I have a 2 day old chick with a leg issue. At first I assumed spraddle leg/splay leg but splinting for a hobble is doing nothing for her mobility. I have been dropper feeding and hydrating since she can't get around. She doesn't seem like she can really move her feet and is walking on her...
I have an Ameraucana hen that is not even two years old that is a crappy egg layer. She has never really been consistent, always has been few and far between in matters of egg production. The most I have ever gotten from her is three, maybe four eggs a week, and that wasn't very long. sometimes...
After about a year or so of homesteading, we are doing a one two three shift of enclosure set up on our property. The previous owners set up just doesn't work for what we want. We already have 20 birds, and I am going to be getting about 20 or so more chicks here soon and so we are looking to...
So, as I posted in another thread, I have a cuckoo maran roo who got chewed on by something. Ive been cleaning him up, I have his segregated him from the flock, and he seems to be doing alright. He has a large baldy spot on his neck where the predator pulled out his feathers, there is a small...
I am relatively new to BYC and have yet to introduce myself.
I have a shy 3 acres about 1 hr north of Seattle, WA with a good sized barn. The barn is equipped with a good sized indoor/outdoor coop, but we let our birds free range as much as possible.
Growing up my parents had 10 acres and we...
I have a cuckoo maran rooster that is a little under a yr old who came home tonight with this shiner. Is there anything we should/can do? I have 22 in my flock of dual purpose birds and they free range on my 3 acres and come in at night. I just need to know if I clean him up or not bother and...