My Muscovy drakes carbuncle on the end of his nose is yellow/orange and is oozing clear yellow discharge if I touch it. Seems fine otherwise. But what could it be?
Hi, a woman from my church asked me to take in 9 wild duck eggs. Her dog wouldn’t leave the nest alone and I was unable to trap mom to move them all safely. So I’ve been incubating the eggs for almost 2 weeks now. I just candled them today and the babies are doing great as far as I can see. Now...
I bought these ducks at tractor supply a few weeks ago. I really don’t know too much about ducks so I’m wondering what breed they are and what gender? How do I tell a male from a female besides their sounds?
So a woman from my church has 10 duck eggs in a nest in her yard, she was fine with it until her dog found the nest and won’t leave it alone. She said momma duck comes every afternoon and sits on them. I am going to attempt to box trap mom and bring her and her eggs to my farm & put her & the...
I just hatched out 9 silkie peeps. This particularly one was born 2 days ago. The first day it was obviously tired from hatching but today, it isn’t walking or straightening its toes. When I pick it up and straighten it’s toes for it, it almost seems relieved. How can I correct this? Poor baby...
So I hatched out 7 peeps, 2 of which were silkies. Yesterday, everyone was totally fine and good then today I come to see that one silkie peep is dead and the other is acting so strange. Like looks like she/he is dying.. doesn’t want to eat or drink or move. No injuries that I can see and if you...
One of my young polish chickens is not able to stay up on its feet, it iust falls over. It will put weight on its feet if i put my hand under its chest but if i let it go, it takes a few steps & then falls of on its side. It was totally fine yesterday, i checked for injury, no injury. Poop is...
My Rhode Island Red hen is now broody and she is collecting eggs. She won’t sit on the green eggs so she leaves them out but she sits on all the brown, & light tan ish ones. My question is, will she kill the babies that aren’t hers once their born? She is sitting on 10 eggs.
So, I have about 50 birds. I have my silkies separate from the rest. I’m graduating beauty school and I have one little silky bantam hen that I just love, so I wanted to take her in for my graduation. Brought her in, bathed her in dawn dishsoap, and as I was blow drying her, I noticed a decent...
so I thought if I just let my hen collect her eggs she would eventually sit on them but that's not necessarily true I'm finding lol so I've been letting her lay eggs for the last 8 days and the eggs have been in the coop. Do you think I could still incubate them or is it too late?
so I've been collecting eggs for 4 days now. Today I got my 3rd egg from my one silkie hen who is the only hen I have that lays right now. Her eggs are fertile I believe because I have a rooster in there with her and I cracked one of hers and saw a donut shape. So if I've been storing them in my...
So I'm starting to collect eggs to incubate starting today. Just got my 1st egg about 45 mins ago. It is point down in an egg carton in my basement. Now how many times should I turn it and how long should I wait in between turns?
Wondering if this egg is fertile? I've been checking to see because I just added a rooster into my bunch and only have 1 laying hen & I want to incubate and hatch the eggs.
hi. So I have 2 hens that are mature enough and laying eggs, my other 12 are too young and will not lay until the fall. I have 1 mature rooster that I acquired yesterday because it just showed up. My question is if I put my rooster in yesterday with my 2 hens, when will I get fertile eggs? Cause...
Hi everyone, I'm new to owning chickens. I have chickens who will begin laying in the fall, as they are not old enough right now. I'm trying to find an incubator for $200 or less that holds at least 20 eggs. Any suggestions?