My favorite hen (Henrietta aka Hen) started to get a bald spot over her crop a week or 2 ago, noticed it was very enlarged it felt normal but large, put extra grit in the coop it seemed to go almost back to normal checked her 3 days ago and it was even larger massaged it some and it felt almost...
Got these little bantams a week ago, 2 pics where they're in my hand was the day after we got them. Does anyone know what exact breed they are? I'm curious on what they'll look like
Chick is possibly 1 week old is a bantam, just got him/her yesterday at TS I can't tell if it had an unabsorbed yolk sac that ruptured and is now gone and that's what's all over its stomach or what it is. The blue circled part is its poop which is the same color as the yellowish stuff on its...
Please help! I have a cayuga duckling that's almost 48 hours old hatched completely on its own, still has yolk sac....it was the last egg to hatch, the other ducklings are in the coop with mom. I put the duckling in the coop for a couple hours with mom and siblings today only because it was so...
Please help!! This little baby started to hatch and mom broke the rest of the shell overnight (duckling is completelyout of shell), when it tried to move it looked stuck, noticed that the yolk sac was still attached with some yolk (not a lot just a little) it was stuck under another egg when I...
Asking for a friend, does anyone know if this little one is a hen or rooster, to me looking at tail feathers I want to say rooster but looking at comb I want to say hen...please help.
Hi everyone, last night my baby (cayuga drake born April 2021) was limping took him inside let him play in the bath and got him all cleaned up and sure enough it's bumblefoot....cleaned it really well took off the scab and expected a plug but can't find one....cleaned it and put vetricyn and...
Hi guys, so my poor hens' wings got banged up from my roosters (I had 6 hens and 3 roosters, now only 1 rooster we rehomed the other 2 about 4 months ago) I got aprons for my girls but their wings are getting worse (my barred rocks back got way worse just today, she got stuck in the ducks pool...
Hi everyone, my neighbors hens arnt laying any eggs yet, she got them the first week of March 2021 they're now on 20% layer feed get plenty of oyster shells and chicken grit along with meal worms and scratch grains and spend loads of time in the sun.....do they just need some more time to start...
Yesterday my hen seemed very tired and honestly hot, it was super hot out yesterday so I thought it was just the heat....this morning she started acting like she was egg bound so gave her a warm bath and checked her vent with Vaseline I can't feel an egg at all. My friend took a look at her and...
Hi guys, so I have 3 5 week old cayuga ducklings, I have a play pen set up outside for them, it's been super nice outside so they've spent a lot of time outside the last 2 weeks. The pen is set up right next to my chicken run, I have 6 hens and 2 roosters (1 rooster is being rehomed next week...
Chicken EMERGENCY PLEASE HELP!!! (GRAPHIC DETAILS) I have a hen with a prolapsed vent....it also looked like she had pasty butt so I tried letting her soak Friday night (first night prolapsed) I tried to clean her up but couldn't get it all (mostly stuck on her feathers she was getting stressed...
This little girl was my baby, she would always come waddling up to me every time I walked in the coop to say hi, she'd let me pet her forever, I'd let her walk around the livingroom and if I was sitting on the floor she'd come lay next to me. I know she was just a duck but we had a special...
Hi guys, my ducky seemed to be very affectionate today, she let me pet her for longer than usual which was awesome but also a little concerning....I checked her out throughly everything seemed fine but she had a small speck on her foot I thought was dirt, she went swimming and later this...
hi everyone, I'm new to raising ducklings, I got these little ones 2 weeks ago (8/23/20) at first I thought it was a normal duck walk but now that they've gotten bigger and more comfortable with me I have been letting them walk around the livingroom and noticed that my ducklings legs are turned...