Hello! I have a flock of everything, chickens, geese, ducks, guineas.... and goats.... what's the best feeding to feed everyone so im not buying 3 different things, my biggest dilemma is the goats, they are little pigs and spoiled so they think they have to eat feed all day everyday even though...
Hello all! I have had a tough time with my chickens. Ever since last summer I've been losing chickens left and right. It seems to be respiratory issues : runny nose, sneezing, gasping for air. I hatched out a bunch of chicks last year and kept about 10 for myself and I have 2 left. Some of my...
I just discovered this issue with my Ayam rooster yesterday... It looks as if he has a plug of feces and his backend is swollen! He has been acting fine, he can still poop but it's liquidly . He still has all his feathers back there so I didn't notice it till he was roosting up high and I saw...
Ok I accidentally posted my previous post twice so I'm utilizing this one... Sorry if it's under the wrong topic but what do you feed your chickens? I'm thinking of making my own feed , I also have sheep and goats in the same yard so I'd like to be able to feed everyone the same things... Any...
Hello! Something is going on with my chickens and I need help! It started about 2 weeks ago I discovered a chicken blowing snot bubbles ! It's a bit dusty in places in their yard so I thought it got some dust up there or got a cold .. then 3 days later she was dead and I started noticing 2 other...
Hello everyone! I got this pair from an auction and I can't figure out what they are! The hen looks like a Nankin Bantam? According to google lens but I can't find a roo that looks like him. They don't fly very high at all! Like knee high is all they managed 😂 but his face looks more peasant...
Ok I did a stupid thing today and it's now my chick is paying the price.. I let out my old English game bantam hen and her 7 chicks for the first time today in their new grow out pen but they are so tiny ( 3 weeks old but the size of a day old regular chicken!) And they kept getting out of the...
Hello everybody. I have had some issues with my chickens lately, and I'm wondering how to properly clean to prevent further issues. I just had a battle with coccidias in chick and just yesterday I had a chicken come down with the wheezing and the gasping for air so I'm assuming it is Gap worms...
Help! A chick hatched out yesterday, was doing great but I'm guessing it fell out of the nest last night or this morning and I thought it was dead... It moved when I picked it up but it's really really cold! I brought it inside and gave it some electrolyte and put it under the heat lamp.. will...
Hey y'all! So I've been busy hatching chicks and so have my girls! I have a black silky sitting on 5 eggs and 1 hatched today!! But I'm so confused! This chick is black with a white "dot" on the tip of each wing , it's butt is white has clean legs black feet with white toes and only 4 toes! What...
Hello again! I just hatched out 9 oegb chicks with little issues but now I've got a big one and I don't know what to do... One of the hatched chicks pecked an egg and it started to bleed... This poor chick pipped last night and I just left it alone till about a few hours ago ... I pulled back...
Hello! I hatched out these two cuties and I'm wondering if you can tell if they will be roosters, or hens. They are 7 weeks old and I thought when they hatched I had one of each but I'm not sure. They both have identical walnut combs but one is smaller, one is darker, they both fight with each...
I did it again! Another auction find that I had to have! I know he's an old English game bantam but I can't find anything on his color! Please help! I have eggs in the incubator from him and my silver duckwings so this shall be interesting! Any tips on incubating oeg eggs are welcome too!
First time hatcher here and I have 2 eggs... At about 6pm last night I noticed a small crack in both! So excited! By 11pm nothing else happened but at 5am this morning I woke up to chirping and 1 is halfway out but it's stuck! My humidity has been between 65-68% these last 3 days ... The shell...
Hello! I purchased these at an auction a few months ago and I'm not sure exactly what they are! Especially the rooster! The salmon girl and the rooster recently multiplied and the baby is all cream colored! Help!
Hi! New member here! I've been around chickens all my life, my mom is a chicken lover! Told myself I would NEVER have chickens!! I moved last year into a home with a big yard... I decided to start my own little backyard farm! I currently have 16 chickens and 8 eggs in an incubator! My flock...