My chicken seemed broody yesterday and today is just sitting there. I pulled that thing out of her vent (no idea what it is, about two inches long). I turned her over and her bottom was full of stuck hay and other stuff. Also it seems like there is a hard ridge along her belly lengthwise but I...
Dear BYCers. I have 12 laying hens (on laying pellets), 6 chicks (on starter feed), 3 young ducks (on grower duck feed). In my zeal to prepare for the birds, I bought huge bags of everything. I hadn't anticipated the fact that they don't know the difference between duck feed and chicken feed, or...
I have four ducks about three months old, two Khaki Campbells and two Welsh Harlequins. One of the WHs is so passive and quiet that I have wondered if she's either sick or stupid. This morning I put a small pen around her pool just so she could eat mealworms without the other ducks getting to...