Help!!!! I castrated my only intact male back in Oct. I really thought I had made it through without a pregnancy-- I have 4 goats and they are simply pets. Well went to do their hooves today and noticed that 1 (only 1 ) of my girls now has teats and her vulva seems swollen or maybe just...
As stated above I have all 3 types of critters- they share the same run- except I have to keep the poultry food from the goats because from what I understand the poultry food can kill my goats. Does anyone have a feeder that ducks and chickens can eat from but goats can't get into? Especially...
I can't believe it! We lost our tom (named Fred) this spring, our hen (Red) laid a lot of eggs, and was a very, very good mother (sitting on eggs, and taking care of her babies). After the babies were of an age, she started disappearing at night and coming back in the am. We were afraid we...
Almost two weeks ago I had quail, duck and a chicken eggs ready to hatch. With luck most of the eggs hatched Christmas eve and Christmas day. That was wonderful!
I now have 10 cute quail, 4 ducklings and 1 chick. Here's my question- this chick looks different from any other chick I have...
I was just given 2- 6 month old pea cocks (one male one female) for Christmas. (Yeah!!) We have an addition attached to the outside of our basement that we enclosed with wood and plastic to keep them in for this winter. (All the props- food, water, perches, covered windows etc) Now the problem...
I live in the north- temps can be from between 10 degrees and drop to -15 at night. We have a "room" off our basement- fully enclosed with wood and plastic- so little to no drafts. We have 4 ducklings that hatched 2 months ago and are in our basement (In cages 10' long X 3' wide but only 3'...
Hi all, we are brand new to BYC and our very first Quail chick just hatched. We have 25 eggs that were due to hatch yesterday so we are thrilled that at least one has made it so far. We do have chickens, ducks and 2 turkeys but this is all new to us. I can't believe how tiny it is!!!! We are...