Hi everyone, looking for some help or insight.
I have roughly 75 chickens and 22 ducks. About 25 of the chickens are 17 weeks old, and they’ve been integrated with the adults for several weeks now. I’m in Minnesota, and our temps have been around 0-20°F the last couple of weeks.
On Wednesday...
This duckling stuck its beak out of the shell 21 hours ago and has not made any progress. The beak is still moving, indicating that it is still alive, but has not pushed its beak back into/further out of the shell. I have others hatching/pipped at the current moment, so I am not sure if I...
My one year old Khaki Campbell hen laid an egg this morning, and after had a small prolapsed vent. I isolated her, and ran to the store to get Epsom salt. I came back, and it reverted itself. I don’t know a lot about prolapse vent, but will it come back out tomorrow when she lays? Any advice on...
This year I got chicks earlier than usual. They are 7 weeks old, fully feathered (I have attached an image for reference), and I am wondering if they can go outside– without a heat source? I am from Minnesota, and our temperatures fluctuate a lot. Some nights it is 23° and others it is 38°...
I have a 1 year old Cayuga hen who is acting drunk and passing bright green stool. She is secluding herself from the others. She is very unsteady on her legs and is very wobbly. I don’t believe it is leg issues, any advice on what to do?
I have 11 hens and two drakes. I recently got the drakes around two months ago. They alil incorporated together fine. I recently separated my breeding pens (1 drake to 4 hens) and my Khaki Campbell drake is getting chased and picked on by the 4 girls. They’ve never been this aggressive to him...
I ordered White Leghorn chicks from a hatchery, and this is what they sent me instead. I’m going between Black Sex Link and Barred Rock. What do you think the breed is? Hatchery won’t answer my email or phone calls.
She was about 5-6 months old. I’ve dealt with mink many years ago, and they always went for the head/neck. I never knew a rat would kill chickens and ducks.
I found my duck passed away this morning, she was not of laying age. The only wounds were to her back end, where the intestines (I think) were pulled out. She was the only duck killed out of my 9 other ducks. There was blood around the coop, like she was walking around after being attacked. I...