Thank you for sharing that. I'm starting to think maybe the light gray is also blue slate because they are fairly lighter looking as well according to Meyer. That would be neat to have two of two different color kinds. Even cooler if I have a tom and hen of both. I know I won't be that lucky...
Today we got 5 turkey poults from Rural King. They were labeled as heritage but the employee said they suspected that someone put BBBs with them. We picked out every poult that was "different" than the bulk of them we figured were the BBBs. That gave us 4 very different looking poults, the 5th...
In case you don't see my reply to another person's post I'm feeding layer crumbs, a 5 grain scratch and using up the whole corn left from winter feeding. The babies get medicated chick start
The gifted ones had about a day and a half here. We also feed layer, a 5 grain scratch and the whole corn was left from the turkeys and ducks. It is supposed to help them stay warmer trying to digest it. I'm assuming that they had grit at their old home, and we have small gravel in the run, and...
Desperate for some help! We made a couple brooders for ducklings and chicks in our wood heated garage and used heat lamps to keep them warm. A few died and the feed store replaced them but more died. Within 3 days everyone was dead. So we switched to a tote in our spare room in our house heated...
My ND goat passed away after a difficult delivery. One baby made it. I have another nanny who had babies almost 2 weeks ago. I am not experienced in this at all. Any advice would be great! The mom was ok for the first two days so he got colostrum. I have gotten some goat formula and he seems to...
I definitely agree with the parasite or fungus answers. I know it's a totally different animal but I have a cat who's overly allergic to flea bites and his fur falls out and he's bald in spots until they are totally gone.
The scratch, calcium, forage, and all their treats were left the same. The layer was the only thing I changed and I did it at about 50/50 and increased from there. Hopefully that wasn't too fast. Both the change in the feed and it getting dark earlier has happened so close to each other so it's...
Ok, thanks. This is the second fall we've had chickens. Growing up, my dad raised them but I didn't pay much attention back then. When they stopped laying last fall, I thought it was just because they had only been old enough to lay for maybe a month before the colder temps hit. They were just...
Earlier this summer our girls were all laying well. But I have not gotten an egg in weeks. We're in Ohio but it's still getting around 85 in the day and 60 at night. I did change over to Rural King layer but give them calcium, forage, etc. What could be going on? They are all 2 years old or...
Right now it's mid-construction. The first part is dug out in ground with the largest pond liner we could get. It's shallow on one end for them to get out easily. The other end is about 3-4 feet deep and empties over rocks into a second area that is smaller. That is where he's got a bit of a...