shivering

Hey yall I know there’s a backyard herds website but I’m trying to hurry and don’t have it on my phone. A bit of background info on her, she’s two years old, she’s a toggenburg and she is pregnant and due in March. Basically she is quivering and she’s kinda standing hunched and she pawed a bit...

My three year old hen, Nugget, was mid-molt when the temperatures started dropping. During the day we have temperatures in the high 60s but at night it sometimes dips down into the 30s. Tonight I noticed she was shivering when I went to lock up the coop. Is there anything I can do to help her...

So today I went to a poultry fare for the second time and decided to buy a rooster and more hens. I currently have 9 hens and a rooster. The guy said the rooster would be mature enough for breeding after Christmas. I came home and introduced him to my existing 6 hens and he was shivering and the...

So I recently purchased my first batch of chickens, I got 10 in total ranging from Rhode Island reds, Easter eggers, and barred Plymouth rocks, along with two buff orpingtons. Now I read up that those breeds are cold hardy and I live in New Hampshire where cold means cold and this will be their...

I incubated 8 duck eggs in my classroom, and so far only 1 has hatched (day 28 is tomorrow though). It hatched last night. I have only ever done chicks before, so I am not positive what is normal for ducklings, but it is not moving around as much as my newly hatched chicks usually do, and it...

I had a duckling hatch in my Hovabator last night, so far it is the only one. It is making noise, but that seems to be the only normal behavior (but I'm only used to chicks!) It does not move around very much, and it sorts of looks like it's shivering at time. Other times it looks like its...

Hi, This is my first year having chickens. We have 8 white leghorns, all females, under a year old and they started laying early summer, this year. One is definitely not acting normal and I want to try and find out what's wrong with her / what I can do to help. We can't go to the vet. I'll try...

so I have some ducklings that are about 4 weeks old they have all been fine but then 2 days ago they were outside swimming in the kiddie pool I have set up for them and I went to move them back inside. They usually run away from when I go near them but the one didn't move. She just sat in the...