If this ain’t the cutest thing ever!!!
So our mama mallard still had eggs in her nest on Thursday when the rest had hatched and she got off of her nest. I candled the rest and saw one had piped through and was still moving a lot.
Long story short- the baby was left in the nest the mama wasn’t...
Due to some unpleasant and judgemental people I dealt with last night on here, I am gonna try to be as thorough and detailed as I can be.
I will start off by saying this:
I have never seen mites or lice on anything other than pictures.
I never ever knew I couldn’t see these bugs with the naked...
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I have a lethargic chicken and I went out to get her a while ago to bring inside to assess her. Her keel bone is protruding, she hasn’t eaten or drank since I’ve had her for about an hour, and not sure if she ate or drank anything since I woke them up.
I noticed yesterday her poop was...
I'm back again. Can't seem to catch a break with my girls here lately.
Yesterday I noticed one of my Cream legbars had a swollen foot ⬇️
(Picture on right was yesterday, pic on left was early this morning.)
I will catch a picture of the bottom when I get home just to show, but when I...
I am pretty sure one of my girls has contracted Coccidiosis. I found this (pic below) in my coop this morning under where my black copper marans sleep.
I am leaving work early to take it and have it tested pretty much just to get confirmation, and then I will treat my whole flock with...
I am in the process of building a bachelor pad for my teenage boys. If you want to skip down to the question, its labeled "QUESTION:"
I am not new to chickens, but I am new to a bachelor pad system lol......
Backstory: My husband got me 9 Black Copper Marans from a breeder for Christmas...
We've been having drainage issues in my chicken run. We did temporary fixes using pellet bedding and hay (See pic 1).
We built it up this weekend with organic topsoil (just dirt, sand and gravel) (pic2)
What is the best thing to put over that? Should I add gravel, then sand? I live in...