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I put a brooder inside a pool. Inside the bottom half of a small plastic dog carrier put a layer of wood pellets (sold as pet bedding) and then shelf liner on top of that. I placed the food and water inside of that. The rest of the brooder has cut straw and a light. I got a shipment of ducklings...

My DD's ordered me Ancona ducklings for Christmas. I got them today. Four total, one was DOA, one died shortly after but the two surviving ones are doing ok. DD said they were cold, very cold even though there was a heat pack in with them. The package was insured and DD opened the package in...

Is the rapid fluttering in the lower right hand corner the heartbeat? Because of where the head is, and where it looks like to me the body curves, it shouldn't be where the heart is. What is it if it's not the heartbeat?

Four days ago we took Baby Kitty (her name is actually Morticia but she is suddenly deaf when we call her that) to get spayed. We were so worried about her having another litter that we applied for and took her to a low-cost (free for us) clinic. She has kittens that are 7 weeks old and we were...

Why we got into chickens. My husband has End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). He went from Stage 3 Kidney Disease to his kidneys failing in almost one year. We are currently going through the motion for a kidney transplant and in three short days he goes in to have the surgery to place the cath’s...

For those that have been hatching for awhile can you give your thoughts and opinions on when you think they died, what day? Egg 1 This chick had no movement for at least 24 hours before lock down. It's little foot stayed in the same place. In my heart I know this chick died shortly after the...

I have searched here on BYC and google for anyone who is breeding/has them and all I can find is stuff from a couple of years ago. Anyone still breed them?

My dog and my two cockerels just saved our flock!!! We heard the chickens making a huge fuss. Yesterday something got one of my Lemon Cuckoo Orpington (14 weeks old) that I just got for a breeding project. She was in the front and not near the flock when she was killed. We thought it was a...

There was some question if this was a double yolk that I missed. I had two others (first time hatching and none of our girls had laid double yolk before) that I did not realize were double until I candled on day 3, by then both had started to develop. Other than possible twins I just think it...

One of the 10 day old chicks is doing this weird head shake (side to side but it is slow). My daughter called it a tick, like you see in humans that is an subconscious movement. It is not continuous but it does happen several times a day. This chick has a vaulted skull. He/she is eating...

Around here we love to go on secret squirrel missions. I've been researching and now I'm adding you all in my mission, should you choose to accept! Tomorrow, while DH is gone dove hunting I will execute my secret squirrel mission. This is time sensitive and is a code red secret squirrel...

So we got some chicks from a co-worker who had a backyard flock, mostly mutts. We guessed, I posted pictures and we got a lot of different responses. The most common answer was mutt ;) Now that the chicks in question are older I'll try again for guess. We know they are pullets because they are...

I think our BR cockerel was injured fighting with our turkeys (who are headed to freezer camp soon). He is limping I was going to catch him to really look him over but he kept trying to run away and was hopping. I stopped trying to catch him. He came close enough to me (cracked corn lol) that...

I just graduated (Aug 15th) with my B.S. Psychology - Crisis Counseling degree. I applied to Capella for their Marriage and Family Counseling/Therapist program and was accepted (once degree is confirmed). This program is CACERP accredited (which I need it to be). The reason I am going to this...

We got these chicks in the bantam bin at the local feed store back in April. I could never figure out what she was but recently someone mentioned Seabrights. I looked at pictures and I think she might be one. Anyone else have a guess or think I'm right? Seabright? If so what kind. Size...

We got some chicks on April 4. We are not exactly sure of the hatch date and they varied in age from day old to two weeks old. The hens are now 4 1/2 - 5 months old. They have started laying consistently, every day one egg each for the last three weeks. The eggs are small but the shells are...

I came home from work to find our recently vacated brooder was no longer vacant. We had four baby turkeys. One we found dead the next morning (13 hours after we bought them) but the other three were fine. We went back to our local feed store (where we brought them) and were told they normally do...

I got 10 Barred Rock chicks from a local breeder. This one chick looks much different (has gold/brownish color feathers coming in) from the others and I am not sure if his nakedness is normal or not. I don't see anything crawling on him/her and none of the other chicks, including the other BR...

All of the chicks were bought at a feed store and were in the Banty Chick bin. Buff Orpington (?) I have two that look exactly the same but only posted pictures of one Silver Laced Cochin (?) White Silkie Welsummer or EE (?) Chick 1, darker chick Chick 2 Black Australorp...

We got 10 Barred Rock chicks from a breeder who I happen to work with. We got a mix of ages from 1 day old (still had the egg tooth) to a week or so old. These chicks are pretty flighty but are growing at amazing rates. We go to bed and in the morning there has been obvious growth. We got 10...