i know this isnt a chicken question, but i have been on here for my chickens for about a year and i saved this bird from the clutches of a dog and i dont know what to do for it. i dont want it to die!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!! i dont know what kind of bird it is or how to take care of a baby bird.
i have a 4 month old bantam cohin roo that has lost all color in his face and skin, hes is loosing feathers and his craw is the size of a baseball. the craw feels squishy and not hard like it is full of feed maybe full of air or some type of fluid? i picked him up this mornin to bring him inside...
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i know she isnt a banty but the ones i put her with are bantys and shes smaller than they are and im 99% sure that she isnt a banty, im still tryin to figure why she is sooooooooo little
i put two chicks that was givin to me bc they couldnt keep them but they were the same ags within a couple of days but one iis much smaller than the rest and when i introduced them it was in neutral territory and were fine all day but when i went out to check on then that night she was bloody...
i have just gotten 2 chicks from a friend that couldnt keep them and i have 3 chicks that are the same age and i need to put them together but i am worried about what might happen. will they try to kill each other? what should i do to PROPERLY introduce the 2 sets of chicks, because i dont want...
i just got 2 new chicks that are about 5 weeks old and one is smallish and i have them in a pen with a jersey giant chick that is older that they are but thats not what im worried about lol i am wondering how high the roost pole should be? right now its probably at 3 1\\2 - 4 feet but that seems...
do i need to teach her to use the roost pole or do they know to do that? i just went outside and its dark and she i asleep and on the ground what should i do??
ok now i know that i can use sulfer, that expanding foam,and moth balls, bird netting! any this else??? and im new to all of this could yall tell me how to use the things that i have listed. the type of coop that i have my LAST(the only one that hasnt got partially eaten) chick in i dont have...
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i changed the coops completely i left the other still sitting where it was and put the remaining 2 in something i thought the couldnt get in... i was wrong
i have had to cochin chicks that have been partially eaten by a snake that were in the same coop!!! neither was fully eaten. i am wondering do the snakes remember where they are? remember their scent and then come back for more later? one happened a week ago and the other today. the reason that...