Hello, I'm new to not only BYC but also "chickenhood." My partner, her daughter and I live in the Cottage Crove area on 5 acres with quiet a menagerie of furry and feathered family. This includes an 8 y/o black lab, 7 y/o yellow lab, 7 y/o pomerian doxie mix, 14 y/o yellow lab, 6 cuddly and...
I have a brooding hen on 9 eggs (first time for the both of us). I would like the chicks to be friendly like some of my other feathered friends but everything I read says to use an incubator in order to hand raise them and hence increase the liklihood of them being friendly. Is it cruel to...
Is anyone familiar with tibia rotation and what to do about it. My 1 year old Brahma Roo's (Lucy - we named him prior to discovering he was a roo...poor Lucy) leg began twisting inward about 2 weeks ago. It hinders his walking to a certain degree but he manages to get around okay. I am fairly...