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First WANDA my Muscovy hen is not my biggest fan. Her first egg hatched last night. Her brooder is basically an old plastic dog house with hay that leads into a safe dog kennel with a ramp. MY CONCERN / QUESTION IS... When I checked on her this morning I noticed she had dug down in the hay...

can any one help me identify this tree? I am leaning towards wild plum but have not noticed it flower or fruit before the chicken got it. The fruit when green on the tree resembles a cherry tomato. It has a stone pit inside ripe purple almost black fruit. The flesh is also dark purple in color...

This is Wally and Waldo, they are Drake and son. I took them in in June Waldo was just a little guy and Wally chased him much like he does in this video so I have separated them Wally spends most of his time watching the others through a fence. I am wondering, 1. Is this normal "pecking order"...

This egg is on day 25, it was moving at lock down but I have not seen movement does it still look viable to anyone?

We are at day 16. This embryo was moving in the egg, but when I candled day 14 no movement. I traced the dark not moving spot in the egg on she'll with a pencil. It did not move or grow. The blood ring looked darker today As I am trying to learn, I opened the egg the embryo was dead but I am...

I need help figuring out what this might be. I thought scaly leg mites and have been treating him for that, he acts normally and no one else in the coop is having this problem. It looks painful but you would never know from his behavior. I oiled him up really well to mat feathers for pics and...

if I let the Muscovy Ducks overnight in my chicken coop, would they eat the cockroaches? Or is there another way to get rid of those nasty bugs?

This is Georgie she is 4.5 year old LF Cochin. She is lovely UNTIL she walks away. I use fermented feed and have dry layer pellets in the coop. She is used to baths and having her feathers clipped I have bathed her twice since April but it seems the more feathers I trim the more get...

I did my first incubation this spring. A friend gave me 3 small eggs from her silkies. This is the most colorful one. I am thinking cockerel because of the extra long tail feather. I am not sure what kind of comb that is it is a very pretty or handsome bird, but I am thinking not Silkie. Friend...

He is about 4 months old.

Hello I am new to ducks all around. I have taken in A Drake and his Hen along with their 2 Ducklings. They are Muscovy Ducks. When I put up emergency housing I took down the humming bird feeder I had on a tree that is now in a day pen for the ducks. I have heard they eat all manor of pests/...

It was smaller when it hatched, the Chick is 9 days old in this picture and the thing keeps getting bigger. I am wondering if I should drain it or leave it alone for now? It does feel like it is part of the skin not attached to the bone of the wing. Feels kind of like a boil would. Firm but...

just hatched at 5:35 am Central time. and the bubble is still on the back end it is picking up small chips of egg shell from incubator floor I am concerned but do not know what to do for it. or if I should just let it be. I am sure this cannot be normal fully ready chick. Please Help!

Once again I find I have not learned my lesson! We suffered another loose dog attack and I am faced with trying to figure out a $ amount for my beloved friends. We lost 7 Ladies and 2 Roosters in this attack and I am not sure how to price the loss if anyone can help with suggestions I would...

This statue is about 6 years old. it was a wedding gift for my daughter from my mother who passed away last March. I would like to be able to fix it for her as she has left it in my custody hoping for that exact thing. I am not sure what she is made of she is hollow. but does not need to remain...

Injured Chick Doing the feeding and cleaning tonight my Broody hen was acting weird I watched for a second as she moved in sinc with a screaching Chick It was stuck to her belly I reached up and pulled it off as gently as possible but when I looked at her I found out why she got stuck It...

i ordered 12 chicks through the mail 11 extras were put in for warmth in travel. Before i have to dispose of them i am offering any or all free to home. the packing slip says *Barred* were added. I think they are basically packing peanuts, but they are cute peanuts! here are a couple pics. we...

I started by reading all the eye infection posts and looking at all the attached sites but My silkie Roo *Hairy* is in a bad way his eye atarted to swell about 5 days ago. he separated himself from the flock which is odd since he is Alpha. I scooped him up and brought him in the house. he is...

Please help with my Girl! When I let the ladies out today to play Brady was *off* Her head pulled in falling asleep standing up and not even looking for anything to eat. She was drinking water from a pan in the yard and looked like she had diarrhea I ran to go look it was an egg there was no...

this looks painful and swollen I am not sure what to do about it and I cant seem to find anything about skin problems here.