So my ameraucana roo has Had this white thing on his comb for a while now, and I finally looked at it (I’d been putting it off because he’s difficult to hold), and it was a piece of dried corn.
Thereo other bits of corn stuck in different spots on his comb. I have no idea how they got there...
I got 2 buff Orpington chicks at the beginning of the month (they're around 6-8 weeks old) and one of the doesn't seem to be doing well.
It spends most of its time sleeping, and hunched up like it's on a roost even though is not.
It also seems to be underweight. It's not sneezing, it's poop...
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I've just noticed that my 2 year old Buff Orpington has been acting odd.
She doesn't come when I toss scratch on the ground anymore.
She sits in the shade while the other chickens forage.
Her comb and wattles are also seeming darker than they used to be.
About 6...
I have a 4 day old duckling, who hadn't fully absorbed its yolk when he hatched. He stayed in the incubator an extra 2 days, and came out when it had been absorbed.
He's not quite as active as the other ducklings, which I assumed was because of the yolk not being fully absorbed.
But I'm not...
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I just hatched some eggs from my ducks (Rouen drake, Pekin hens)
And I was wondering what they might look like as adults.
I have 2 that look like Pekin ducklings, 2 that are brown and yellow, And one that's almost all brown
A while ago I noticed that one of my hens was limping so I went to check her out (the limo is now gone) while I was checking her over unnoticed that one of her eyes looked odd, almost as if the pupil had broken.
Its its been a month now, and she's acting fine, but her pupil still looked...
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I've never hatched eggs in an incubator, and it turns out that some of my eggs (duck and chicken) got too cold outside before I collected them, so I'm down to 2 duck eggs, and 7 chicken eggs.
I know that on hatch day you turn the heat down a degree, and up the humidity, I wanted...
So, back in September I got 3 pullets and I was told they were ameraucanas. I didn't think they looked like ameraucanas, but I wanted colored egg layers, so I got them anyway.
They started laying a few months ago, and they all do lay blue/green eggs, but I still don't think they're all...
Does anyone know what kind of predator picks birds off one by one and only leaves the wings? The last one left the feet as well. I know we have a raccoon since I've seen it in the run, but I don't know if they leave the feet
I was wondering how much floor space per bird? (in square feet please.) They only use the coop to lay and sleep in, during the day the roam a very large garden. So they really don't spend much time in the coop.
In late fall of last year (i know that this late to post about but I'm a new member) one of my red sex link hens was found inside the coop dead, and I have no idea what could have killed her.
We haven't had any other losses and she was our first loss.
I just wanted to know what could have...
Last year (i know that this late to post about but I'm a new member) one of my red sex link hens was found inside the coop dead, and I have no idea what could have killed her.
We haven't had any other losses and she was our first loss.
I just wanted to know what could have killed her and that...
ok so the brown one is my 8 week old pullet and i know that she is a mix but i was wondering of anybody knew what she might be a mix of. i'm not sure what color egg she hatched out of but i know that it wasn't white
I'm new to ducks and my ducks are about 10 weeks old now and i was wondering how they would do if they had access to a river? It's not enclosed, and they do have some free range time everyday and they are always put up at night. I just wanted to know if they would come back? I'm pretty sure they...
my hens have been laying since October and not a one of them has ever sung the egg song, i know that's it's nothing to worry about i just wondered if a lot of hens don't sing?
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Player one: Once
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And so on and so on. Every couple of words I will write them all down so you can see how it's...