Recent content by Wilebaum

Easter Eggers, generally have the combs for cold tolerance, colorful eggs for 4 year olds.

You can also move her to the roost in the dead of night. She won't get off of it in the darkness and she'll wake up there in the AM. I think this helps for broodies too.

Gotta love those names. Someone help this poor woman....lol.

Looks New Hampshire-ish to me.

Hey Hey, let's see some pictures, we all like pictures of Rhode Island Red chickens & Ducks. I have one production RIR, she lays a massive brown egg about daily.

Not really. He's being himself.

Is it the camera angle, or is that left leg quite swollen?

I'd keep it in the brooder, but not sure it will matter. Hope this resolves for you soon.

If he's gonna make it, he'll absorb it. All you can really do is provide food, water, warmth. Keep away from other chicks if they're messing with him. If he's acting pretty lively and eating/drinking, he should be OK.

Let it try to reabsorb on it's own. Any clipping, cutting will hurt it's chances.

Looks like a pullet, she's not laying eggs someplace hidden by chance?

Likely, just waiting until they self amputate will be OK. If you amputate you'd need to do it through healthy tissue and you might just create a greater chance of systemic infection. Certainly monitor above the site for redness/swelling in case you need to rethink or introduce an antibiotic...

But does he like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain? Any duck matchmakers out there?

Someone save this poor fellow from this invasive peacock.

Location?