. Underneath my bedroom window! They are seriously disturbing my...

How do you tell the difference when they are goslings? I have seen pics of both and cant tell from pictures. I want African, and the farm store in my area only gets ASSORTED shipments. I have noticed slight differences in size and markings, but I dont know which is which.

Thanks everybody. I just wont try the BR roo again. I love the hens though, i talk to them, they talk to me. They come and investigate when i bring a new bag of feed in. I dont get to handle them much except when they are chicks, but they know how pretty they are. I tell them all the time. It...

I have about 10 barred-rock and 10 black austrolp hens. I would like to replace my flock with our own eggs. I dont care about pure breeds, I just want calm, even tempered hens. I have had 3 different barred-rock roos (by the hatchery's mistake each time) and they have all turned mean. My...

i had only planned on getting 5 or so and I can keep them in a separate brooder while they are very little. Thanks for the replies everybody!

There is a local pheasant breeder has implied that it shouldnt be done.

Thanks! I havent picked them out yet, but i am going to tomorrow.

My local farm store has goslings in, but they case assorted and no one knows the difference. I have looked at pics, but can't tell a way to tell them apart.

I am feeding them unmedicated chick started from the farm store. I couldnt tell you if the tendon is out of place, I am no good at stuff like that. All I can tell you is that It can kind of push with that leg, but cant uncurl the toes. The toes arent curled tight, but cant relax either. I hope...

I have a 2 week old cornish chick that had an inflamed, swollen, red foot. that has now moved to its knee/hock. It still eats and drinks, but it cant walk, it just flops around and gets stepped on alot. So i removed it and one other (for company) to a box in the house. I started giving it...