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i know this isnt a chicken question, but i have been on here for my chickens for about a year and i saved this bird from the clutches of a dog and i dont know what to do for it. i dont want it to die!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!! i dont know what kind of bird it is or how to take care of a baby bird.

i have a 4 month old bantam cohin roo that has lost all color in his face and skin, hes is loosing feathers and his craw is the size of a baseball. the craw feels squishy and not hard like it is full of feed maybe full of air or some type of fluid? i picked him up this mornin to bring him inside...

i put two chicks that was givin to me bc they couldnt keep them but they were the same ags within a couple of days but one iis much smaller than the rest and when i introduced them it was in neutral territory and were fine all day but when i went out to check on then that night she was bloody...

i have just gotten 2 chicks from a friend that couldnt keep them and i have 3 chicks that are the same age and i need to put them together but i am worried about what might happen. will they try to kill each other? what should i do to PROPERLY introduce the 2 sets of chicks, because i dont want...

i just got 2 new chicks that are about 5 weeks old and one is smallish and i have them in a pen with a jersey giant chick that is older that they are but thats not what im worried about lol i am wondering how high the roost pole should be? right now its probably at 3 1\\2 - 4 feet but that seems...

do i need to teach her to use the roost pole or do they know to do that? i just went outside and its dark and she i asleep and on the ground what should i do??

ok now i know that i can use sulfer, that expanding foam,and moth balls, bird netting! any this else??? and im new to all of this could yall tell me how to use the things that i have listed. the type of coop that i have my LAST(the only one that hasnt got partially eaten) chick in i dont have...

i have had to cochin chicks that have been partially eaten by a snake that were in the same coop!!! neither was fully eaten. i am wondering do the snakes remember where they are? remember their scent and then come back for more later? one happened a week ago and the other today. the reason that...

i HAD 2 beautiful black cochin chicks that i hatched that were about a 1 1/2 months old and 1 black Jersey Giant hen that i bought, not hatched, that was about the same age as the two cochins. i lost one of the cochins last week and then i lost the other one today i found both of them with...

i have a cochin hen thats a little over a year old. she was pretty consistant at laying an egg a day and then she went broody, but nothing hatched. but now about 2 and a half weeks later i have only see 1 egg since she was broody. is this normal? does it just take time for her to start laying...

ok i have 6 eggs that due til the 9th of this month is that normal?? should i do n e thing special for it? im not sure whats goin on!!!

i got lucky with my first egg and he was out in less than 30 mins and a day early but its not like that with this one its still a day early but its not out in 30 mins. so how long is the avg hatch time?

i have 6 eggs due the July 9 is anybody due with me???

i have a chick that is pipping today and the whole is directly ont the bottom and i have an LG so its on that metal screen thing. so i am wondering if i can roll it over just a bit so that its not on the metal?

i have a cochin chick that was born tuesday and used to have the adorable fuzzy wings, legs, and feet. and now hes chewed on them so much that all you can see is the hard beginning of the feathers, i think its called the quill(?). i thought it was the jersy giant chick i had in there with him...

i hatched my first chick yesterday mornin!! its a terrible picture but i cant seem to find my camera

my chick was born yesterday mornin and its in the brooder now and i know hes supposed to have food from the egg for 2 days but hes pecking everything and i thinks its because hes hungary but i havent had a chance to go and get the chick starter and i was wondering if i could feed him the...

its been in tere for 48 hours and i was wondering if i candled it would i see anything at all if it was fertile??

and i just candled the egg and i dont see anythin at all does that mean that its not fertile? i have a some struggles gettin the darn bator like its supposed to be but nothing in the extreme to kill the chick.

i just let my roo and hen back together again and he gets as far as the wing spreadin motion and thats where it stops either she moves or he just quits. he never actually makes it on top of her to finish the deal and she really doesnt stop him she just kinda walks away as if shes sayin "you took...