Does anyone know what breed these ducks are? They are both same age and the same age as they chicks they are with. The little one is like a off colored Rouen but it’s also smaller than the rouens I had in the past. The gray one is massive. They were gray and yellow when I bought them and I...
My 4 year old BSL has been waddling for about a week now. The first day she had an Epsom salt soak and slept in the house. Shes had extra calcium and a mutli vitamin since this started. She wanted to go back out in the morning, so I let her. Shes been eating and drinking normally. When she is...
Our favorite hen started limping last week. I found a cut on the bottom of her foot so i gave her daily epsome salt soaks and let her hang in the house during the day. After a few days she started using the leg more and didnt want to come in the house. Today she started limping way worse again...
one of my two year old cream leg bar hens has a swollen face around her eyes. It’s also kind of pale and there it a little ball under one eye. I could not get a pic because all my cream legbars Jump the fences and run wild all day. Any ideas what could be wrong with her?
Is duck feed safe for turkeys? I just separated the ducks and turkey from the chicks. I was just going to move the ducks but the Pekin was super sad so I put the turkey In with them to calm him down. I guess he was super bonded to his chick friends. Back to the point I was going to take the...
anyone know what kind of worm theses are? I’ve only found them one kid so far. I ordered Valbazen but won’t have it until Saturday. I was hoping to figure out what type of worms they are to make sure that will take care of it.
I have such a hard time determining the sex of my polish. Any ideas for this one. I’ve been thinking about posting this for the last few days but I’ve been to afraid that I may be told it’s a cockerel. It’s my only surviving gold laced chick and I really don’t need another rooster. It’s about 6...
I noticed my polish hens shoulder looked like it was sticking out but she was acting normal. When they got up to roost tonight I got her down to check her out. The underside of her wing where it meets her body is one big scab. She falps her wings and gets up to roost. It seems to hurt her if I...
I have a group of 4 week old chicks who have been bealthy thus far. This morning I went out and the biggest of the chicks an olive Egger was walking on his Hocks. His legs and feet are laying on the ground straight out in front. They aren't bent to the sides. I gave him some poly vi sol with...
So this morning my husband gets a call from one of our neighbors saying dogs are attacking our chickens. So apparently last night, when I closed them up, some how I Missed the only door that really matters. My main coops doors only open into the run, but I put an addition on this fall and that...
I went out do this morning and my 1 year old ee hen was limping. She usually wants nothing to do with me and is one of my most antisocial hens. She limped right over to me, so I brought her inside and soaked her feet in some warm water. I see maybe a little scab? Any ideas of how to help her...
I have a 16 month old EE named peach that Is dropping her head down with her neck outstretched in front of her while running backwards. She typically keeps going until she crashes into something. She is currently molting for the first time and hasn’t laid an egg in a little over month. Her comb...
I have such a hard time telling the sex of ee chicks. Any Input is greatly appreciated. It’s somewhere between 7 and 9 weeks old. I can’t remember extacly when it hatched.
I was cleaning the coop this morning and found poop with I believe worms in it. My chickens range in age from 18 months to 10 weeks. A few of the girls have been spending more time in the coop but I had assumed that was because they’re molting and it just got cold this past week. They have...