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9 month old French Maran. Her eye was swollen shut. She only opened it this much once I started handling her. Other eye is totally fine. Could this be just an eye injury or infection? Or the start of a URI? I have tylan soluble powder on hand I can start her on immediately. Rest of the flock...

Ok I’m shook about this one. I’ve been assuming pullet this whole time as there are no saddle feathers. 7ish months old now. Just watched her/him “mount” one of my older hens. (Didn’t look quite right and took way longer than usual). Then she/him did the “rooster dance” with one of my other...

We acquired a female BBW turkey from a family member who could no longer keep their birds. I understand a male BBW cannot breed as it will crush and kill the hen. Is it possible to breed her with a different type of turkey and have successful fertile eggs?

We are acquiring a turkey from a family member that is moving and can no longer keep their poultry flock. It was an accidental turkey that came with their chicken chicks a few months ago so they don’t know what it is. It is about 5 months old. I know absolutely nothing about turkeys so this will...

Long story short: there is a platform in my incubator with the fan underneeath. Eggs stay on top of the platform. Somehow one chick finagled it’s way under the platform and put itself in danger of getting injured by the fan. I quickly threw some moist paper towel in the incubator while I hastily...

I have an OppsDecor automatic incubator with egg turner. This is my first time ever trying to hatch chicks. They came from our own backyard flock so I know they are fertilized. Most of them are Easter eggers (which I find very difficult to candle) and a few barnyard mixes. 22 eggs total were...

I have been searching the RI DEM agriculture website all day and have come up with no answers. I want to start selling day old chicks but I want to make sure I am not doing so illegally. As far as I know NPIP certification is voluntary in my state. I cannot find any other certifications or laws...

Looking into adding a guard goose to my small flock of 12 chickens. We live in a very secluded area with lots of wildlife. My chickens free range only when I’m home to watch them. I would like them to have more freedom so possibly looking to get a guard goose. Any insight on whether it’s worth...

Hello all! Noticed something off about one of my RI reds today. She was free ranging with the other hens today and I noticed her comb was VERY pale. I thought it could be from the heat as it was very sunny today so I brought her back into the coop where she drank willingly and pecked at some...

Let’s play! I am confident we have at least 1 roo. All 4 are Easter eggers. I recently noticed his tail and his legs are much longer than the rest. He has not started crowing or displaying mating behavior yet. I’m now second guessing the sex of all of them and can’t stop studying them :lol...

this is the poo in question. I found a few in the coop today and freaked out. I have only had this flock a week so I am airing on the side of caution. Started treated with Corid but wondering if I overreacted

I know the big girls are red sexlinks but the others we are not entirely sure. They were all purchased at a livestock auction and we were not told what they were at all.