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Thread for "natural/pantry" remedies and cures for chickens and other poultry
Hi, do any of you have tried or know natural products or products that most people probably have at home that one can give to sick poultry in emergency? Or to strenghen their immunity system and prevent diseases? I only know about garlic . Any other ideas?- KranK
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What would happen if a duck ate grain and didn't drink after that?
Hi I know that duck tend to drink after eating dry food but i'd like to know if it'd be a serious danger for ducks health if it didn't drink and lets say went to the coop for night. Before closing the coop i always try to get them to drink (which they do) but what one duck gets pecked by other... -
Eating indian runner drakes?
Hi I recently hatched indian runner ducks and I have extra males now. Has anyone here eaten them? If so then when to harvest them? How much meat do they have? If anyone had a pic of runner ducks meat then it'd be great because on google it only shows heavy breed ducks meat and i can't really... -
Feeding indian runner ducklings quail feed?
Im running out of baby duck feed but i still got plenty of quail feed. I've been feeding them egg and baby duck feed and the older oned potato and baby duck feed then i switched to barley groats (raw) mixed with baby duck feed (younger ones still get eggs with it). They are growing fine. Can i... -
6 days left for muscovy eggs to hutch and emergency incubator. Help
Hello. It's my first time hatching ducks. We didn't know back then that muscovies take longer to hatch and we placed them under a broody hen together with indian runner ducks eggs. 2 runners hatched 2 days ago and mom hen started leaving the nest today very often. Yesterday i was prepared for...- KranK
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Mixed/impure indian runners productivity?
Hello I got 2 indian runner ducks. A male and a female. They have the characteristics for indian runner ducks like slim body like a wine bootle, long beak (and "triangular" head or however u call it) and long neck. They only don't stand and walk fully erect like the pure breed. I got them before... -
One leg paralysed and hen can't stand up nor walk! Please help!
Yesterday i found out that one of my hen can't stand up and can't walk and when i approachjed her she tried to run away and was flapping her wings etc. I can't feel anything broken in paralysed leg but as i said it seems that she can't move it and it's paralysed. I can move this leg how i want...- KranK
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Vegetable storing
Hello I had a pretty good harvest of turnips and parsnip. I can't make a storage clamp because there is too little of it unfortunatelly. I want to store it for a bit but my basement and garage are too warm. I figured out that if i put root veggies in a bucket with slightly wet sand, they will... -
Deep littering - am i doing it right?
Hello, it's autumn and soon it's going to be winter. Some nights the temperatures drop below 0 and someone adviced me not to throw out the pooped straw but leave it in the hutch and add in a new layer of clean straw. I did like that but added some disinfection powder that i use for rabbit... -
Aggresive quail again, after isolation... Help
Hello i have 3 female quails without rooster. One was aggresive and i isolated her but after a couple of months one of the 2 that were left together started bullying another quail so i isolated her too. For a week all of them were isolated and after that i put them back together. The one that... -
Rabbit acting sad and has a bump/swell on her eyelid. Help!
Hello, today i noticed that my rabbit has a bump/pimple/swell on her eyelid. She's been treated for ear mites recently with human grade scabies medicine (vet recommender me this one) and it's cured now (i'm mentioning it just in case). There was also a bit of boogers/mucus but i cleaned it...- KranK
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Sprain or something? Limping hen.
Hi i have this hen that i suspected for having bumblefoot. After some time i doubt it but today i've noticed that she has a growth/swell on her leg, on the spurs level. It's hard and she's keeping this leg up. She puts as little pressure as she can on this foot when walking and running. Her...- KranK
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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2 aggresive quails in group of 3. Help!
Hello I had 3 hens and one roo. One quail started going mad and pecking the rest so i isolated her near the trio so they can see each other. Then the rooster got suddenly sick and died. The two quail hens were okay and tolerated each other but suddenly i saw the bigger one pecking the other... -
Bumblefoot so suddenly?
Hi my hen suddenly started limping veery badly (in the evening she was alright and in the next day she was limping and basically walking and running on one leg). I checked both her feet and the both footpads seemed swollen and both had a black scab (like 5mm in diameter). I isolated her and...- KranK
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Sick quail male, lethargic and makes milk like poop! Help!
Hello today my quail rooster started acting lethargic. Yesterday he was fine but today's morning he was a little "slower". Now, in the evening he is lethargic, closes his eyes, i think his crop is empty. One female was running from one wall to another and kept bumping into him with her wing and... -
Young, not-laying quail can't stand up! Help!
I got quails recently, they are kept outside in a cage with wooden foor, on straw. They have never laid an egg. This morning i found out that one quail (the biggest one) started to lay a lot and can't get up on straight legs. All she does is "walking" with her knees (i think those are knees)... -
One hen had bloody vent and other has bloody diarrhea with probably worm! Help!
Hello, yesterday i noticed that my hen was acting slowly etc. I checked her for an egg bound and she was okay. She went to nest for night instead of roost. Before closing the coop she laid an egg. Without shell and membrane. Just like you'd put an egg to cake. Just white and yolk. The membrane...- KranK
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New quail has problems with walking.
Hello, today i've got 4 quails (3females -1male). Firstly they were stressed and didn't want to explore the cage but now they are walking, eating and drinking but one hen sits a lot, has problems with walking and closes her eyes when siting, like she was sleeping. When i got her out of the cage... -
New to quails
Hello, recenly i've built aquail hutch (almost for free, with pallet wood :d and some bougt material for doors). I think it's pretty big and i could put there maybe even 10 quails, but i want them to have space. One third of the front is sealed up, and the rest is metal net. I'm planning to keep... -
Question about garlic and onion
Hello, I started gardening last year. My garden has veeery poor soil. We wanted to grow some onions and buried those little onions in soil (they were whole about 1 centimeter below the surface). The bulbs were so little. We were harvesting greens before bulbs. So i have a question - were they...