we have a white star hybrid duck who is about 3 months old, and has displayed no unusual behavior until today. today she started closing her eyes for long periods of time, even walking and swimming with them closed. we flushed her eyes out with water and she seemed better, but only briefly. it...
We are moving from Idaho to Wisconsin. It is about a 21 and 1/2 hour drive. We were planning on bringing 8-15 chickens and 4 ducks. I was wondering what the best way to transport them would be. I want minimal stress (obviously) on them. I also wanted to know if they need to be checked by our vet...
I have 3 baby house sparrows that were orphaned after their parents were killed. I was wondering how to take care of them. they are about 8 days old and I wanted to know what kind of food I need for them. Would chick starter work?
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We have an Delaware hen who today I noticed that she was acting tired and hardly moving, when I picked her up, I noticed that her back end was swollen and kinda squishy. Please help, Sincerely the Birdwisperr
I have a pigeon with a busted wing (which I found out was a female) and I have a male dove in the pen with it, the pigeon now has an egg that should hatch on the eighteenth, and I was wondering what the young would look like. Any info would help.
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We have a male pigeon with a busted wing, ( he is my first pigeon and I got him by accident, he was wild but his wing was broken so I took him in) he can't fly and thus I got him a ringneck dove girl to keep him company, I was wondering how long it takes for them to be able to be in the same...
Does anyone know were I could get a pair of coot birds? I had gone duck hunting this year and accidently shot a coot and I've been hooked on trying to get a pair as pets. Also could they stay with ducks?
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Thebirdwisperr
I've been looking at adding some exotic waterfowl to our mini-farm and was wondering if M&H Waterfowl was a good place to get some. Do you need a permit to keep ducks like canvasbacks and wood ducks? Also do you know of any books on raising these ducks? And lastly, are diving ducks like...
Hi, I was looking at getting some turkeys, and was wondering which type would be the hardiest for cold winters and semi-warm (like 70-80 degree) summers. I would like to get heritage turkeys and not wild ones, so any advice would help.
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Hi, I have a 2 and a half month old pekin pekin who I believe is sick, her eye is squinty and watery with what looks like foam coming out of it and she has a limp in her left leg with a slight bare patch above it. If she is sick what can I do to help her? Is she just just hurt in her leg? Please...
Help! One of my rouen ducks is really skinny. I have 2 males and the less dominant male is losing weight. I can't figure out why he is so skinny. They are allowed to free range, but I feed them every morning and always makes sure he has gotten as much as the other one. Could he have gotten some...
If a Barred Rock hen is mated to a red Easter Egger rooster will the resulting young be black sex-links? Will they still lay green or blue eggs?
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I have a question. If a red Easter-Egger rooster mates with a Barred Rock hen will the resulting young be sex-linked? If so would it be a black sex-link, like the Rhode Island Red/Barred Rock commercial ones?
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Thebirdwisperr
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Hi, I just got a welsummer along with a new hampshire red and a delaware. I don't know very much about them, and was wondering if anyone could tell me more about them.
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Are new hampshire reds and delawares good egg layers? Our feed store is selling some and I just wanted to be sure before going to get them.
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I have 2 roosters. (a 7-month old, and a 1-1/2 year old) My 1 and a half year old has been dominant but today the younger one was finally able to mate a hen. Does this mean he is now dominant or does it just mean the other was letting him.
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Does anyone know how to sex 1-3 day old rouen ducklings? I wanted to get 2 females and my supplier has only straight run this year. So I need to know so I don't get drakes.
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