I recently became the temporary owner of a few quail previously kept at my school, due to closure. One of them had been getting really beaten up and his face was badly injured, so I've kept him separate since then (about a month) and he's been healing up well since then. His eyes were a little...
I have a 3-4 year old blind Easter Egger who started looking less energetic about a week ago. She lives separated from the others, in a pretty large covered enclosure, with a nice calm old rooster. Despite being blind she's always done a good job of finding her food and water by herself (and...
Need to vent - hope nobody minds.
We recently went for a three-day vacation, and had one of our friends who used to raise chickens take care of our flock. One of our hens was sitting on eggs, and we told them that she was broody and to leave her be. We showed them where to pick up eggs from...
I hope I posted this in the right place.
Today my favorite hen and best friend Hopie went missing. I've been searching, but haven't found any signs of her, no feathers, etc. I didn't realize she was missing until it was already dark outside.
Please send prayers that she may be found... Thank...
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We currently have a broody hen who is sitting on an African goose egg. I couldn't find how long the incubation period is for African geese, so I was wondering if anyone here knows? Also, will the development of the egg be slower if it's under a hen? Thanks!
Came across this and wanted to share. Feral chickens are being gassed to death in Hawaii. You can sign a petition to help save these beautiful birds.
https://www.change.org/p/honolulu-mayor-kirk-caldwell-stop-gassing-the-birds
Hope we can stop this!
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Recently I candled the eggs under one of my broody hens, and discovered that one of the eggs seems to have a detached air cell (the air cell is off to one side of the egg). The eggs are from our birds, not shipped. They are at day 13 and are all developing fine. I just want to know if anyone...
Today I rescued a 3-4 month old rooster that was supposed to be a Mille Fleur D'uccle, but I am not noticing any Mille Fleur patterning. And as you can probably tell, he also has a crooked/overgrown beak...
Any ideas on what color/breed he is? Thanks!
A few nights ago I saw a possum when I was going to lock up the chickens. It seemed to be doing no harm, so I didn't go after it when it ran away. The night after that, something managed to unhook the hook on the large doghouse that I had turned into a chicken coop, and killed one of my best...
The 2 California Grey Bantam roosters I have ever raised have had eye problems. The younger one, who passed away recently, was blind in his left eye. I assumed it was because he had gotten into a fight with another rooster, but the strange thing was that once he was already blind for a long...
Yesterday I was checking on the hatching progress of the eggs under my broody hen, and I noticed that a chick was choking on this brownish-yellow liquid that was literally pouring out of the egg. There were no veins left in the membrane, so I carefully opened up the egg so that the chick could...
I was thinking about getting a Brinsea Ovascope for candling the olive-egger eggs I have put under my broody hen. I would like to ask if it is effective and worth the money in general and for candling dark or olive eggs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/brinsea-ovascope-egg-viewer
Thanks!
Today one of the broody hen's chicks got attacked by something. She has wounds under both wings, which I have sprayed with calendula spray. But my biggest concern is that one of her sides seems to be inflated with air and she makes a strange kind of popping sound when she peeps and when she...
I have a 6 month old Serama rooster free to a good home. He apparently has a grudge against one of our bigger (bantam) roosters, so he needs to go! Pickup only, please do not ask me about shipping. I am willing to meet halfway as needed.
Please PM me if interested.
We have an eight month old Tolbunt/Golden Laced Polish mix rooster in need of a good home. He disagrees with our other roosters, but shows no signs of aggression towards humans. We are located in the Raleigh area of NC.
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I just noticed that our 1 year old rooster's legs looked strange, and I am wondering if this could be from scaly leg mites? And if it is, is there a way to treat them naturally?
I hope I posted this in the right forum... Here are some photos:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!