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I have been taking care of my housemates guinea keets for him. 2 appeared to develop wry neck symptoms (I think, you all pls tell me if it sounds like something else). One was walking in a circle, seemed unable to stop. Another was walking and falling on its side a lot. I read that it could...

So, it started out fine. They would put themselves to bed in their mobile coop. But now they won't leave the water at night. I had to go into the pond and chase them out. Last night I gave up and let them just sleep on the water all night. I should add it is a very small pond. only about...

They are White Embden. The pasture is varied. Some areas areas are wet and have plants that suit the soil, others are dry, and other parts resemble a lawn.

They are about 2 months old

So, for a while now, my geese, despite my best efforts, have been eating organic broiler crumble with my broilers every day. However, now the broilers are gone and I am trying not to give the geese any feed so that they graze and forage. 16 geese. They have access to roughly 7 or 8 acres of...

I find that when I drink from the peafowl waterer, then I pee foul peafowl pee.

Thanks. This is helpful. This rooster seems like he really cant walk at all. Have to put the water right in front of him for him to drink. I will see how he is tomorrow and then probably cull him and see if there is any internal signs of illness. For sure the cornish cross birds are prone...

Hi, just wondering what you guys thought. 6 week old rooster. Yesterday I noticed he would walk a bit, then take a break, repeat. This morning he was unable to walk out of his mobile coop and can't seem to walk at all now. This particular bird has noticeably less-developed feathers compared...

From personal experience, I tried Slate and though the regular BB (same diet, raised together...) tasted better.

I got the chicks early may and the poults 2-3 weeks later. They were cooped together until the turkeys got too big (could trample the chicks accidentally) then I put in a partition. The ducks were the ones that really needed to be separated -- they would beat up the chicks and poults all night...

Mine got along together just fine. They cooped together until the turkeys got too big for the one small coop then I moved the turkeys to a larger coop. I only kept them in coop at night time. They ran around outside together all day long and would sometimes hang out together but mostly would...

My neighbor kept a meat bird as a pet -- a broad breasted bronze. It weighed 80lbs when it died of a heart attack at age 3. It was a sweet bird. Just saying so you know what you are getting yourself in for: lots of feed, lots of poop, and likely and early death from physiological issues...

I already keep them in until 8:30 and sunrise is at about 6:15 or 6:30. Do you think I should keep them in the coop longer?

Well, from what I understand, my ducks and chickens will lay fewer eggs all winter with the shorter days or perhaps lay no eggs at all. But if I provide artificial lighting a little in the morning and evening to make the day seem longer, then they will keep laying. Is that correct or have I...

So I have 2 ducks that are laying now. One lays in the coop each morning. The other plops her egg down wherever she happens to be, which is usually in the river or in the brush! I have fished eggs out from the riverbed haha! I have a light that stays on from sundown to 8PM and turns on...