I found my rooster, Nugget, like this last night. Beware- Graphic pic. Is this a prolapsed anus? This seems way worse than any pics I have seen elsewhere. He has slowed down a bit and seems to have diarrhea and this mess hanging out of him. I soaked him, cleaned him up, removed a few...
Does anyone have a suggestion for something I can put in my chickens water to help with mites? We are beyond garlic or other natural remedies and I have too many chickens to treat one by one. I will be cleaning the coop, spraying, and placing down new bedding but I need a very quick fix and...
I have a mama that has been broody for a full month and didn't actually hatch any eggs. I gave her two, three day old babies yesterday. I read conflicting info on whether or not to do it in the day or night but my fear was if I did it at night that she may end up rejecting them and they would...
I know this is a chicken site but I’m hoping some of you have experience with ducks. I hatched several eggs from my incubator this week and two of them hatched right on time on day 28. There was one egg I still thought potentially viable and I gave it an extra two days in the incubator putting...
Hi - my first post here. I bought an adult tom Bourbon Red Turkey off of Craig's List last weekend and he is beautiful. We wanted to add a turkey to the farm but I didn't want to go through the chick phase. I put him in a pen by himself to acclimate and for the last two days he has madly...
Hi All - I am Amanda and live in Michigan on a little hobby farm with my husband and two kids. We have horses, a donkey, pigs, goats, sheep, dogs, cats, and lots of birds! I so often look for information online and get taken to this site that I just thought I would join. I have 21 chickens...