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I'm really worried because my chick just hatched from my incubator, but he has a really weird, big bubble thing around his neck, mostly on one side and around the back. It feels like a water bubble or maybe just air to me, I can't tell. The skin is also sort of red around it too. Any idea...

Hi! I bought a forced-air incubator online, and started running it to see how it went before I put any eggs in. I added a half a cup or so of water to the channels at the bottom, but the humidity showed around 75%. So I got a lot of it back out, and it still read 70%...after completely...

Hi! I just brought home a bunch of "rescue chickens" from a factory....80 to be exact! Basically, the factory keeps them around to lay for about a year, but when their production starts to drop slightly, they are called "spent hens" and gotten rid of (killed and usually used for oil or pet...

Hi! I brought home seven chickens last Wednesday (one rooster and 6 hens), and they've been doing great except for one very strange thing I noticed on one of the hen's feet. On both of her feet, she seems to be "missing" the tip of her outer toe, matching toes on each foot. That is to say...

Hi! I brought 6 hens and a rooster home the day before yesterday, and they're settling in wonderfully. But the funny thing is, this wild ring-necked pheasant has been hanging around their pen 24/7 since they arrived. He walks right up to the fence, and looks straight at the rooster! And the...

Hi! I've had some experience with chickens, and now I'm hoping to adopt some Welsh Harlequin ducks. I'm trying to figure out how this works! So, if I adopted, say half a dozen baby girl ducklings and one baby boy. I read that you shouldn't allow them to mate until they're at least 6 months...

Hi! I'm thinking about getting ducks, for two purposes: eating their eggs, and selling their ducklings. I really love the coloring on the Appleyard and Welsh Harlequin ducks, but I can't seem to find much on what the differences are between these two! If one flies higher than the other, one...

I have a small Easter Egger/Bantam mix hen who appears to have an impacted crop. She wasn't moving around much yesterday (although this could be because she sprained her foot, which she seems to have done too!), and her crop was really big and hard - about as big as a tennis ball, and she's a...

I have a small ameraucana/bantam mix hen, about two years old. She hasn't started laying eggs like my other hens have, she wont eat anything (at least today), her crop is full, and she's been laying in her nesting area with her eyes closed, not responding to my voice like usual. She hasn't...

Hi! I'm building a rabbit hutch and I'm not sure what kind of floor to use. Would it be better to give them a wooden floor throughout (with hay in the nesting area and wood shavings in the run area), or a wire floor in the run with a tray filled with shavings under it? I've read people saying...

Hey there! I've enjoyed the help of BYC for quite some time now with my hens. Now I have two baby bunnies, and I'm not sure where to look for advice. Should I stick here, or can any of you recommend a rabbit forum? I see a lot of them on google, but I'm not sure where to turn! :) Thanks...