So this was a 5 mo old rooster with a purple comb. I thought he was beautiful. Then he seemed to have impacted crop. After 48 hours he was no better starved and massaged. Decided to take him out of the flock and butcher him for info. He was almost meatless and huge looking? No fat. But the black...
I have a Plymouth rock hen with a strange rectangular shape baldness at the neck. You don't even see it unless head is fully raised. It's been a week and I see her scratch it. It's not filling back in, and looks almost red today. Pics aren't great but gives an idea. Could it be a medical problem...
My only rooster is flailing his head back and forth to show me and because it's uncomfortable the big black pouches at the bottom of his wattles. I think it's frostbitten but I don't know how to make it more comfortable. And does it effect his oxygen? Any thoughts ? Also obviously his combs too...
Happy February! My 10 month old duck hen seems happy and healthy BUT... she stopped laying in Nov! Thought it was the cold, then found she is waddling around a little wider with an egg shape hanging between legs. She also may have had the paper thin eggs I found twice then no more? There are 3...
I have 4 white breasted toms and 3 hens 2 mo old. They are such a delight to raise for the first time. They are huge, and I've separated my big guy from suddenly picking on another male aggressively when waking this morn. This is new behavior? Why and whats the fulltime remedy?
Hi y'all Question ❓ 4 wk turkey poults, can they reside with 5 mo old ducks ? I feel like I already know the answer. But maybe ducks wouldn't be interested? Turkeys So small and flighty can they get away in time? Clueless here. Was gonna put them in with a 3ft hi fence. Same enclosure as ducks?
Would love any input as to the bandaging or not of the main leg joint broken on a 1-2 week old turkey chick. He turns and his leg doesn't😕.poor thing acts normal, not hiding in a corner etc.. is it a terminal diagnosis or will he be handicapped? Can they live happily? Do I tie a popsicle stick...
Hey y'all love all the chicken chatter here so I joined up! We raising our 1st flock for about 17 weeks Rhode islands, Easter eggers and Plymouth rocks. Had 15 and just lost my first to a prolapsed vent with a really hard disc like protrusion on the end? I was soaking her in warm Epsom salts and...