Hello:
A cousin couldn't keep her Ancona hen or Peking drake and their 8 ducklings. We had them for about a week- the ducklings are about 6 weeks old and are well taken care of by a skittish mom. Unfortunately one of the males on the farm attacked the runt of the litter and he's now badly...
I am trying to get photos of the bird while trying to find a vet that can treat chickens and not-common pets.
She's low hen on the totem pole and we saw signs of pecking and some missing feathers. We kept an eye on her and looked for aggressors so we could break them up.
Unfortunately it...
Last night our ducks were attacked and this girl managed to find her way to me this morning.
She's tore up on the back of her neck. I can see tissue and there is a very large, dark clot on the edge of the wound. Here are some pictures.
So far I've seen advice to clean thoroughly with warm...
So we are brand new chicken owners and we are working on the run/coop this week.
We have a raised garden bed 7.5ftx 12ft mostly fenced in with poultry netting. While I know that we need something far more predator proof I was going to leave that up, put hardware cloth along the bottom edge (we...