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I have a male flemish giant who is an extremely lazy cleaner. he has mats under his chin and his butt area. I have some larger blades but they don't get close enough to the skin to effectively remove the mat. the blade must have a guard though. `these are the clippers I have now, so the blade...

Hello, I bought a new 5 month old Flemish giant doe around 2-3 weeks ago and this morning I noticed she had a snotty nose, I’ve never had a rabbit that has gotten sick or anything so please help me!! I gave all my rabbit including the snotty one some ProBios probiotic powder in their water...

We have a small flock of chickens that has mareks disease, would it be to risky to get quails??? Can quails even get mareks?

I live in southern Michigan near grand rapids and there was an avian flu case in Kalamazoo! I’m very woried for my flock. Is there anything I can do to help keep my girls healthy????

so my flock has been diagnosed with mareks disease so we do not want to risk other birds by getting more chickens. I read somewhere that ducks cannot get mareks and I was ecstatic. this is true right?some other questions.... do ducks need a nesting box? do they need water to swim in during the...

I have a year and a half male mini rex and he is a stinker, he keeps biting thru his icepacks! we give him and our two other rabbits icepacks to keep them cool in the hot summer(cause they are outside rabbits) and is the only one who bites holes in them!that is the 4th one he has ruined in the...

Our flock has been sick for a long time so we decided to send one of our hens in Michigan State University for a necropsy, here are the results I don’t understand what all this means can y’all help me?

ever since we have had chickens we could never have at least one healthy chicken, one would get sick and then die(or had to be culled), and then not even kidding within a week another one would be sick and die and over and over this has been non stop since we got chickens, I am getting quite fed...

im am looking for a female silkie chick(any variety) for 4-H. does anyone know where I can get one? again it has to be a girl and a chick thanks in advance oh and I and located in Grand Rapids Michigan

we have had to many deaths to egg bound hens and I just found out I can buy this to help my hens. I would like to have this on stock for when/if one of my girls gets egg bound. where can I buy calcium gluconate? and how much do I administer? thanks in advance

I have a unknown breed hen who has never laid and seems to have some sort of psychological issue. a couple weeks ago I noticed that her pupils where two different sizes. then there became some swelling around her eyes, at first I thought that she was getting picked on so we separated and it just...

we have what was supposed to be a jersey giant (but I doubt she is) and she is the sweetest thing ever, but there is some weird things she does. Sometimes one pupil is bigger and the other is smaller It looks almost like when a human gets dizzy, she tips over and almost walks in circles...

I was doing chores tonight and I looked at one of the roosts and there was a big blood spot on and under the roost. it looked a couple hours to a day old. and that specific roost only the young chickens go on it at night. a couple days ago one of the chickens had a broken toenail and that was...

we give our chickens layer feed from an amish farmer and it is kinda powdery and I have noticed that all they eat is the big chunks or corn and stuff and leave all of the powdery corn and nutrients just sitting there. I heard something about soaking the feed in water, kinda fermenting it? I...

i just recently made a mini vet box and i have these things(plus more) in it. what can i use them for and has anyone else used these products before?

We just got home from camping and my neighbor was taking care of our chickens. When i got home i went to go check on everyone and i noticed that when my americauna breathed it was crackly and gurgly. I quarantined her and put a couple drops of apple cider vineger and VetRX in her water. Anything...

if you read the thread "FLOCK ATTACK!!!!!" You will understand the back story. anyway 6 chickens were killed and 7 are alive unharmed(i think those are the right numbers?) but one was not to lucky my black Australorp got a nice gash on her back, any advice on how to help her heal? thanks!

Me and my family were out at my grandmas farm for the morning and before we left i let the chickens out to free range (which we have done almost every day) we came back and i noticed one of my barred rocks was laying in the middle of the yard they would normally not sun bath in the middle of the...

i have a buff orpington who i think is egg bound, we were planning on culling her soon, this mornig during chores she never went into the coop she was jsut laying under the ramp and i noticed that there was these wierd tiny litlle bugs all over her, they didnt look like the mites we had before...

I had a chick die from what I think is mareks, she was swollen on her under side and her comb is turning black. she had this weird stance where she was upright but she stretched her head over past her feet it was really weird. I have another chicken with sameish symptoms(swollen underside, black...