There wasn't anything in the brooder that she could have gotten hurt on. I was feeding them chick starter and just bought all flock raiser. I will get some Niacin asap. Thanks so much for all of your help!
I have a two week old duckling that was fine this morning but is now tilting her head slightly to the left. Any idea what would cause this? She has been doing fine with our other little duckling until now. He looks fine....
Update on my poor hen. I gave her a warm bath and felt of the mass. It is soft and squishy and her vent looks clean,. I massaged the mass area and her vent started working in and out so I put her back in the warm water and she expelled some poop. I did not feel an egg or anything hard. Here is a...
There's not a smell that I noticed. I didn't feel it but it looks firm. I was afraid to hurt her. It looks raw and irritated. She acts perfectly fine, eats and everything and looks at me like what's your problem when I inspect her. Her vent is well above where this bulge is and looks fine. I put...
Please help! My daughter noticed a bulge on the back end of my Australorp hen and I thought she was egg bound but upon further investigation I don't know what's wrong with her. I am posting some pictures below. Please help!
My daughter noticed a bulge on the back end of my Australorp hen and I thought she was egg bound but upon further investigation I don't know what's wrong with her. I am posting some pictures below. Please help!
My daughter noticed a bulge on the back end of my Australorp hen and I thought she was egg bound but upon further investigation I don't know what's wrong with her. I am posting some pictures below. Please help!
I have newly hatched to two day old guinea keets that will be perfectly fine and then the next time I check on them they are laying on their side and seem to become paralyzed before they die. I am feeding them guinea keet starter and it's the same starter I have fed my previous hatches without...
All my current chicks are from the bantams I got from artsyrobin last year. I ordered 10 australorp pullets from the local feed store and have 5 muscovy duck eggs in the new incubator with 13 of our guinea eggs. In the old incubator I have 39 guinea eggs that my Mom gave me so we may be swimming...
Here are some pics of our new babies. Checked the calender and the oldest chick is 2 weeks and the youngest chick is a week old and the others fall somewhere in between.
The girls and I bought green and concord grapes, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries to plant. Still need to buy some strawberries and fruit trees. Then we'll have a good start on growing our own fruit.