I have a goat named Bell who currently lives with a pygmy goat and a donkey she herself is as mix of a lamanch and alpine goat (spelling?) The donkey is un-fixed and still in tact he will be fixed this week we scheduled a appointment since we recently got him a few months ago and have been...
I had a baby chick hatch today with one leg that he is unable to bend. At all. So of course the leg sits uselessly behind him and since he is just born he has no muscle to even know or try to walk with one leg so my question is should i cull him or is there something i can do to help him
ok so i hatched a chick out that was weak to begin with and he is having issues currently i have him inthe bator to keep himwarm and seperated he wont eat but i can get fluids down him i dont have any yogurt but is there anything with calories i can feed him ;-; i shouldnt be bothering with it...
Alright so we have a hen here with one side of her face extremely swollen so my question is what is it and how do i fix it or would it just be kinder to cull her we have her in isolation with terimyacin but it hasnt been helping really :/ please help and help is greatly appreciated
Usually i can hatch eggs easy no problem but this year it feels like the earth is against me no matter what i do the eggs just wont develop they either die the first week and are watery with broken yolks or just...stop its honestly upsetting going through egg after egg and throwing them out i...
Alright first I apologise for the amount of questions i have had but this year my eggs arent coopaerating
So im asking opinions to figure out whats going on my incubator temp and humidity has remained stable and yet im getting eggs that die on their first week i have checked the temp numerouse...
Alright so im setting eggs in the incubator about 16 and it seems that although temp and humidity are stable (unlike the last batch) im having deaths at day 3 there seems to be no reason for this and have never had a problem in the past yet they die with a watery yolk and blood spots is my...
Currently i am incubating around 12 eggs in a still air little giant incubator i had them in a seperated room to avoid temp spikes but well the sun decided to pay a visit and warmed the incubator i dont panick over small spikes maybe 5-10 degrees but this was like a 20 maybe 30 degree spike i...
Ok so we have a hen we found that was broody with horrible scaley leg not even thinking i put oil on her legs my question is will the eggs die we dont really want chicks but im curiouse i dont enjoy being a chick murderer
Ok i thought it would be nice to rescue birds from the auction ya know the ones with hardly any feathers kept for meat and eggs only i already have a existing flock though and dont want disease so is there any way i can know for sure when going to "rescue" one? its not really rescuing if your...
I cant believe this!!
ok guys here I go
I have a friend that wants silkies right? ok thats fine we send them eggs whatever right they hatch (these people SUCK at incubating mind you) one has splayed leg first they acknowledge it but dont do anything kept my mouth shut for the sake of...
OK we want to get some chicks via mail but I need to find the best breed to buy so I thought maybe you guys can help it will be 1 rooster and some fun filler chicks
I am looking for a breed that
1. Is colorful It doesn't have to be a freaking rainbow but not like white or black maybe...
If this is in the wrong area sorry
So i just bought one from meijer The plan is to put it in a 5 inch deep pot with 1 third sand and 2 thirds peat moss it will be in a window facing north meijer didn't have good lighting on it really the sun wont burn the plant right? (its in a black plastic...
Ok the chicken coop is infected
we had 3 hens go broody and refused to leave the box accept to get food and water so they got mites now we have a coop of 50+ chickens needing to be treated we plan on using red kote but is there any thing we need to know about using it and is there anything else...
Ok usually i don't worry but for some reason right now the temp in the incubator is everywhere it doesn't drop below 95 or above 103 usually and the eggs are growing but is there any way to stabilize the temp its crazy and i don't want to kill them the incubator is 2-3 years old if that is any...
Ok so i would like to refresh my memory on incubating. I will be hatching silkies I just want to be sure of temp humidity etc. so here is what I remember 30% humidity and 99.9 for heat correct? You must have clean eggs that aren't to malformed (example no shell). Lock down on day 18 raise...