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recently I had one of my pekin ladies hatch some babies, she is a first time mum so I knew I was going to take a risk with her. 2 of 3 eggs had hatched and she was doing amazing! But this morning when I checked on her the last egg had been thrown down the ramp of the hen house and she and her...

Hi, I’m very new to ducks so I was just wondering if what my duckling is doing is affectionate or aggressiveness. Currently my new duck, Winston, is an only child because his friend had died. whenever I leave his room he starts crying for me, but when I go back to check on him he opens his...

Checked on my girls this morning and noticed that her ears seemed to be waxy and blocked. Forgive my bad photos

Today I brought home my first ever duck. She’s a 2 week old Muscovy and when I was spending some time with her I noticed some heavy breathing. She is still breathing through her nose but chest is rising an abnormal amount . I’m currently thinking it could just be stress or not having deep enough...

My 8 month commercial brown later seem late like she has gone egg bound once again. This is the second time this week that she has shown severe symptoms (tail down, lethargic, struggles with moving) and at this point I think it might be neurological ☹️. I can’t feel the egg but I’m also not in a...

2 of my hens have been broody for the longest time, this morning I decided that I’ve had enough and I am going to break the broods. I set them up in a dry quarantine coop with food and water. But then when I check in them 1 hour later I saw my bigger hen (cream leg bar) sitting ontop of my...

I have had this leg barr x hen for a while and I notice that she occasionally lays eggs with dark brown patches and sometimes a dusty surface. Not worried about it but I’m just wondering what’s causing it

Today I did a chick check on my first time pekin mum, checked one of the babies heads to fjnd a soft kinda squishy lump on its head. The chick isn’t even a day old and I’m a little concerned as I’ve lost chickens to suspicious lumps in the past. It’s still a tad young to do a behaviour check, it...

My silkies gone broody so I let her sit on some eggs. When I checked on her today I noticed this baby with her head held up quite high. First thing I though of is wry neck so I’m just checking to make sure she’ll alright and what I can do to help her

Recently my boss has given me one of her silver laced chickens because it wasn’t doing too well with her… I agree see to take it in and when I looked at it the first time I thought it might’ve just had depression or have been under the weather. I’ve had a much closer look now and I can tell that...

Hey guys Just asking what is a good, small incubator that’s not gonna be ridiculously priced? Threw out my old one cuz it kept on making my power trip and was too cheep to work properly

Recently bought some Cochin chicks and I’ve notice that one of them has been struggling to poop, nothing stuck on bum and poop looking normal, but still putting more effort then normal into pooping. Once I picked her up I noticed that her abdomen feels like a balloon filled with air. She’s also...

Recently my 3.5 year old ex battery hen has developed quite a severe limp… I’m unsure wether she might of fallen off the ladder to get into her coup but I’m confident this has something to do with her age catching up to her. I wouldn’t dare put any of my chickens down since I just don’t have the...

This morning I was cleaning out my coop when I realised that most of my entire flock had black poop… what was even weirder to me is that when I looked at the wood chips underneath the poop it had stained a vibrant dark green, the day before I did feed some left over red cabbage and so far I have...

Recently my 3month old pekin x australorp frizzle pullet has started to make a occasional honking noise when I pick her up.. she only makes this noise when I pick her up and I’m wondering if this is just her finding her voice or if she has any problems. Mind you that we purchased her farther...

Recently my 3 month old Peking cockerel has fallen sick, we took him inside to keep a eye on him… he has recovered but before we were about to put him outside with his siblings he experienced something that looked like a minor seizure. It looked like he was trying to groom himself but he wasn’t...