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Looking for info; This evening found a freedom ranger broiler (10.5 weeks old). That can't get up and is off balance. Seems to be leaning backwards towards it "Middle of Hock Joint". The hock joint seems to be a bit worn from sitting/laying on it. Could this be fat and off balanced or Mareks...

Looking for info; This evening found a freedom ranger broiler (10.5 weeks old). That can't get up and is off balance. Seems to be leaning backwards towards it "Middle of Hock Joint". The hock joint seems to be a bit worn from sitting/laying on it. Could this be fat and off balanced or Mareks...

Hello, Questions for the sandy coop people. What size holes or spacing does the sand scoop need to have? Heard from chicken chik 1/2" is too much. Thinking .25" would be better. I am going to weld up my own heavy duty scoop. Plan is to drill a bunch of small holes in it for the sand to fall...

So I got a young cockrel this past winter (dec?). He was supposed to be a full size ameraucana. He turned out to be a bantam ameraucana mix. Pretty much after we got him we noticed he was limping/acting odd. Shortly after figured out he had bad frostbite. He spent the better part of three...

Have never processed a duck before. All I know is they have lots more feathers. Wondering if there is a special diet people use to give the ducks a last "push" to gain a little extra fat or perhaps better taste. I've heard duck mean is very gamey and some say not at all. Exited to try it so...

Have a hen here that I think may need a small beak trim. It curves quite a bit past the lower beak part. Also the tip is thin and almost see through. What are your experiences with such a matter? Do you trim beaks like this or just let them go? Do you think it makes it harder to eat? Also, the...

Wow, brought home 7 rescue chickens. 1 hen died 10 min after getting home. Look at the pics, tell me what you think this looks like... Could this be from dogs or is this frostbite? Toes are swollen. All hens are light and skinny. Crops and waddles are pale and off white color...

That "thing" spirals out and is very 3 dimensional. Almost like an umbilical cord. What is it? Anyone have something like this?

Hello all, So, the teenage boys next door decided it was a good idea to PAINTBALL my coop and chickens. It was a cold day, about 20 to 25 degrees. They shot up my brand new coop. There were many more rounds spread across the chicken's run and surrounding ground areas. Probably 20 to 30 rounds...

I feed my chickens regular 16%, and corn. Lots of table scraps. I usually use cracked corn, and the whole corn, I spread in their coop and run to give them something to do. In Alaska, I buy cracked corn for about $14/50lbs, and $9/ uncracked corn. Since the recent price spike, the cracked is...

Does anybody know if nipple waterers work with ducks? Anyone keep ducks and chickens? My ducks dirty up the water too quickly. I may try securing some waterers higher up where the chickens can get to them, but the ducks cant. Thoughts? Suggestions? Tnx!

Hi all! Two questions: 1 How much drinking water (in cups or ml) does one duck need per day? How much food does one duck need per day? 2 Do ducks need a pool or some kind of small body of water to swim and wash in? I am new to keeping ducks, I have them in a good sized coop with chickens. I...

Hi, Want to know what people do with their meat birds? Do you worm them a week or two before culling? Maybe give them some vitamins? Some alternative diet? Lots of DE or garlic? Also, would you do anything differently if some of the birds in your coop recently had lice? A few birds had it bad...

Hi, Heat is a big concern in cold climates, and many times I have seen the figure of 10 watts per chicken posted on the forum. It is accepted/assumed that 10 watts of power is how much an average adult chicken produces. My question: How many watts of does a bantam chicken produce? Would it be...

Hi, Heat is a big concern in cold climates, and many times I have seen the figure of 10 watts per chicken posted on the forum. It is accepted/assumed that 10 watts of power is how much an average adult chicken produces. My question: How many watts of does a bantam chicken produce? Would it be...

Got a new rescue chicken two days ago. Just got time to post my question. Not sure what he is. But maybe a year or so old black/blue andalusian? I got him because he got left out over night by accident. It was about zero to -10 below. Previous owner though he was dead but he woke up after...

Hi, Looking to treat my chickens today for some lice. They have been treated w ash/sand but I want to go the extra mile. My plan was to give them a bath in Apple Cider Vinegar. I heard this is used for lice. -Is this true/effective? What ratio per gallon should I use? Then I was going to use...

I found several of these spots on one of my buff cochin hens. She i heavy and older. She was a rescue, pretty sure she has never laid an egg in the 3-4 months I've had her. I haven't inspected my hens in a week to two weeks. Just found that some have lice. Maybe mite, but probably just lice...

I am new to chicken keeping....so What is DE? I saw many references to it? For those people referring to the deep method? How deep is deep? No one even mentions a depth? As far as poop boards are concerned; how often do you clean them? Would you recommend them? Lastly, everyone talks about...

Hi, Newby here. By coop is 10x12. A standard man door. One 23" window. The cop itself has two doors for chickens. One good sized poop slot. And two vents. Poop slots is 23" wide. Vents are 23" wide and about 4' tall. Coop construction is 2x6 walls. R21 insulation. OSB siding. 4 mil visqueen...