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Ok his feet are severely infected :/ we are squeezing out so much gunk from them!! What else should I be doing for him???

Yes his feet are very swollen. What do you do un case of bumble foot or gout?

I found my silkie rooster's feet like this yesterday :( What could this be how did it happen and HOW DO I FIX IT!!!??? Please any advice is welcome. I am running to tractor supply soon to look for supplies, if someone could tell me what supplies I am looking for that would be GREAT! lol

I am looking for either Call Duck hatching eggs or ducklings. I am in the Hudson valley in NY. If you want I can trade Wynedotte hatching eggs, or chicks(if I have any hatched at that time)

I have some button quails that I got back in the spring. They are cute little guys but I have to rehome them asap because my dad just got a cat and the cat keeps trying to eat them. He has already knocked the cage over once. I really dont want to get rid of them but my dad wont get rid of the...

Please email me if interested. I have 4 silver laced wyandotte roosters. They are approx. 3 1/2 months old. I can email pics upon request. We just have to many roosters.

How do you dose terramycin for a bird? I don't know of any avian vets in my area and I think my button quail has an ear infection...

Hi, my button quail had a piece of hard black gunk stuck to the outside of her ear today. I got it off but the ear is all pink and inflammed. Could this be an ear infection? Or maybe ear mites? Or did some dirt just get in there? And what do I do to make it better? If you email me @...

ok well she layed at least 14 lol

Of course as soon as I decide to take her eggs out right before I go take them she decides she wants to sit on them lol Guess Ill be waiting a little longer before I take them

well I thought if she had a good sized clutch in her cage she would stop laying eventually... I guess I will try taking them out.

how many eggs is she gona lay? lol will she stop eventually?

I have read that button quails lay 8-12 eggs/clutch. one of my single females (she used to be with a male but he didnt really like her so know he is with a differant female and she is by her self) as of earlier today was up to 14 eggs!!! She is not sitting on them, just laying them in one...

Yes she said she saw mites on them, so the coop should be cleaned out immediately right? has anyone had luck using the diatamacous earth to dust the coop and the birds with? Also mites are species specific but the chickens are kept with ducks and goats, will they infest the ducks/goats as well...

My friends chickens are acting fine, eating/drinking etc, but 2 have randomly died, I am wondering if it is mites... Any advice on what to do about that? we have baby chicks growing up to go outside with them and need to get this solved asap, also there are adult ducks that live outside with the...