I have a week old poland chick who was under it's mum then when I came out to check on them this morningI found a chick dangling from its neck from it's mums feathers because they were stuck togeather for some reason. I puled the feather out and held the limp chick believing it was dead. When it...
I keep chickens and recently discovered the hutch I was keeping a broody hen and her two chicks in was infested with mites. Mainly small black ones with white markings, after going to scats I bought some mite kill spray which got rid of these ones but left me with red mites instead (I don't know...
I just got two cayuga ducks from a friend as he is moving to africa and I have a few questions.
Are they both male, a pair or both girls? 1 is almost half the size of the other and has a crooked beak and otherwise seems just fine and is completly black. The larger of the two has been mounting...
I keep chickens and a while back six of them suddenly got swollen faces, the younger of the six seemed the least effected by it. If only one side of its face swelled then once the swelling went down then the other side of the face would bloat up as well. I immediately separated them from the...