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Hello :) I just got two 7 week old goats , they are both boys. I have never kept goats before , and need extensive diet advice, since I cant seem to find any while doing research. Plenty of I for on housing, fencing, etc, but not anything specific on diet. They currently get 2...
Hello all, this is Twisty, she/he is a few months old, I just got her last week so exact age is unknown. She appeared fine last night, but today looks like crud, she is kept with chickens, when I added her to the existing flock, I added 2 of her chicken friends who I got with her at the same...
I have a few roosters in need of a new home, they are less than a year old, and very friendly. Their is an easter egger, which is red, and the black/white.orange, is an olive egger. Free message me for more info
Hello All!
I have done a lot of searching and keep seeing a recurring bit of information.
I have a white silkie rooster, and a mixed variety of LF hens. I have seen that apparently, crossing a silkie roo, will create chicks able to be sexed at birth by skin color, with the females having...
I need quick advice, I have a broody who is hatching chicks as I type. this morning she had a beautiful fluffy chick, and a cold wet chick that was laying about 6 inches in front of her, i took the barely moving chick who literally was cold to the touch, and rushed her inside and put her under a...
My broody hen was due to hatch out 5 eggs tomorrow, this morning she has 3 eggs, one fluffy little baby, and this wet cold chick pushed out about 6 inches from her. I took the cold chick and put it under a heat lamp inside, it is getting dry and fluffy, and moving around now, when I brought her...
Hello, I have a female turkey of unknown age/breed. She showed up a few months ago and never left, she is white. Anyways, from the time she arrived she has slept on the roof of the chicken coop, until last night, last night she just stared up at the roof, gave up and layed in the brush, i caught...
My 2 Khaki'shave just started to lay (At least one of them) yesterday I found a small egg near the pond that they swim in, it was little but it seemed fine, tasted good too! Today, I saw her lay an egg, but she layed it on the decorative rocks surrounding the pond, and it rolled in. I scooped it...
Hello Everyone, While watching the chickens today, I noticed Cookie's wing was hanging down, upon investigation I see she has what appears to be a puncture wound on the top of her wing, and when I lift her wing and look underneath, it is swollen, and it looks like she has an abscess that has...
Hello everyone,
I am new to chicken keeping, I have 8 silkies that are about 10 weeks old and 14 mixed large fowl chicks that are almost 6 weeks old, Everyone seems to be fine except one chick, who doesn't have any feathers on her neck or back, I have never seen her or anyone else pulling her...
Hello, My name is Kelly, I am new to BYC and soon to be chicken owner. My family and I have recently moved to the country and have decided to bring chickens into our lives for eggs, responsibility and entertainment. We will be receiving our first babies the last week of April and they will...
Hello!!! I am new to the boards, (kind of) I have been sucking up information for a few weeks now and am just finally going to start posting.
I have ordered 13 chicks from Meyers Hatchery, which will be arriving the end of April (yay!!) We will be building a coop, we are currently looking at...