Hi. I am interested in getting some Call or Welsh Harlequin ducklings. I can pickup anything in the North Carolina triangle area otherwise they would need to be shipped.
Please PM me if you have anything. I would keep them purely as pets so they don't have be show quality.
Hi everyone. So, as the title suggests I am interested in getting some ducks and need some suggestions on breeds.
I've kept chickens from several years and am looking on introducing 2-3 ducks to the flock. I live the city so I would like a breed that bears confinement relatively well and...
Hi everyone. I have a 3 week-old chick whose top beak seems overgrown. I'm worried that this will cause issues with eating. It hatched late and has always been smaller than the others so I don't want it to get even more behind. What do you think I should do? I tried to file it down with a nail...
Hi everyone. I have a bantam gold-laced polish and a silver duckwing old english game bantam that need to be rehomed. They are both about 12 weeks old and as the title states I am located in Durham NC. Message me for more info.
Hi everyone. When I was looking at my chickens yesterday I noticed that one of the cockerels has slight scissor beak. He is about 12 weeks old. This is surprising because I raised him from a chick and this is the first time I've noticed it. Is there anything I can do about it? Will it...
Hi everyone. From my last batch of chicks I have to two cockerels that need to be re-homed because I live in a city with a no-rooster policy.
I have a couple questions about re-homing
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First-off, at what age should I try to re-home them? Is there a certain age that would make them more...
Hey guys. So I'm pretty new to hatching eggs (I've only done it once many years ago, and this is my first time with a broody). Today is 21 of incubation, and I'm really excited. However, I would like to know how to check on the hatching process without messing anything up. My original plan was...
Hi everyone. We have a VERY broody bantam Cochin hen that we have decided to give eggs to hatch. Any ideas on how many standard sized eggs we can put under her?
Also, if anyone has any tip about hatching chicks with a broody I would greatly appreciate it. I know she'll make a good mother...
Hi everyone. I just got 4 bantams from Tractor Supply. Any ideas for breeds?
#1 - I'm thinking a bantam polish
#2- I'm thinking either a bantam cochin or light brahma
#3 - I don't have any idea about this. Slightly vaulted skull and cheek fluff but clean legged. Does TS sell crosses...
Hi guys, after not being hone for a while I noticed one of my hen’s eyes is swollen. I have not idea what has caused this. Her other eye and behavior seem normal. Any idea what this could be?
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I am starting to think that one of the silkie chicks I got is a rooster. I think he is around 8 weeks old. He seems to be more rambunctious than his other silkie friend but that might be because he is older (I don't know). What do you guys think?
I just found one of the chickens dead in the coop today. She was in surprisingly good shape, not signs of injury and not thin at all. However, upon further inspection, I noticed that her vent appeared to be swollen shut. Could this be egg binding? For the past couple days she seems paler...
Hi, two days ago I noticed one of our silkies was walking with her but in the air and was really skinny. She was sleeping outside the coop and in the morning when I went to check on her I put in outside the coop and she couldn’t get back in to get food. When in took her inside to clean her off...
Hey, I have 9 chickens but as of 6 days ago (Wednesday) I noticed that my Brahma had a limp. I don't know if she had it Tuesday because it was so hot and I only went out briefly, but I know for sure that she wasn't limping on Monday. She's about a year old now but when she was a chick she was...
Hi one of our hens got bitten by a rat while we were on vacation. A friend of ours took care of her but when we got back two weeks later it was still hot and swollen. I've tried soaking it but i cant imagine it helping because the wound is sealed up. She can walk around but has a limp, she also...
Hi I was wondering if it would be a good idea to intentionally put mealworms in a compost pile that chicken have access too. I've raised mealworms before but I didn't like sorting through all the pupae. My hope would be that the mealworms could live off the compost and as the chickens were...
We're going to be moving into a new house with a small but grassy back yard 60x30 feet we have 3 hens and 6 more coming, I want to build them a 10x10 chicken tractor. Is this yard bid enough or will they completely destroy it. What about the poop will that kill the grass.
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This is a hen I hatched myself we got the egg from a friend and I'm curious what breed she is. She lays light blue eggs and she looked like an australorp chick.
I got this hen from a hatchery that said she was an easter egger but she doesn't really look or act like one, however she does lay blue eggs. Any ideas?
Hi I just had a hen die from mareks, she was around 9 months now I'm worried about the other chickens. It is a small flock of only 5 other birds, 3 of them are her age, 9 months, the other 2 are two years old, none of them are vaccinated but they're all healthy. I know they have all been exposed...