Hello I hatched some ducklings a couple of days ago out of 4 eggs only two hatched one was born with a small deformity in its foot but after lots of care the duckling has doubled in size and become really strong but is limping a little we had its sibling who was also doing really well untill...
Hello I rescued some chicks and im looking to find them new homes however I think some may be cockerels as they have been very feisty and flighty and been fighting a little bit two are almost completely black with brown specks and the others are speckledy
online similar pictures look like...
Hello for a few days one of my ex bat's
Has not been roosting with the others but was eating and drinking and happy out in the garden however today I found her separate from the others breathing very heavy comb is dark purple and she has red eyes and her poop is pasty yellow colour but not...
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I feel like I need some advice or reassurance
Last night I came home from work at half 9 and my husband hadn't put the ducks and chickens away, a fox had got into the coop and caused chaos resulting in a Injured duck whick I have given antibiotics too and cleaned the wounds and applied...
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I discovered my chicken has somehow managed to cut the corner of her mouth and beak I have been washing it everyday with saline and antiseptic and flushing it out I have been keeping her seperste from the others and been keeping her in a clean environment to stop infection she's on...
Hello I have been hatching some more eggs and been trying ducks eggs which have been more successful then trying to hatch the chickens eggs a few months ago I had a few Aylesbury crosses and some Indian runners
The bigger Aylesbury have hatched really well but I noticed the others when candling...
Hello my ex bat hen for over a week now hasn't been roosting with the other hens and the last few day she's drinking excessively and not eating she's huddled alot of the time and comb is turning purple today her abdomen feels like it is filled with fluid I've given her extra electrolytes in...
Hello my hen for the last week has not been roosting at night with the other chickens and been sitting in nest box
I've noticed that her appetite has decreased but she is drinking loads of water and passing clear watery stools she has very ruffled feathers and they look dull and unkept
She is...
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For the last month I have tried to incubate and hatch eggs and out of 14 eggs 1 was fertile but died before hatching the chick formed but just died 5 days before hatch
I thought it was the incubator so I got a hygrometer and another thermoter but incubator is saying 37.5 and the...
Hello I have a incubator I think it's a Joel model without automatic Turner and has a digital thermometer that says temp on lid of bator
It has given me two good hatches but my last one I turned temp down and didn't get good results
I have brought a digital hygrometer for the humidity and temp...
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so the last few weeks I've been posting about eggs I was hatching out of 6 only 1 developed the others didn't look fertile and never even started developing I didn't want to hatch a chick on its own but was to much developed to stop it.
Day 21 came and went and 2 days ago chick...
I had 6 eggs which were set on the 2nd of April and temp set to 37.2 as before I've had it higher and chicks struggled to hatch
Only one was developing and was un sure whether to terminate or not I didn't want to hatch a chick on its own and one other egg looked like it was forming veins I kept...
I didn't notice it till tonight but when candling this egg it looked like there was two separate embryos and they were moving separately on the pictures it's not clear and looks like one chick but I couldn't get a good photo as they were moving around too much, it could be just the head and feet...
My husband brought two drakes home after the owner didnt want them anymore we were going to put them on a lovely lake with other ducks theres some other domestic ones there too but something attacked one of them while it was in our garden it has bite wounds on back ive bathed it with tcp and...
My chicken has been off for a few days her comb and wings are limp and shes very lifeless ive been giving her dust baths and apple cider vinegar but today i found her on her side in coop she can no longer stand and breathing very slow her belly near her vent is very swollen and theres a hard...
I have a 2 year old hen who is a ex bat
All my other hens are really good but for a few days shes had a very limp comb and very slightly the top of it is purple she is not cleaning herself just stands still and is very quiet she has yellow dirrohea and no presence of worms she does have lice so...
My duck has stopped laying now since beggining of january and hasnt layed an egg since today but it was just a blob of white stuff and she layed a very small egg which is all soft and wrinkly with a long bit ille post a picture she seems to be eating and drinking and is not acting ill is this a...
Ive sorted the worming issue but now they are pecking each others new feathers :barnie and this morning in the coop one had its back bleeding really bad i cleaned her with some antiseptic and have kept her seperate but noticed pecking on the others backs where the new feathers are coming through...
Hi i recently adopted some ex bat hens they have severe feather loss and two look pretty scrawny and small and they seem to huddle alot and tuck there heads in but do forage and roam and are eating and drinking
I dont think they were ever wormed and i dont know if they have worms but i want to...
Hi i recently rescued 3 ex bat hens to keep my other chickens company
The largest of the rescues seems fine very feisty ! And making herself the boss ! But the other 2 keep huddling up and drawing there necks in looking as if there cold, one i saw yesterday kept stretching neck and gaping but...