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Urgent help! Dixie has been missing for two weeks. I found her tonight, very weak, very skinny, unable to stand. She drank a few mouthfuls of water and a mouthful of sugar water. Not interested in food. I don’t think she will make it through he night. Is there anything I can do to give her...

We have 6 baby king quails that have hatched and been raised by their parents in the bottom of our aviary. The dad has been amazing- he helped incubate them and three weeks later is still helping out with caring for them. At what age though would he potentially see them as rivals (if any...

We don’t have weasels in Australia

Warning: potentially distressing- death Located in Brisbane Australia Hi! We’ve been away for the day and found one of our poor silkies has been killed. I’m trying to figure out what has done it so we can avoid another tragedy. Our chickens have been free-ranging during the day for 6 years and...

Thanks guys... yep it sounds like three boys, drats!

We purchased a second-hand aviary recently and the three resident king quails were thrown in for free, which we were very excited about. They told us the dark one was a male, and the two light grey ones were female. Well since then, I have on several occasions observed a grey ‘female’ mating...

I know re-homing is an option but I’d feel bad... our first permanent rooster was absolutely nasty and we had to re home him after putting up with him for too long... this little guy is pretty sweet and a good boy, besides the crowing issues

We have a frizzle Pekin bantam rooster, exactly one year old. Now I know roosters crow, I know they crow if they see light or danger at night. But this fella is ridiculous. He starts crowing at 3am... sometimes 2.30. That’s fine. But then he doesn’t stop. He will crow continuously for hours...

Our chicken Pumpkin is around 4 years old. I noticed the other day a sore with blood on one of her earlobes...figured she must have been pecked at or just scratched it. The next day I noticed the other earlobe was also affected, which got me suspicious that something was wrong. Asking on a...

These are her two eggs, on two different days

We have 5 silkies hens around 5 months old, and Prickles is our first layer! Her first 2 eggs were around 35g, then her third egg yesterday was a giant 56g double-yolker! Today's was back to 35 grams. The thing is, even laying her small eggs seems distressing for her- it's a 2.5 to 3 hour...

Hi there! I am in the process of setting up my first chicken coop and yards. I am in love with the idea of an automatic opening door! But I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a brand that has a timer that lets you open and shut the doors at certain times, more than once a day? For...