I have a young chicken who looks like it poked it's face maybe on the fence or ? It's face is swelling on one side and keeps getting larger. Would amoxicillin help w this type infection?
My new round pens I'm building. 4 ft high x 5 ft diameter x 16 ft circumference. Each one cost $100 +/- for pvc and corrugated plastic + 1.5 lbs of 3/4 inch self drillers
The door on the side is for the dog house part
These doors are rooms for injured birds. The rooms are dark to keep them calm, small and no roosts to keep birds from re-injuring themselves
This door goes back to the dog house area
Looking out from the dog house area
This chick hatched a day early and had splayed legs. I made an artificial egg and put it in the brooder (not incubator) for another 24 hours and the legs are normal now
I just put a hatch of 15 - 1 week old chicks in my outdoor brooder, I have an indoor brooder where they stay till they are a week old then I move them outside. They have been in there for 3 days. This morning I went out to find 5 of them dead and the rest looking pretty weak. I thought it was a...
Over a week a ago one of my cocks ripped a claw off. I have been trying to keep it clean and tried to wrap it but that lasted about 5 minutes. He is now developed a bumble kernel right under where his claw should be. I'm going to clean it out again but I'm hoping some has had successful...
When hatching large numbers of poultry you go through the highs and the lows. When I saw this duckling after she hatched I immediately noticed she was a bit different than the rest. After a small inspection I realized she was perfectly healthy other than she had no eyes. It is so unfortunate and...
My neighbors raise bees and they just brought them back to their property. Now the bees have found my coops and come thousands strong everyday. They are all over the feeders completely covering them. They have chewed seals on my custom waterers and now I am repairing equipment that I normally...
Does anyone know what this is? It doesn't look like it was caused by a fight, it looks more like bad acne or an infection, You can see a small one that hasn't ruptured yet below the main outbreak .. .
I was lucky to have this beautiful girl hatch out in my yard this year. She is the prettiest Muscovy female I have. I sold or otherwise culled all her sisters and brothers but just had to keep this one