I found this duck at a rural boat ramp this week and couldn't just leave it. People said it had been there about month! It's very friendly but I can't keep it. It has cute orange feet with black "toes". Willing to travel up to 2 hours to take to a good new home. It's very lonely and needs friends.
Someone dumped a sweet duck at a boat ramp near me. It comes up to people but I can't catch it. It's storming now and it's just sitting there in the pouring rain. Any ideas?
I'm down to one hen and getting out of chicken keeping but don't want to get rid of my last girl. She has only been with one other hen for 3 years so she isn't too lonely by herself but sometimes seems bored when I can't be outside with her very much. What other animals has anyone had luck...
I think I know this is egg yolk peritonitis and she is bad, but guess I need to hear opinions. She has been this way for months. She gets listless and stops eating and I give her antibiotics which perks her up again but the swelling is now so bad she can barely walk. I've treated her 3 times...
I have Biomox for Dogs oral suspension. My vet said add .7 ml in drinking water for 5 days for one chicken. This doesn't sound right to help presumed egg yolk peritonitis infection. The vet just prescribed for me per my request. She doesn't treat chickens. Has anyone ever used this?
Is it normal for young hen to have lower voice around 12-14 weeks? I thought I read and heard this beofre but it has been awhile. Just making sure not a medical issue. Thank you
I'm sorry if this isn't how to do this but I could use answers and support. I have a post in another thread? but not sure how to move it. short story My chicken has a bump on her foot took her to vet and she fell over dead at vet...trying to get some reason she died. RIP
Just noticed one of my new pullets is missing a claw. Just wondering if this might be a birth defect? Has anyone seen this often? Will it affect her walking or scratching as she gets older?
Keeping new babies separate for 2 weeks but this black hen, who thinks she is a rooster and crows all day, wanted to know who was pepping on the other side of the wall. The new girls were thrilled to see a big girl. She really wanted their food LOL
Just noticed small hard bump between her toes today. Didn't seem to bother her when I pushed on it. 6 yr old Aracauna acting normally. Her Weight is same...heavy bird. On wood floor with pine bedding and concrete and dirt run with some monitored free roam most days. I only have 2 chickens...
Help anyone? I gave my chicken avocado and must have dropped the skin accidentally. I found it half eaten in the run and threw the rest out 2 days ago. I only have 2 chickens. I found one looking really bad this morning. She was beautiful yesterday. Now she is weak, puffed up, barely...
Help anyone? I gave my chicken avocado and must have dropped the skin accidentally. I found it half eaten in the run and threw the rest out 2 days ago. I only have 2 chickens. I found one looking really bad this morning. She was beautiful yesterday. Now she is weak, puffed up, barely...
I am starting a new thread. Some of you have seen me in another about this girl. Do very sick chickens ever get better....
I came home from picking up Safe Guard to deworm them actually and she was laying on her side feet out head down in the run. I was sure she was dead. She must have heard...
I am struggling with the thought of having my favorite sweet girl out down. I have never had any of my sick chickens get better. I am just hoping this one does because she is so friendly and i will miss her. I just wonder if anyone has ever had a sick hen recover and go on to live happily?
So we moved from Indiana to eastern North Carolina in April. Our house is up on piers because we live on a creek. We are going to build a nice elevated shed and bigger run by the trees this year, but for now we put up a temporary plastic shed under the house with attached covered run. Even...
I have a 2 1/2 yr old golden comet hen. She is the dominant hen. I only have 9 hens. The others are fine. She is very weak. She tries to eat and drink but will hardly walk at all. She just stands still. Her comb is dry and flopped over and turning purple. She has a messy bottom and seems...
I had 2 golden comet hens. I bought 6 chicks from rural king store this sprinjg. One turned out to be a rooster. Until yesterday the rooster was afraid of the 2 older hens. He started standing up to the "leader" hen and today I found him pecking her while she cowered in a corner. I managed to...
I have two one year old Golden Comet hens. I split their shed in half with a temporary fence and put five, six week old pullets and a six week old cockerel that I raised in my basement on the other side of the fence this morning. The older hens still have access to their nest boxes and run...
Obviously I'm new to this. I have six chicks all feathered out but have always had a regular light bulb for heat so they were eating and drinking all night, so I assume. They've been in the basement but I want to move them out to the coop asap. Can they just start going all night now in the...