I have a two month old lavender silkie who isn't eating or drinking on her own. I can get her to take water from a syringe, but I'm concerned about her not getting any food. I'm thinking of grinding up the food and adding water to it and putting it in the syringe. Would this work? Is there...
Can someone show me a picture of a day old Frizzle Bantam? How do you tell if it will have very frizzly hair? Feathers?? I'm told that doesn't happen all of the time.
Ok, so three hens went broody within a week of each other. (Their first batch of eggs was eaten by snakes within two days of being hatched. GRRRRRRRRRRRR. Killed one snake, but the other survived and since has eaten a couple more. But that story is for another forum.)
My questions regard...
Something was getting my flock, so I sat out in the pen all day yesterday to catch the vermin. It was a rather large coyote. Didn't catch or injure it, but scared him/her off. Anyway, I was thinking about investing in one of those floppy inflatable dancing tube characters. Has anyone done...
I have a 5 week old chick that has produced feathers like all other feathers, flat against their backs, wings, etc., EXCEPT for the shoulders. At both shoulders the feathers protrude at all angles and some are a little curly, sort of like s frizzle. It looks like cowlicks! Has anyone...
Can someone tell me step by step how to hook up a pc fan to a still air incubator? I have a little giant model 9200 and I want to make it into a circulated air incubator. Instead of putting out $40. +/- , I'm think I can get a pc fan at an electronics store to use, as this is what the air fan...
Someone please tell me, in detail, how to use garlic and any other home remedies to help build up the immune system of chickens.
On a different topic, has anyone ever heard of chickens having allergies to cedar??