My young turkey has fowl pox. She can’t see very good so she missed things I’ve been trying to feed her. It looks like I will have to hand feed her. I should have vaccinated her. The mosquitos have been bad and I know that this area is bad for pox.
Is there anything g I can put on them to get...
i found my royal palm gobbler setting on 3 eggs a month ago. i thought it strange. there was no hen that set on them. i dont know who laid them but he took care of them. today i found 1 hatched. i took the other egg and put it under a hen that was setting because we were leaving town.i am...
i bought ducks and geese at same time last year. the male duck always took up with the female goose. when she lost her mate he took over. he breeds her all the time and now i bought some pilgrim geese and he is messing with them. he is the boss out there. i was wondering if they can cross...
can i wash my hens with flea shampoo to kill feather mites? also could i use a flea spray on them? i am already using de powder and a little sulfer powder.also mixing a lttle bit of cedar shavings with pine shavings in nest. i had given them a bath with castile soap and a little orange oil...
hatched my one and only button along with my coturnix eggs. i was scared to keep them together but he acted lonely and would snuggle in my cupped hand. i used part of a sock for him but he would only stay in it when i held him. i finally put the smallest coturnix in his box and now i find them...
i need to set some goose eggs and i thought i would try under my turkey hen if she starts to set. i have been saving her eggs to put in incubator. any opinions?
we butchered 9 last week and had a lot of pin feathers that i couldnt get off. i gave up and have speckled looking skin on them. i didnt want to skin them because we like the skin. i was wondering if there is a certain time to kill them where there isn t so many pin feathers? these were about...
i built my ducks and geese a small pond. i would like to plant some boggy type plants around it but dont know what plants are safe. can anyone help me with suggestions?
i have some guineas that are almost 5 mo old. are they alright to butcher now? i butchered some last spring that were around 8 mo and they were tough. the only way i use them is in stew. i want to fry some so i thought younger might be better. is that correct or can you even fry them like chicken.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
no, 1972
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
29 and getting more and 2 guineas. fixing to get some duck,geese, etc?
(3) What breeds do you have?
3 americana hens, 1 americana rooster,10 rir,3 barnvelders, 5...
i bought a used camper top and my husband did the welding and made the wheels. he fixed them so that when we move it the wheels are let down and they are in the middle so that it is balanced. the nest boxes were from a cabinet. i am still in progress of changing some things. he figured this was...