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  1. K

    Rooster doesn’t like exposed skin?

    I’m confused by this behavior, so I was hoping someone might have a grasp on it to help me better understand. @Shadrach any thoughts? 😬 I have one rooster who seems to not love exposed skin on my feet/ankles. When I wear something to cover I don’t get pecked, but occasionally (twice total) he...
  2. K

    Fawn in my yard

    Hello! Thought I’d see if anyone here had advice. There’s a fawn down by my garden, no idea how old. It looks to me to be a week old or maybe a bit more, still has spots. I know mama can leave baby for hours and hours, even over night. Mom has come back once that we know of to tend to her baby...
  3. K

    Puffy face AND diarrhea? Help please.

    Hello! Heard some chicken sneezing, then saw one chicken sort of mouth breathing. Started them on Tylosin. The next day I noticed one of my younger birds had a puffy face I’ve seen before, and was glad I started Tylosin. But today I noticed that 2 of the hens that started with the sickness have...
  4. K

    Can I put chicks outside in these temps?

    I think I remember they can go out around 3 weeks when they’re more fully feathered. I do the mama hen heating pad set up for the brooder. I take that out there for them. The temperature is still getting down in the 20s at night and in the 50s-60s during the day. They’re two weeks old now. Am I...
  5. K

    Mites eating feathers?

    So I haven’t seen any mites when I’ve checked the chickens. They had brown or red mites in the summer but elector PSP took care of them. I’ve tried ivermectin drops, elector PSP, and lately I did a permethrin powder application because it was too cold for me to try anything wet with them...
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    Cat bitten by raccoon - vaccinate or no?

    Hi all! I took in a sweet kitty not long ago, and she got in to a scuffle with a raccoon. The raccoon didn’t appear rabid, and it ran when it saw me. I didn’t actually see the raccoon bite her, but I heard the scuffle and they were the only two there. I’m also not sure if the injury on her paw...
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    Adopted a kitten, outside cat advice

    She seems to have been dumped. Super loving so far, so happy to just be here and get loved on. Will go to the vet tomorrow for all the things. I mostly want to prepare for winter. We live in PA and it gets 10 below or more, pretty often. If I get a cat house to shield her from the elements and...
  8. K

    Elector PSP for 5-6 week old chicks

    Chicks came out of incubator, so they weren’t hatched by a broody hen. Recently (within the last couple of weeks) had to treat my main flock for feather mites, and their coop. All seems managed now, in that coop with those hens. Now the chicks are outside in a different coop (so the grown...
  9. K

    Tailless chick?

    Recently learned tailless chickens are a thing. He’s (assuming he) a CCL, which I read come from Araucanas. The other chicks he’s with have tails I can feel, he doesn’t. There’s just nothing there above his vent lol. Is this a tailless chicken or does that come later? He’s a week old.
  10. K

    Egg hatching, leaking yolk? Wing stuck on outside of egg? Update - lump on wing, broken?

    I’ve read mixed reviews to assist or not assist. Today is day 21 and this poor chick is fighting to get out. It’s wing is now outside of the egg I think, and it’s leaking yolk? What do I do??
  11. K

    Is this splay leg?

    Chick hatched over night. It can’t get around very well, like it can’t get its legs underneath itself. Is this splay legs?
  12. K

    Are these blood rings?

    I think I cooked all the eggs I had incubating. No idea what happened. Had the incubator set up for days at a steady temp, ran errands on day 2 and came home to the temp being 103 (possibly for hours). Today is day 5 so I candled them, and I think they all have blood rings. No baby movement...
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    Still air incubator, possibly for hours - chances of survival?

    So I borrowed a still air incubator from a friend. Left the house for a few hours, and came back to see the thermometer at 103. I have 3 thermometers and the temperature seems spotty within the incubator (which makes sense), ranging from 101-103. Some eggs were in the 103 temperature though. 😩...
  14. K

    Best way to put eggs in incubator - on side or upright?

    I’m about to put some eggs in an incubator and have read mixed reviews so I thought I’d ask quick. Have you had more success laying eggs on their side, or putting them in an egg carton or something so they can incubate upright? I was inclined to lay them on their side. I’ll be the egg turner as...
  15. K

    Air cell - how to position eggs to hatch in incubator?

    So I’ve searched here and learned a lot about temps, humidity, rotating eggs, candling, etc. However, I didn’t really see how to know the best position to put the egg in to hatch at lockdown? Do I need to know where the air cell is? How do I do that? Any and all advice welcome! ❤️
  16. K

    Putting live chicks under broody hen

    I don’t even have a broody hen currently. But I was wondering if anyone tried to stick live chicks under a broody hen, when she hadn’t been broody for long? Let’s say she had been sitting for 5 days, and you put live chicks under her, and took any eggs she was laying on. Would she react as if...
  17. K

    Rabbit not eating/pooping.

    Hi all! I have a Lion Head that’s about 3 years old. It’s been about 24 hours or a little more, and he’s stopped eating and pooping. Nothing has changed. Same food, same bedding, same living conditions for 3 years. However I did have to clean his butt 2 days ago day because it was messy with...
  18. K

    Late molt - how cold is too cold?

    I have a RIR hen that started molting in late December. She lost a ton of feathers. She’s still pretty bare and it’s taking a while for her feathers to grow back, probably because it’s been so cold. I’ve thought about pulling her inside, but I like to leave them with the flock when I can. It’s...
  19. K

    Rooster behavior - what’s normal?

    I’m ready to remove our rooster today (he may still be a cockerel, idk when that changes), but wanted opinions here first if possible. About 3 months ago my rooster attacked one of my hens. I think it’s because she was molting and her neck was exposed, so we went after it. It took her a while...
  20. K

    What can I grow? DIY chicken feed.

    I’m going to try to plant some things to grow and dry for our chickens, in the event that chicken feed becomes hard to acquire at some point. People used to grow their own feed, right? All the percentages of protein and minerals and yada yada yada, weren’t overanalyzed to death (this sentence...
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