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You know what, you may have just solved a little riddle of mine! I'm usually the one to take care of our chickens, and my little bantam rooster has never tried to challenge me in any way. However, once in awhile my brother or dad will let the chickens out for me. They both get attacked by the...

I know what you mean, about the "little man syndrome"! I have 2 dozen hens right now, and 4 roosters. 3 of the 4 roosters are large Chanteclers, and most of the hens are large as well. The last rooster is a pretty little guy, I was told he was a bantam/brahma mix when I got them (which was a...

Yep, I noticed the cards too. The picture was pretty certainly taken at the vet's office on New Year's Eve. I guess whether the date is set wrong on the x-ray (or the number possibly represents something other than the date the x-ray was taken), or if the chicken's owner went back to the vet's...

Odd, but if you look at the bottom-right corner of the computer, it shows 12/31/2018 as the current date at the time the picture was taken. Not sure what the other number means!

Maybe it does have to do with the incubator somehow. I got a new incubator, and this is the second batch I've done with only 3 or 4 out of about 40 eggs hatching! There definitely seems to be something wrong with the temperature (some eggs seem much colder than others when we candle), so maybe...

Thanks for your reply. He was 1-2 days late, we took him out of the incubator about eight hours after we noticed he had hatched (we just noticed him when we woke up this morning), because he some kind of green/yellowy/white stuff stuck to his bum and some shell too. I thought it might be...

I'm really worried because my chick just hatched from my incubator, but he has a really weird, big bubble thing around his neck, mostly on one side and around the back. It feels like a water bubble or maybe just air to me, I can't tell. The skin is also sort of red around it too. Any idea...

The humidity dropped to 45% a few hours after writing this, so I guess I spoke too soon! I put a little bit of water back in, and hopefully with some trial and error I'll be able to steady it out. I'm still wondering about the ventilation, though. I haven't really seen a brand name on the...

Hi! I bought a forced-air incubator online, and started running it to see how it went before I put any eggs in. I added a half a cup or so of water to the channels at the bottom, but the humidity showed around 75%. So I got a lot of it back out, and it still read 70%...after completely...

Okay, I'll try and separate them. Would two groups be enough? It would be really difficult to do more than that, with my setup. I don't think they all came from one pen, but possibly two....the whites and browns seem to separate into little groups. Maybe the different colors came from...

Thanks for all of your replies!! I had no idea it was such a danger. I wish I had seen your replies last night, I would have stayed up and tried to teach them to roost! I'll do that tonight. I'm on it for the re-homing too. They all survived the night, anyways, and they're looking just...

I forgot to ask another question. I just got back from checking on the girls, and they were all piled on top of one another in a small extension of the coop - about 3' by 6'. For 80 chickens!! So we shooed them all into the main coop area, and added a temporary board to keep them there, but lo...

Hi! I just brought home a bunch of "rescue chickens" from a factory....80 to be exact! Basically, the factory keeps them around to lay for about a year, but when their production starts to drop slightly, they are called "spent hens" and gotten rid of (killed and usually used for oil or pet...

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! Life's been busy...two of my new hens turned out to have bumblefoot, and I'm trying to figure out what to do/get up the courage to take care of it! The pheasant is still here nearly all of the time. He has been eating the duck food I put out for him, and...

You're right, that would be awful! I haven't really been trying to tame him, per se, (except for leaving food out for him...) but he has been getting more comfortable around us. Still scared if we move toward him, but a huge difference from most wild pheasants. He's been hanging around our...

Hi! I know this is an old thread, but you might be able to help me with an issue I have with one of my rabbits. She's 4 months old, and had one teary eye at first (two weeks ago), but now they both are. It comes out clear but dries sort of sticky, with white powdery residue. The fur beneath...

Wow, that's a very interesting idea! How do you know that this works, have you tested it? I wonder if anyone else on here has tried this? I'd love to here more about this technique!

Man...I just checked the rest of the chickens' feet, and I found another girl with TWO bumblefeet! Poor girlie. =( I assume I'll have to do the surgery on these ones, with the cutting instead of just piercing. Even the one on the toe is hard and scabby. I'm going to have a tough time doing...

Thanks!! I checked the Wal-mart website for the pividone idodine too, and it was $40-$80, which wasn't the best of prices - but taking your advice, I found this on amazon.ca (Because I'm in Canada)...

Thanks for the suggestion! The only ones I see online at Walmart.ca, though, are 16 oz ($70) or 32 oz ($80-90). Is it normally this expensive? Or maybe, it's usually sold in smaller quantities?