I have a duck"ling" that has MANY special needs, she was born paralyzed in both her legs (she can walk now, not well, but she gets where she needs to go), her tongue is severely deformed, it's just a ball in the back of her mouth, she is pretty small for her age, and her feathers are not growing...
Ok, so we just rescued a chicken who had been dumped and living in the woods by herself for about a year. I know what I'm supposed to do regarding incorporation, taming, Etc... I just have 2 things I'm not too sure about:
1: I'm very glad she's safe, but I'm terrified that she might have some...
My great uncle had neighbors who had chickens, who moved away a while ago. When they moved, they left their chickens. Just let them out in the woods to fend for themselves. They tried to catch them but they're not friendly enough for them to even get close. Well, the chickens got picked off by...
I have a duckling hatching, and she should be all the way out of the egg but she's still attached to the last piece of the shell... is this normal? Should I just leave it alone? Can/should I try to take it off? (p.s. She has been like this since around 2:30.)
Ok, so I have a special needs Bantam Cochin who got to come inside for a snow storm, and is going to stay inside (there are a few reasons but I won't list them unless someone asks). Her name is Little Dorrit, she super sweet and queen of eye contact (lol). Anyways, does anyone who has, or has...
Ok, so I have four ducks, two of them we just got this year as females and one of them turned out to be a boy so I have two boys and two girls. Is that too many boys?
Early this summer, we started noticing signs of rats around the yard. About A week later we saw one. A few weeks later they were a common sight, and their holes were EVERYWHERE! We've tried so many things to try to get rid of them but nothing works (even with a hunter cat that kills up to 7 rats...
Hi, so I got two ducks from my mom's cousin and he said that this was a "white cayuga" but I'm not sure if that's even a thing... I've seen some splashes of white in a Cayuga, but never a full white one. Here she is (not sure if she's even a she...)
She's standing next to her cayuga sister (Not...
Hi all! This is a thread for you to post your favorite pictures of your favorite birds. Tell people a bit about them, and their life story if you'd like! This is just for fun and to be able to talk about your birds in a way that would make non-chicken people think you're absolutely crazy! Any...
HELP! My mama duck accidently bit the top off of this egg, I don't know if what I see here is normal or what to do. I don't want it to die, please help me.