I have a male white Muscovy duck who lost his female companion. We had gotten the 2 of them at a very young age and once we realized that one was a male we knew we would have to get more females for him. We waited a while and last Thursday we got 2 female ducks slightly younger than my 2...
I am hoping someone can help me identify these ducks. I got them from a shelter who did not have the ability to care for "farm" animals. When I first got them we figured they must have been pekin ducks or pekin cross ducks. My problem is that they are trying to fly and the smaller one has even...
I am hoping someone can help me identify these ducks. I got them from a shelter who did not have the ability to care for "farm" animals. When I first got them we figured they must have been pekin ducks or pekin cross ducks. My problem is that they are trying to fly and the smaller one has even...
I had a mixed hatch of bantam silkies and bantam coachin chicks that hatched in the last 48hours. Of all the chicks that hatched there were 9 silkies and only 1 coachin. The coachin was the last to hatch and it wasn't long after the others however, all of the silkies seem to be attacking the...
So my local shelter had called me to take 2 ducks that were malnourished and in very poor shape earlier this month. I have always helped with chickens, rats, dogs, and cats when they need a little extra help before they could be put up for adoption. BUT never ducks.
So onto the question, I got...
I have a baby she is not growing and not eating or drinking I started her on hard boiled egg yolk mixed with a little water to soften it up I have also given her some Poly-sol baby drops and she will liven up and hold her head up for only a moment. I have never had this issue before with any of...
This baby piped Thursday morning, she started to unzip about 11:00 pm and only got about a 1/2 " hole going and then she kind of stopped. Last night I helped her unzip a little of the outside shell and noticed that the membrane was very white. (No issues at all with humidity, she was my first...
I have a rooster whom unfortunatly is a wee bit OVER PROTECTIVE of his ladies. It is at a point where I can't touch the hens at all (and they LOVE to sit in my lap outside and chill with me or anyone willing to let them sit with them) without him violently attacking me. My 5 year old son can't...
I have an Easter egger rooster who keeps attacking my son. My husband has given me until tomorrow to find a new home for him or he is gonna be destroyed. My last stitch effort to save his life
I noticed one of my new chicks kept falling down and saw she has a very crooked toe I looked up how to fix it but I am having confidence issues. Can someone just tell me if this looks right and when should I take it off and recheck her foot?
Ok so I am on Day 22 of my hatch they are a mixed bag of breeds from my layer flock. This is my second hatch and it is just a small one of 5 eggs. When I started this hatch I tried to use a smaller incubator I had never used before, it seemed to maintain the right temp for the first 24 hrs I had...
I have too many roosters and need 1 gone. This little guy has such a sweet little crow. Wish I had a place for him. I am hoping he will be able to go with someone who has other chickens willing to accept him as he is very social.
I have a little silkie who just does not seem to fit in with her flock. She does have a pretty good scissor beak, but she is always on her own. She will eat the food in the pen only when the other chickens are away, I went out to check on her today and she was huddled in a corner all alone while...
Not sure if I should assist this little chick, she has been like this for about 6 hours and first pipped about 18 hours ago, the other chick keeps pecking at her. The humidity has been between 67-70. I have 3 other eggs that have pips and am so afraid to open the bator. This chick is...
Ok I am on day 7 and I have been fighting high humidity for 2 days now. It was at 60 but once I took all the water out I have only been able to get it down to 58 I have tried moving the incubator from one room to a room downstairs but it's not helping I even have a dehumidifier in the room with...
Thursday night while I was sleeping something got into my chicken coop and killed my oldest flock of 14 chickens, they were all about 4 months old, I am so sad.
We found where it came into the coop and have since secured it, however I still do not dare to put my other chickens back in the coop...
I am fairly new to the chicken raising thing, but so far I love it. I am however having a hard time telling if I have hens or Roos. Anyone know or have a good idea?