Recent content by kayjan

Thanks so much. That is good to know.

Last year we got 3 ducks from feed store. Turned out 1 female and 2 male. One of the males lost his drake feather and took on the colors of a female. Well, he is back to male colors and has his drake feather...........question is, I have noticed him and the female mating so will he be able...

Hi everyone, I have been reading this thread for a while and have been enjoying it so much. I am new to guineas, we got 4 last year, one was killed by a stray dog on the place and another was killed by a bobcat....as luck would have it the 2 remaining ones happen to be male and female so we...

thank you mzstre. it is hanging in there eating and drinking...probably wondering why it's legs are taped up. He/she is only 6 days old. This is our first time hatching our own eggs....well, our chickens eggs LOL out of 25 this is the only one that has a problem but it is strong and healthy...

Thanks for the link kuntrygirl He or she is chirping loudly I hope we can help it. One of the hard things about raising chickens is deciding when to cull them.

You can fix this with a small bandaid. Tape the two legs together leaving about a one inch space between the legs. Leave the bandaid on for a few days. The chick should eventually be able to stand on two legs. At first, it'll fall all over the place while it tries to use it's legs. You can find...

Did you hatch this chick or bought it this way? Looks like a dislocated hip. I had one hatch this way and ended up putting it down. Chris Hi Chris, a friend hatched our chicks. Out of 25 this is the only one to have a problem. It gets around, eats and drinks.

Hi everyone. I have been looking at BYC and have no idea why I didn't come to the LA forum. As always a lot of good info and help. I was wondering if there is anyone near the Ponchatoula area, that has dealt with special need chicks, that would be willing to take a look at my 5 day old chick...

we have a feed store in our area that has a customer appreciation day and you buy a 50# bag of feed and get 10 free chicks. Last year we got 40 chicks. We already had a few chickens and needed to buy food anyway (g) Just hatched 25 little ones and plan on going to get more "free" chicks at...

twice I got 4 eggs from 3 hens. seems they liked to bury their eggs and then when they scratched around they would uncover them and laugh at me when I tried to figure out how 3 layed 4,

Hey we are in Ponchatoula and took 12 roosters to be processed today to a place in Independence. They are planning on moving so it would be great if you got set up to process :-)

So sorry for your loss. How awful your children had to witness the attack. I hope they will be ok.

Oh my gosh that was funny. Thanks for the laugh