I have a Polish Rooster his toes have always been strange, some turning one direction and others fat. He is about 7 yrs old. I noticed
a couple of days ago he had a piece of skin hanging off of one toe. The skin was about 1/4" wide and went all the way around the
lower part of the toe. There...
I had just one Rouen Adult Drake I thought, he had a green head. So he was the last of my ducks and he was lonely so I got him two Adult Rouen Drakes to
pale around with. It was great he loved them but then spring came and the two newer ducks thought they should have sex with my original duck...
I have an older male duck and his girls died last year. He have been hanging with the Geese but I feel bad for him.
I want to get him a couple of girls, I don't want to get anymore than that because I am trying to cut back on my
critters now that I am on Social Security and don't get around...
I have a single male duck, he is old and his only mate die two week ago. He lives with 3 Geese and they pretty much ignore him with an occasional bite if he gets too close. So I found a person that wants to sell 3 male ducks that are 4 months old. I wanted to know if you think the geese will...
This is a very strange problem. I have had my Peacock for 12 years and my goats for about the same amount. I don't know what started it but in the last couple of weeks when my goats go out to the pasture my peacock attacks one of my goats. Just Andy (a Female) gets attacked no one else and...
My 8 year old duck is acting strange, she went out to the duck yard with the others this morning but shortly after that I noticed her walking slowly back into her hut. When I went to check on her she tried to run from me but didnt have the energy. I looked her over and did not find anything...
I need the help of the community again. I have a Rhode Island Red hen, about 4 or 5 years old. She has been a little on the thin side for a month or more but she was running around and looked like she was eating. I had a chicken from the same flock die a few days ago, I don't know what she...
I noticed a few days ago that one of my girls would not perch at night but was sitting on the floor of the coop. I picked her up and noticed see was bone thin and her crop was big and squishy. I checked it the next morning and the crop had not emptied. I see her eating well and she runs...
I have an African Goose that has been sick for a while. My vet thinks its pneumonia and I have been treating him for about 6 weeks he is doing a little better but its really slow. I noticed these black round places on his legs and feet they are about the size of a pea. I originally showed...
Three or 4 months ago my Chinese Goose had a prolapse penis, I took him to the vet they got it back in and after a couple of weeks he was fine and I let him go back with his flock. They gave him a little trouble after being gone but it didn't last long and he went back to being the low man on...
I am fairly new to this site so if I am posting in the wrong place please let me know. I have a chicken with Sour Crop and I was looking on this site for help. I found an article by azygous and it said you can use Miconazole to treat the Sour Crop. I only have Clotrimazole and I needed to...
I have been worrying for a couple of weeks now, when I pick up my RIR peeps they feel so light. They are only 10 weeks old but I thought they would be heavier. Does anyone know the answer?
Thanks for any help. Terri
My 8 chicks have now out grown there dog crate I had been keeping them in a back bedroom. I have an 8ft x 8ft home made barn I could put them in and use hay bales to hold in the heat from the heat lamp. Our temps outside are not where I had anticipated them to be by now. This morning it was 38...
I have a goose that I saw standing by himself, the others had gone down to the pond. I thought he just lost the others so I started to shoo him in the right direction but when he turned to walk away from me his bottom looked odd it was wet looking and there was a reddish area with something...
Hello, I have read a lot of post on this site about starting baby chicks but I could not tell for sure when I no longer needed to cover them. I don't know for sure how old the chicks were when I got them but I have had them for two weeks. Thank you for any help. Terri
I bought 8 baby chicks 4 of them must have been older, they were Road Island Reds and 4 were called Rainbow Layers. They were in different pens, I didnt notice the difference in size at the time.
The Rainbow Layers were 2 yellow and 2 Black. The yellow ones seem to be growing more than the...
I just purchased baby chicks a couple of days ago. I noticed that one of the tiniest birds had a couple of bare spots on the top part of his wings. He is black so that make it very noticeable. I have been watching him and he is constantly scratching his head, chest, around his beak and bites...