I have a silkie chick that had broken his/her wing about a week ago. The chick is acting completely fine now, but a day or 2 ago I noticed his/her poop was red. It was a light shade of red so I thought it was just the intestinal lining being shed. Today the chick's poop has darker red in it, but...
Hii. I got 6 silkies from Tractor Supply Co last weekend and quickly picked up a bag of what I thought was regular chick feed. Today I noticed that it's Chick Starter for turkeys, quail, chukar, and pheasant.. I know the protein is higher than it's supposed to be for chicks in this feed...
Hi. I was cleaning out all of my chicken/duck coops and while I was cleaning out a coop, I looked over to the duck pen and the ducks were going crazy! A cicada was flying all around their pen and they were all chasing it (even my broody). Finally, my small call duck caught it and ate it. It took...
Hi. I put my 2 ducklings in my bathtub a few minutes ago and they were fine. Now the girl is flopping around and seems paralyzed. She's gonna die I think. Is there anything I can do? I love her so much! Maybe she ingested soap??? I looked in and they were playing happily and 10 SECONDS later she...
Hi. I entered my dog, Snickers, in a cutest pet contest on Facebook. The way it works is you like Shear Elegance's and Fotos by Franzi's Facebook page and then you like the picture of the cutest dog. The winner gets a free grooming session and a free photo shoot for their pet. It would mean so...
Hi. I have a hen who's ear lobe (on one side of her head) is pale and swollen. I just noticed it today, but she seems fine otherwise. Also, I found a big spider in the chicken coop this morning. Could the spider have bitten her? What do I do? Or could it be something else? By the way, a few...
Hi. Today I planned on cleaning my chicken and ducks coops. I went down to my garage where my supplies are, and noticed I that I was out of straw! My local co-op was closed (where I usually get my straw from). I then went to a near Tractor Supply Co and found some packaged compressed straw. It...
Hi. Today I noticed that my male duckling (about 8 weeks) had his wing feathers sticking out. I immediately thought it was angel wing. The only kind of wrap I had was gauze bandage. I wrapped that around both wings and secured it with medical tape. He doesn't like the wrap on him. Is that...
Hi. A few days ago I noticed that my bag of layer pellets for my chickens and ducks had some gunk and mold growing it. I was going to throw it out but never got the chance. Today, I looked in the bag again and knew I should throw it out. It wasn't VERY moldy, but had some green mold in places...
Hi. I have a Silver Laced Cochin chick that has HUGE feathers on her feet! I have raised many chicks (including Cochins) and have never seen feathers this big! Will she grow into them or will they grow as she does? By the way, I also kind of like her BIG feathers :) I will post some links to the...
Hi. What is the gender of my 4 week old Salmon Faverolle? I order it from Meyer Hatchery as a pullet but now I am thinking that it's a Roo :(
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Hi. I have a Salmon Faverolle chick that I ordered from Meyer Hatchery. 'She' is supposed to be a girl. I ordered 3 SF from Meyer but only one is alive now. The others, when they arrived, had visible beards but this chick has no beard in sight! Could the beard grow when she grows all of her...
Hi. My mallard duck went broody about 7-8 weeks ago. None of her babies hated and she also opened up some of her eggs and there were dead ducklings in them. She finally gave up brooding but she is STILL puffed up like she is broody. She goes out into her run and 'digs' in the mud with her bill...
Hi. I just bought Poultry Nutri-Drench to put in my birds' water. It has the dosage on the back, but it says it all in ounces and it's kinda confusing! The bottle came with a dropper to measure the Nutri-Drench, but it's not marked like a syringe! So what is the dosage? Thanks!
Hi. Ever since I changed my username from ChickenPerson to PoultryGirly, I can not log in if I've been logged out! If I log out, I put in my CORRECT username and password, but it says that the username and password do NOT match. I'm not able to log in on that device ever. It has happened on my...
Hi. I have chicks that have been sneezing lately and scratching their heads a little. I'm not sure if it's from the pine shavings that they have in their brooder or if they need medicine. I had one chick die a few days ago and her symptoms were: lethargy, head down, and tail down. She would eat...
Hi. I just bought 250 mg niacin capsules to give to my ducklings and ducks. I want to put it in their water. I'm trying to dissolve the whole capsule into a cup and then take half a cup of the niacin water and put it in a gallon of water. The niacin is Finest Nutrition brand and it looks like...
Hi. I have a chick that is acting lethargic (puffed, eyes closed, etc) that is about 2 weeks old. I put Sulmet in ALL of my chicks' waterer. If the chick(s) actually don't have cocci, will the Sulmet harm them?
Hi. I have a chick that is acting lethargic (puffed, eyes closed, etc) that is about 2 weeks old. I put Sulmet in ALL of my chicks' waterer. If the chick(s) actually don't have cocci, will the Sulmet harm them?
Hi. I ordered 16 chicks from Meyer Hatchery. 3 chicks arrived dead and 7 more died (shipping stress) so now I'm left with 6 chicks. Yesterday I noticed that my free meal maker chick wasn't acting right. She just stands there with her eyes closed and her head drooped. Her feathers are a little...