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I have a 2 year old rooster with balance issues for about a month. In the last week or so he also seems to be leaning his neck to the side but not quite like a full wry neck. I had given the flock Corid (amprollium) for cocci treatment about two months and the girls are fine. Someone...
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This is a 4 month-old olive egger. I believe it is a rooster. I am basing my guess on the pointy feathers around the neck and tail, and what appears to be sickle feathers in photo #3.
Thoughts?
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I have a hen who has had a very swollen crop for about 5 days now. About 3 days ago, I started massaging the crop, and two days ago I started administering a tablespoon of olive oil at morning and night when I massage it. It feels like potters clay and I massage it for about a minute. At...
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I am able to take in up to 10 standard sized hens and maybe 1 or 2 roosters if they are young. I have an acre of fenced in land and a secure coop/run as well.
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I have a brown leghorn that consistently lays an egg with blood in it. She is a year old and it's always been like this. I have tried vitamins and changed feed. She free ranges during the day and has access to lots of bugs, worms, grass, weeds, and other goodies in my yard, so I don't think...
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I have hatched and repaired plenty of splayed legs where they go out to the side, but this chick has one leg that is behind it, the other is fine. I tried the traditional method of putting a bandaid brace to pull them closer together, but now both legs are back and the chick is on its...
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A friend has given me a chicken which is 1-year old and has had watery diarrhea for about 8 months now. She says the rest of her flock is perfectly fine and display no symptoms. This chicken still lays. My friend says she has been giving pro-biotics for months now with no improvement...
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I bought these a few months ago (they are 6 months now) as two females. The one on the left will chase my drake when he is trying to mate with the duck hen. But otherwise is fine with the drakes - they all live together, graze together, etc. The one on the left has a black bean on its...
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I have a baby bunny about 3 weeks old that is underweight. The 3 siblings are fine. It has been oppressively hot in Boston (90's) and they are in the shade with plenty of ventilation.
Its skin is too big for its body now (wrinkly) and it has a bald patch on its head. Pretty lethargic...
Imagine my surprise when this cutie hatched out of my Silver Appleyard flock. The rest of his hatch-mates look classic Appleyard (yellow with the black mohawk).
I only have Appleyards, no other ducks.
Any thoughts as to what this little one is?
I have a black NZ that came from a Chocolate NZ doe and a broken black NZ buck. I mated her with a Californian carrying a recessive blue gene. She just kindled and I have two solid black and four solid white. How is the solid white possible? :idunno
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I had a doe kindle last night and she made a decent nest but the babies were not really covered and close to death (it's 24 out right now). In an effort to save the 10 kits, I put them in the incubator to get their body temps up. Which seems to be working for 8 of 10.
My question is...
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We have an indoor rabbit that for allergy reasons (my son is allergic) needs to be moved outside. The challenge is that it is January in Boston and in the single digits outside. I understand that the indoor rabbit doesn't have a "winter coat" so I can't put her outside, but is there a...