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One of my hens, seemingly out of nowhere, has developed very labored breathing. She is a quiet hen, but she wasn't really showing any symptoms before this afternoon, when she started breathing very heavily. I took her inside and gave her a bit of warm horehound tea (horehound is an expectorant -...

This, is Bobby. Bobby is a three-month-old gosling, who has three parents (two geese and a gander are raising him/her right now). Anywho, 'Bobby' has been just fine in life so far (albeit a bit smothered by the excessive parenting caused by first-time parents and being an only-gosling ), but a...

My ridiculously goofy, big Australorp rooster, Tamer has a bit of a problem with feet. His feet, to be more specific. Well, his left foot, to be even more specific. As you can see in the picture, it's quite a bit bigger than his right foot. I figured it was bumblefoot at first, but there doesn't...

For the past few years now, our chickens have gotten some kind of disease or virus almost every spring that usually wipes out one or two of the seemingly weaker ones. In the past, it didn't seem too bad, as it would often give then diarrhea-like symptoms, but usually not kill them. In the past...

Or as I call them, buff beardies. Fluff, a 1-year-old buff orpington has been trying to hatch chicks all year.... well, third time's the charm! I thought they would be rotten as usual, as wasn't expecting this! This time, she hatched ALL her eggs except one! Seven amazing looking little...

Hello good emu keepers. I don't have any emus, but I'd like a bit of advice about one.... Well, here's the deal: every time I go to town, I drive by a taxidermy shop, and right by that shop is a small pen with a single emu and a small shed. The pen is small: maybe 10x30 feet....I'm not sure...

Okay, so here's my original post, turned into a thread, since so many people seem to have questions about this topic, and so little seem to know much about it. I'll be adding more as I think of more, and revise, and learn more. Wow, I cannot believe most people seem to think the only 'cure'...

Aloha! Well, a few months ago my Lakenvelder rooster, Paco, got into a fight with another rooster. I think his eye got pecked pretty bad because it was shut for at least a week afterward, not to mention all the feathers that got ripped out. However, that was months ago, and his eye STILL isn't...

I have a bunch of pigeons for sale: ALL colors. I have probably about 100 pigeons, so I'm looking to cut down that number. I have a bunch of PURE BLACK pigeons, and pure white ones, and every color in between. Some have feather feet. None have mites or lice, but as you can imagine, their coop is...

If you have a flock of hens and/or pullets, and need a rooster, then you may have just found him! We have several very nice, tame, show quality roosters for sale. They are all about 3 months old. At least one of them is almost certainly SQ, and doesn't have mites. I have 5 beautiful Australorps...

If you have a flock of hens and/or pullets, and need a rooster, then you may have just found him! We have several very nice, tame, show quality roosters for sale. They are all about 3 months old. At least one of them is almost certainly SQ, and doesn't have mites. I have 5 beautiful Australorps...

If you have a flock of hens and/or pullets, and need a rooster, then you may have just found him! We have several very nice, tame, show quality roosters for sale. They are all about 3 months old. There's quite a selection too: we have 5 Australorps and 1 beautiful Single Comb Brown Leghorn. They...

Hi! This is my first time on BackYardChickens, even though I've had chickens for years. Right now I have around 30 chickens and am lovin every minute with them. I do have several 'extra' roosters though, and they're doing 'grasshopper patrol' in our orchard. If you want to buy one though...

If you have a flock of hens and/or pullets, and need a rooster, then you may have just found him! We have several very nice, tame, show quality roosters for sale. They are all about 3 months old. There's quite a selection too: we have 5 Australorps and 1 beautiful Single Comb Brown Leghorn. They...