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    HELP‼️Is this chick in trouble?

    UPDATE-- video link posted. Is gasping breathing normal? Most of my other eggs have hatched, this dude is late. He pipped sometime yesterday morning but did not break through the membrane and breathe until this morning. He's been beak out for about 15 hours and the breathing is really rough...
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    Hygrometer frustration

    I have never been so frustrated. Six days from hatching my old incubator had to be swapped out because it was losing heat. We quickly overnighted a cheap one from Amazon. Setup and operation were easy. It (supposedly) reads out the temp and humidity level, which can be adjusted externally with...
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    Poult has trouble walking

    Does anyone have any idea why this poult has begun walking bowlegged? It did not start this until it was about a month old. Balance is terrible. All its life it's had these dark purple, extended veins inside its legs (photo). Diet is gamebird starter and forage. (History, this baby has been a...
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    Turkey vent prolapse

    We grabbed an injured poult at the feed store yesterday. Its back end was bloody. Once we got him cleaned up he was definitely pecked and seems prolapsed. It's very tiny, a bit larger than a pea. (I estimate the poult at a week old, his wings are feathered.) I've researched everything I can...
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    Trouble hatching one breed

    We recently incubated a clutch of eggs and all went well except the three Columbian Wyandottes. The first pipped but made it no further. The second got about a nickel-sized hole and stopped fighting. I peeled back enough shell and membrane that it finally freed itself after several hours but...
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    Disease trifecta: hard abdomen

    My buff orp is in isolation. I started treating her for gleet several days ago because her butt feathers were a little messy. She had mites and I treated her for those. But she started doing the penguin shuffle, standing upright and acting uncomfortable. At first it was only on cold mornings and...
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    Full-flock treatment for gleet?

    Is there a treatment for gleet flock-wide? Several of my hens have it and the individual treatments I have tried (epsom baths, monistat, banixx, yogurt, oregano, ACV) have had zero response. Is there something I can distribute to the entire flock for treatment?
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    Help! Respiratory distress?

    Saw a one-week-old yesterday with his mouth open and wings slightly spread. I thought he was hot so I moved him away from the lamp. This morning it is clearly something else, looks like gasping for air. No rasping or rattling and still chirps. Body temp is good. What can I try? I dabbed on...
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    Vent gleet JUST. NOT. IMPROVING.

    A few weeks ago I thought one of my hens had developed gleet: runny poop, matted feathers, stopped flying up to roost. I've had her inside, feathers trimmed back, bathed with epsom salt, been treating with miconazole and Banixx. There is zero improvement. Her vent actually looks good, no...
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    Egg is hatching--now what?

    My solitary Chinese goose egg is pipping. Now what? Mama is still on the nest she built in the back of my chicken coop. Once this hatches will I need to move them to isolation? I have a mobile tractor I can put them in to keep them on grass, but I can't move it if she's going to build another...
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    Is this a white-faced black Spanish?

    Is this a white-faced black Spanish? Thank you.
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    What breed has a black comb?

    We rescued this chick as a hatchling, with no idea on breed. Now that he is several weeks old his comb is coming in and it's BLACK! I've only heard of a couple breeds with that and they were rare. Any idea what this guy is? The inside of his mouth is white, his legs are black. His only other...
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    French Maran gender

    I assume I have a hen (left) and roo (right)? I have another that looks just like the one on the right so I guess I got 2 roosters and a hen.
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    Fatal mystery illness, not respiratory

    I've had two chickens die in two months with nothing in common but lethargy. Both were a little over 2 years old and had been steady layers. I thought the New Hampshire Red had gleet. I brought her inside, began soaking her and treating with miconazole and giving Nutri Drench and apple cider...
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    Goose language

    Does anyone know if a species of geese "speak a different language" than other species? I've heard duck breeds can have their own language. Can domestic geese communicate with wild geese? Or Chinese communicate with Sebastopol, etc?
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    ISO male khaki campbell duck in Arkansas

    I'm looking for a khaki campbell drake in Arkansas (Hot Springs). Preferably about 6 mos. Anyone have any to sell or rehome?
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    Does she need a new mate?

    I got a male and female khaki campbell as hatchlings, they were never apart. Now almost a year later I fear a predator got the male. He's been missing two days. We have several birds that flock together (chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys), the pair of ducks were always with our pair of geese...
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    Geese in winter

    Can you share with me your winter housing for geese and ducks? I'm concerned about frostbite on my flippers. I've heard to avoid this they must have a dry place to stand which is nearly impossible between their mess and small water bowl. Does anyone have elevated platforms for them to stand on...
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    Bumblefoot in goose, antibiotics?

    Sorry for posting this here but I put it in the goose forum and did not get any responses. My gander is about 4 months old and I believe we are developing a case of bumblefoot. We've caught it very early, he's been limping for about three days and we found the spot last night. It's tiny, and not...
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    Bumblefoot treatment in goose, antibiotic?

    My gander is about 4 months old and I believe we are developing a case of bumblefoot. We've caught it very early, he's been limping for about three days and we found the spot last night. It's tiny, and not scabbed. I've read several methods of treatment and hope I don't have to go too extreme...
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