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Hey everyone, this is my first experience with bumble foot and i need some advice. I was able to remove the kernal of puss from her foot without too much of an indecent but when i removed the bandage the next day to apply a fresh one this is what i found. *Graphic image warning*

Came out to put the chickens away and found one of my bantams dead, inside out. Im thinking either hawk or owl but I'm not all that experienced with predators. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone, I have 11 female and 4 male ducks all of whom have been together for over two years with only minor incidents. The lowest male in the pecking order is my pekin who is just a gentle giant. This morning I go outside to let everyone oug of their coops and the poor guy is bleeding...

Hi all, this is my first year with Turkeys and I have one broad-breasted white that started acting oddly last night. With it being winter I have been keeping them medium sized coop overnight and on pasture during the day. Last night one went and sat down under one of my shade structures and...

I have a hen who's been acting weird lately. She was removed from the flock this summer due to injuries because she's a rooster favorite. All her feathers grew back and after it started getting a little cooler she's been standing all poofed out like she's cold. I decided to have her and her...

So I'm butchering another round of cornish, my first hen. I've never seen this before in any other bird I've harvested. Albeit, I'm not really experienced, this is my second year I've done a total of 8 or so birds. The tenderloins on this one looks like it's cooked... I left her out to drain...

HI everyone. I was wondering if anyone with some muscovy experience might be able to tell me what gender these guys are. These two are about five months but both are still making trilling noises, neither has lost their voice yet. I would assume the one with the red carunkles is a male but he's...

Hi all, I'm hatching eggs naturally with a broody hen but one baby is seemingly having troubles getting through his egg. Within 24 hrs of my noticing the little hole, not just a pip but it broke through the shell and took a breath, one sibling has nearly completely emerged and it hadn't appeared...

Hi all, first time hatching eggs, we're doing it naturally under some hens. They're just now starting to hatch but the heat index is in the 106 with humidity and we're worried it's too hot. They have food and cold water but im debating bringing them in so i thought I'd reach out and ask. How hot...

Hi all, this morning when I got up I am usually greeted by three Muscovy walking over to get breakfast but today there were only two. I'm pretty sure the one missing is a female as she is slightly smaller than the other two, but I'm new to Muscovy so I am not sure. There aren't any signs of a...

I have an honest question about culling chickens. We want to do multiple birds in a day (not 300 like some or even 100, just 6), but I don't have that much room in my refrigerator for all of them to rest 2-3 days. We've done this before but only two at a time. Can anyone give me some advice? I...

Hi everyone, I'm raising turkeys for the first time and I noticed one of them had their head down on another's chest with their eyes closes rubbing their head up and down. I've never seen this before. After the turkey rubbed its head a few times on the other's chest, the other one started...

Hey all, I've raised four other batches of meat birds but in this set one of them is still little. I thought maybe they gave me the wrong breed because she wasn't putting in much weight. One week later i can confirm she's a cornish but she's still so much smaller than the others that i had to...

Hey all, first time with turkeys and i have to know, does everyone have to put their poults in front of the food and water so that they will eat and drink thereby living to see another day? I know this is only day two at home but i bought them at a feed store so they know what what a waterer...

I tried to get a good picture of it but it was hard getting the camera to focus. I don't get them very often and I'm wondering if this means the egg was fertilized or started incubating. Can anyone confirm this? Sometimes there's only one, others times I've found multiple little brown dots.

Hi everyone, I butchered some broiler chickens in summer with my brother in law. I decided to decrease my heritage rooster population this winter and butchered two different breeds. The temperatures were in the forties, no snow on the ground so i didn't expect much fat on them. The Rhode island...

Hey everyone, I have chickens and ducks but just yesterday one of my drakes, a Runner, who is coming into adulthood, has challenged the head drake, a Pekin. The Pekin doesn't want to fight and ran away and all day yesterday the Runner would not let him back into the flock. We were able to get...

Hi everyone, I'm new to turkeys and goats but I'm playing around with the idea of having them share pasture. I know housing chickens and turkeys together can come with its own challenges, such as them sharing diseases, especially Histomoniasis/Blackhead. Then I had this idea that perhaps I could...

Why, Herman, why did you tear all the feathers out of Dawn's head? One of my roosters pulled all feathers out of my crested duck's head....in winter....when temps are getting down into the 20s or below at night. Why, Herman. Why? I'm thinking I'll have to bring her in since her scalp is exposed...

Hey everyone, I was just thinking about the different breeds of ducks I have on my homestead and I wondered if anyone else has some experience with Kayugas? I bought a Buff, Crested, and Kayuga duck over the summer. I have raised three other sets of ducks, this is my fourth, and I'm amazed at...