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This afternoon I realized one of my chickens is not well at all. Her entire head, comb, and wattle is swollen, no active blood but lots of scabs, and she's got yellowish crusties everywhere. Her comb and wattle are usually bright red. I changed them over to pine horse bedding a few weeks ago...

That would take quite a long rope and he comes over the fence at random times. I don't actually live on the property, my mom owns it and I've been keeping my chickens there, so waiting around all day for a chicken to maybe walk into a trap is pretty fruitless. He, unfortunately, sleeps over the...

I have a bit of an unusual problem. The property that my chickens are on has had feral chickens running all through the neighborhood, long before I got there ten years ago. There used to be TONS of the little devils running around, which was always fun to watch, especially when the hens had...

Thank you, but I don't need help medicating. I need help with official diagnosis and prevention. Dry Pigeon Pox, if this is what it is, usually clears up after 4 weeks of isolation by itself(or in the death of the bird) or with supportive treatment such as cleaning the legion and ointment...

I've got a dove with Pigeon Pox(picture below) and another dove that I suspect had Pigeon Pox, but only had a very small legion on the eyelid that cleared up quickly. I found the first dove last week with a suspicious small legion on its eyelid, and the other dove with a small scar/yellow scab...

I have tried looking into what all Red Golden's need in their diet to thrive, but all I've ever been able to find was that they need a very high protein diet. I'll have to see if anything new has come up since then, or if there's something I missed. I am going to replace my hen regardless...

In an incubator, with a hardwire cloth bottom. The incubator is definitely not the issue. I've hatched 50 or so chickens using this incubator and only one of those developed any sort of leg or foot issue. As for inbreeding, I know the breeder did not inbreed, but I do not know about the breeder...

Thank you for your help. I do still plan to replace my hen, but I've made some slight modifications to my incubation in hopes that maybe these issues I'm having are not all related to genetics. I was reading and found that the standard temperature for chicken incubation, 99.5, is adequate but...

This year is my third attempt at trying to raise the supposedly "easy to breed" Red Golden Pheasants and this year has not started off any better than the last two. The first pheasant I had try to hatch died trying to hatch. The second pheasant did actually hatch but has a messed up foot, and I...

You may have to eventually separate your bantams from your standards, depending on the breed and how small he is. My Booted Bantams had to be separated from my main flock because my Booted Bantam rooster was getting beaten up by the bigger boys, even though they were all raised together. He lost...

Thank you for your input! I haven't thought of that. I don't have a facebook page nor do I really use facebook to sell my birds, but you wouldn't be able to find craigslists ads, my primary method of selling, from a google search either. I think a website would also promote returning customers...

I see. I haven't been able to find any rat bait traps then, all I have found are the small, mouse bait traps. I'll look to see if maybe somebody sells them online, since nobody's selling them in stores around here. I do have a much worse problem than you, though. There was a time when I was...

A necrospy is far out of my budget, especially for just a chicken, I'm okay with just some suggestions rather than a vet-approved diagnosis. It's not crop impaction though, I did check his crop and it was empty. Do you have another suggestion? I've just never seen green slime coming out of a...

....coming out from both nostrils and his mouth? Everybody was acting perfectly fine when I put them up last night, and then today I stumbled upon a dead Silkie rooster. No blood or signs or being attacked, just green slime. I checked to make sure he had no external parasites, as I've been...

I'm not sure where exactly this kind of post would go, but I figure this may be a good place to start at least! I'm new to chicken breeding, as in I've only been doing this for a couple years, and I was wondering how useful creating my own poultry selling website would be and what other...

We do, very much. Especially in Austin, it's practically filled with Californians! That's not to say it's all bad, progress can't be stopped and unfortunately small towns don't usually stay small forever. Our town also has a major highway cutting through it, so it was only a matter of time...

Exactly. I believe I may find out when the next city council meeting is and see what I can do to get some kind of amendment that allows people who've lived here for years to keep the roosters and hens they have, but not to add any more than what they already have. I researched further and...

Had I of known, I would have. But I had no way of knowing when or where this meeting for these ordinances took place. Here is the exact wording of the ordinances, taken from an online book of Code of Ordinances for my town: "No person may keep more than eight hens, or two gander or two ducks...

This month, the town I live in decided to pass some new livestock laws. 1. No roosters. 2. You can only have a maximum of 8 hens. 3. Hens that you do have should be kept at least 10 feet from your property line and out of sight of public areas. 4. You are allowed one head of livestock if you...

I really appreciate all the advice given here, but I'm honestly not looking for another product to kill the lice on the chickens. I will look into Diatomaceous Earth because it may be a good preventative for the environment, but as far as treating my chickens for lice, I don't need help with...