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I have a young cockerel that has had a growing lump on his face for a while now, it started off small but has grown quite large now as can be seen in the picture. It is very hard and almost feels like it's a part of the chicken if that makes sense. I am planning on culling him tomorrow anyway...

Has anyone done this? I was looking at buying a small fridge and modifying it to allow for a higher temperature to store hatching eggs that i won't be setting in an incubator for a while during the warmer months but then i came across wine coolers/fridges which sound perfect for this use due to...

For the past 10 days or so one of my hens has started making a gurgling/rattling sound. I think this started when i put her in a broody cage (cage off raised from floor), she was wearing pinless peepers at the time. Now i automatically i assumed she had developed a respiratory infection and...

I currently am using the deep litter method in my coop and i notice a strong ammonia smell when I'm in the coop sometimes (only in the winter) even when turning over the wood shavings regularly Would taking out the shavings and replacing it with a few inches of dirt sort this out?

So today one of my favourite chickens died, i wouldn't say it was out of nowhere as i had noticed it constantly shaking it's head and it's comb was turning pale. I thought I'd check it's body before it was buried and found a few little bugs near it, i managed to view one under a microscope but...

This has to be my worst experience raising chicks, I've had 5 die so far despite never loosing any before. A few that died i understood why but one of the most recent died due to injuries to it's knees, it was cut and swollen and the chick couldn't stand. I've got one with a knee that's swollen...

A few days ago i went to let my 6-7 week old chicks out of their coop and noticed one had both eyes sealed shut, i washed it's eyes with saline and they opened, one was pretty much 100% shortly after but the other had some bubbles. It had been pretty badly pecked by another chick so figured...

I've got 18 eggs in my brinsea octagon 20 incubator and started getting some pips today (day 20) and one was starting to zip, suddenly it stopped moving completely and looking in to the egg there appeared to be a lot of water. I opened it up and it looked dead Humidity is currently at...

I managed to make my shamo hen broody a few days ago, i placed 7 eggs under her and shes been very determined ever since. This is the 1st time she will be hatching eggs so she is a beginner although she was hatched by a hen herself, not an incubator. Anyway for the past 2 days she's laid an...

I'll try and keep this short. The plan is to have a 2 tier cage (already got a frame i can use) with 4-5 females in the bottom tier and 4-5 on top, i only really need 1 roo and i was hoping to move it every week or 2 in to the different tiers. From what i understand quail roos crow less when...

Hi everyone, I've just joined this forum but i have been lurking for quite a while and have learnt a fair amount just from reading other members threads/posts. On to my question, 15 days ago i set 60 jumbo coturnix quail eggs, this is not the 1st time i have incubated eggs but the last time i...