I have a roo , called Dancer who hasn't been able to crow for the last 6 weeks , but for the last 3 weeks has been wheezing/ rasping when he breathes . None of the others are doing this, I don't know how old he is as he was given to me by someone who was given him. He is a good minder to the...
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Have already posted this before but only had one response to say maybe it is mites . Can someone tell me if this is really bad and do I treat with flea powder?
Also can they kill chicks as all but one of her babies have died over...
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She has lost these feathers while she was sitting on eggs (about three weeks ago ) . I thought it may be normal but am now worried as gradualy all but one of her chicks have died with no apparent cause ?,
I also saw today that...
I have a chick who has chipped off a piece of shell but doesn't seem to have pieced the inner membrane . It is deffinately not in the air sac what do I do if anything , will it be okay ?
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One leg is splayed and the foot is scrunched up, the other leg is ok but foot scrunched . He is a one day old quail, I tried the tratment for spraddle leg but he just kept falling on his back. Then I cut his little leg getting the...
I have just hatched some quails and think that one has spraddle leg. I have another whose foot kind of folded up any body got ideas of what I can do to help or will it get better on it's own . They are one day old
I have some quails hatching now , . The eggs were given to me by a friend who bought them from an agricultural show so I thought I would give them a go in the bator 9 so far have pipped !!! . I have three day old chicks in the brooder can I put them in with them ? and in the future can they live...
I have a young roo who keeps trying to mate with my chicks some only 6/7 weeks . He completely ripped the feathers of one the other day and her back was all bloody, is this normal ? and can he hurt them any more than feathers on thier backs ?
I have a hen who had 4 chicks three days ago, I have a chick that hatched today in the bator . Can I put it with the other hen or is it too late ? it has 5 toes on one foot and four on the other ! I presume this is as it is a mixed race ?
my little blind chick peppino was attacked yesterday by another chicken, he was suffering alot and was too injured to really help ( although I would have tried ) . I couldn't do it myself so I had to get my DH to kill him. He was the most loved chick that I have ever had as we had all spent so...
My little peppino has been attacked I think by another chicken, he is 4 weeks old but under developed as he is blind and alot smaller than the others. His neck seems to just be all floppy and I think he is in pain, I would love to save him but think that it is kinder to put him out of his pain...
My broody (that I thought would never go broody as ex egg factory hen ) has 13 eggs that I put under her. I had 14 in the bator when she went broody so after alot of dilemer I put 8 under her at 10 days and kept the rest, then I decided she would probably do a better job than me so two days ago...
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He is the smallest one , here he is with his brothers and sisters all born in the same two days. He likes to be with the others so I don't seperate him , the others...
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not sure if this photo has worked or not , this roo was given to me by a friend who didn't know what he was . She was given him by a lady who breeds rare breeds so maybe he is something special maybe not , I would like to have an...
Okay, I cleaned the area with warm water and betadine and gently pushed the lump back in . When I put her down the first thing she did was push(like as if to poo ) and it popped out again. Will this just keep happening ? I presume she will never lay anymore. will she die from this ? Is there...
One of my laying hens has had a runny bum , but today I saw blood dripping from it and I think something pertruding . Do I wash her and see what I can see? She is eating at the moment and seems okay what do I do ?
I noticed the other day that one of my hens had a runny bottom thought maybe she had eaten something and was unwell. Today I came home and saw there is blood coming from her bum, could it be a prolapse ? what can I do ?