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My three year old chicken is making huge noises on every breath in and out interrupted only occasionally by a high pitched squeak/scream. She was perched in her coop. I had a mysterious death a few days ago. I have metacam and other various meds. There are no outside injuries she has a full crop...

These Roos are this years hatch and are very sweet. THe Australorp is in charge for now but Barred ROck just went through a growth spurt and is one of the larger roosters I've seen. I'll post pics tomorrow. In the Los Angeles/ Ventura area

I bought six Turkey poults... all was sine the poof go the eyeballs. Two of them have it... maybe at least the Oxytetracylcline has helped keep the others from contracting it. They were staying the same until this morning and the Grey Slate eye is practically shut (it was sealed this am)...

I am new to Turkeys... today this little guy had runny eyes and swollen under the eyes. The right side is much worse and when I just went to medicate the eye was shut. I threw everything at it Neomycin eye ointment in the eye, benadryl cream around the eye and oral metacam. When I went to put...

I rescued this Quail a few weeks ago. His Toe was a little funky and I'd considered amputating but he was an a wire bottomed cage and I thought it would get better with correct substrate. Well if you know how fast Valley Quail are... You know why it's been two weeks since I've seen the toe. Now...

I thought Raccoons got two yesterday and then the third succombed to the freakish heat today. All three the same breed. Red with super thick necks a little black on the tail. Very thick bald eyebrow patches and big earlobes and two of them had spurs (but def egg laying hens)waddles kinda...

You guys ROCK!!! I just saw you rescue chickens and roosters on Animal Planet and it was like seeing a relative on TV!!! You guys are awesome for helping that man find homes for his chickens!!! Love Ese n Gracie!!

I have been housesitting 7 adult guineas and 9 babies. This is my first time dealing with them and all was well for first 25 days. Today a series of events created a nightmare,,, first I must not have latched the nursery door well enough...second when I got hoelate...there was two inches of...

I work at The Wildlife Center in Northern New Mexico. We rehabilitate injured wild animals as well as educate children and adults about native wildlife using our fantastic Educational Birds. We have been facing budget crisis and reached out to Mcmurray Hatchery to donate baby male chicks...

Have you guys seen these ads...the are hysterical. check out all six commercials online at www.silenceyourrooster.com.

My Main Man Ese has taken to pulling out his foot feathers. I've made sure he doesn't have scaly leg mites, but his legs are turning reddish. He is a buff bantam cochin. The feathers have always looked super uncomfortable to me but he only has the pins sticking out now....he isn't molting (nor...

OMG...I'm in New york, living it up like I used to quite frequently....all very glamorous...but I miss Ese and Gracie...I miss the little man following me around cooing "goo goo ka choo" (He is the eggman....not the walrus) My NY friends cannot comprehend and I noticed last night that the lil...

I have two bantam youngsters....these buff/red mixed cochins are hand raised (I helped Gracie raise her chicks....she tolerated the help very sweet aprox 3.5 months old. The roo is gentle and pretty low in the pecking order...he just began his little crow. They love to hunt and have been safely...

I was telling a friend about a hawk grabbing one of the baby chicks.... and he told me when he was in Peru a few months ago they hiked to a distant village and it was filled with chickens roaming about freely....each wearing their own red plastic cape. Curious they asked why and the people said...

My babies diets change with the wind..... I have a bantam cochin roo and chicken with 8 babies that have been kicked out of the nest, although Ese, the male still takes great care of them. I have been gardening the past few days, finding tons of unwanted bugs and insects. I feed them berries...

Two are show quality....they will be very feathery and beautiful...a gold tone to their Red (their daddy is buff...mom is a beautiful red) . I would like them to go to a safe home...as they are my babies' babies. I'm in Chimayo, but travel to Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Taos quite often ...

Every day is a new day for chickens so I've discovered...but this morning was WWIII. I thought I had three males and five females, but the top notch boxer was what I thought a female. They are bloody messes...literally. Ruthless bastards that won't give up even if I spray them with water. they...

My Buff Rooster and Red Cochin pullet hatched their first clutch...there are nine babies, and this morning their wing feathers began to show. All nine are buff. Does this indicate sex? Or maybe the color mixes?? I'm just surprised to see all nine having the same color....If Ese (pronounced...

Gracie began brooding a few days ago, but she already has twelve eggs in the nest. Do I mark them and take out new eggs? If so, what should I mark them with? She sat on them already for a day then left them for hours...should I start with a new clutch? Thanks for any info!