I have been given 2 bantams and 2 hens off a friend since she can no longer look after them, after a week, one of the bantams just has a fit and dies, after i spoke to the owner, she told me this happened with another bantam they had not long ago.
What could have caused this?? and how can i...
Last night, around midnight, a fox managed to get into the coop somehow, and took a bites from a few chickens, one just has a small hole and i've put antiseptic on it.
A second (dog) has a large bite on her back, and the fox has managed to tear her underneath the vent, but what has worried me...
I'm not hopful for this little chickie, but its worth a shot if i can save it
I had my first hatch of chick yesturday and today, however, one chick who piped around 26 hours ago hadn't zipped, so i decided to help it out. After freeing it from the egg after 10 minutes, it seemed to just be...
I have 5 furtile eggs in an incubator, currently on day 19, all seems normal except one which has piped and is rocking about, will this early hatcher be ok?
I'm hatching (or trying to) 6 eggs, day 21 is today, but we havn't seen much movement after incubator trouble last night, could this mean my chickies didn't make it??
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How long should i leave them in the bator (the temputure...
I have a covatutto7 incubator, with 6 fertile eggs in it, on day 20. So far i've heard peeps and seen eggs rocking.
But when i came up after a few hours of watching tv to check on them, the incubator light was off! !! After half an our of fiddling with the bator and trying my hardest to keep...
I currently have 6 eggs in an incubator, due to hatch on monday 10th May, candled them all yesturday, 5 have developed properly as expected, however one has the airsac under the chick on the side of the egg, so this one may die during hatching or in the days leading up to it.
But im super...
Ok today we spent 2 hours driving around to find two Axolotls! we have them now but have no names for them!
So i ask you, people of BYC, name my Axolotls!
Here they are :
Hi,
Next saturday im going to pick up my brand new Axolotl! I've never had one before, and have a big tank for it, but is there anyone who has had/has them to give me some adivce on looking after them? apart from water type and food, im clueless!
just found out my Nana (who is my only real grandparent left that i know) had breast cancer last year, got it removed, and now has it at the base of her spine she went to the hospital and took a sudden holiday to blackpool for a week today, so i dont know what to do or how to feel!
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I had a rats all my life, and never had a problem with them, but recently my current rat, Cleo, wont stop sqeaking, its constent, she will squeak when in her cage, or on me, or in her rat ball. She doesnt appear to be in any discomfort and is eating/drinking fine. Has anyone else had a problem...
I've just been out to check on my mini-flock and noticed that two of my girls have lost a few feathers under their wing, both on the same side (right).
I'm not sure if its ment to be there and that i just havn't noticed it but it has left a bold patch. They are both almost a year old. Anyone...
Living in England, it tents to get very cold over the winters, and I was wondering if theres a mash or something (like chick feed) i could give them to keep them warm during the cold days.
I've got 3 RIR's 1 Speckled sussex and 1 Light sussex all laying, but this morning i got a really strange egg, Which hen laid it? All the eggs i have gotten so far are the same colour as the egg on the left, but some are smaller
Left - RiR's
Right- ???
It doesn't show it in the picture but...
One of my RIR's comb is alot paler then the rest. hers is a pale peachy colour whereas my others are all a very bright red. Should i be worried? or is this normal?
It used to be the same colours as the others but when she stoped laying its gone this colour
I have 5 chickens (three RIR 1 light sussex 1 speckled) 4 of which are laying (all except the speckled) and i used to get 4 eggs a day. But recently in the past week ive only been getting 3? I know my light sissex is laying and suki (RIR) because ive seen them lay. is there a way to tell which...