I have a 5 year old Boston Terrier, female, spayed. I feed her Taste of the Wild salmon because I need her on a "grain free" diet. She has severe skin allergies, always has. She gets about 2-3 steroid shots a year plus I keep her on oral steroids, but we keep her on the lowest dose possible. Her...
I have been trying to buy some peachicks or a young pair. I don't want to have to buy 8+ chicks. I would like to start with just a pair. This will be my first time with peafowl. I live in the SE corner of New Mexico and it is really hard to find anyone around that has any.
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The situation is my DH's sister is a really bad drug addict. She lives in North Carolina with her son that is 14 years old. He is drug from house to house and town to town and has already failed a year in school. He is a really good kid. This kid's father lives in Oklahoma and is also a drug...
I took in this little guy from someone at work that mistakingly got a roo in the mix and they live in town. Well the cops came and they had to do something with him immediately. They have two children that were very attached so I decided to let them bring him to my house.... anyway "Roger" that...
My husband and I are thinking about getting a couple of peafowl. I have a few questions... what is the average lifespan? If I raise them from babies, will they hang around my house? Will they hurt my chickens if they are raised around them (my chickens free range on a couple of acres)? Sorry...
I had silkie eggs from "cjexotic" hatch on Saturday. They are very nice looking chicks. I'm posting pics, although this is my first time to do that on BYC so hopefully you can see them. It was 108 today so I took them out of their brooder and into the grass for a couple of minutes this...
I live in the southeast corner of New Mexico. I can't find any true silkies around here, but they are by far my favorite. I have purchased many eggs by mail and have not had very good luck with the hatches. All the packages have had to come from very far away and I think the traveling is too...
One or some of my EEs are breaking and eating eggs. I can't figure out who it is. I do not have a way to separate them individually either. I was wondering if anyone knew of any "tricks" to help me figure this out.
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I have 6 EE hens that have broke/missing feathers on their back from our big EE Rooster. I rehomed the big guy about a month ago because he was so big and doing so much damage to my hens. Well my question is when will they grow back? I know when feathers are pulled out they will regrow before...
I think my 3 1/2 year old nigerion goat has skin cancer around her anus. I think it is "squamous cell carcinoma" from doing research on the internet. The white/light colored goats with pink skin that live in a hot dry and windy climate are most likely to get it. Well my doe had a growth that...
Does anyone know what I could try to get my cats from going potty in my flowerbed. It is one little spot of loose dirt by the back door and the smell of urine is horrible. There was also some loose dirt from a gopher by a little evergreen and the cats started using that spot and it killed the...
A friend of mine's dog just had puppies. The parents are both registered yellow labradors. The male is darker than the female, but is still yellow. She had 9 pups and 5 of them are a light cream color like the mom, and the others are a darker tan/rust color. She is selling these pups for 700...
we didn't find anything unusual. She is a 1 year old EE, we've been watching her in the garage for a week, giving oil and massages. She had a baseball size crop and was losing a lot of weight. She was down to skin and bones. She wasn't having bowel movements. She didn't have any more food and...
About 3 weeks ago I ordered some SQ silkie eggs from Mountaintopsilkies through the BYC. Well the wonderful post office "lost" my package for about 5 additional days and during a winter storm here. When I finally found my package, the eggs were in good condition. I put them in the bator and...
I am looking for a good all around dewormer to give to my two nigerion does. Please give me your input and how much you give and how often. I live in the desert and we are very dry here, the only animals the goats are around are the chickens.
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I ordered some eggs and they were sent 2 day express. They were due to be here on 1-29. I am going to pick them up today 2-3. Do you think they will still be good. I will try them if there is a chance. I hate that good eggs and 30 bucks were waisted. Makes me soooo mad The tracking even said...
I have a 2 year old silkie roo that was attacked by a stray dog on Saturday afternoon. Luckily my husband was outside, heard/saw it, and was able to save the rooster and get rid of the dog. He has some gashes on his back and is missing all of his tail feathers and back feathers. Is there...
My doe keeps getting stool stuck to her rectum. It is semi-formed. I don't see any evidence of diarrhea. I gently remove the stool and her anus is very red and irritated. What should I put on it? I put A&D ointment because I didn't have anything else. What do you think is causing this? The stool...
I have an 18 month old EE that has runny, liquidy, brown poo. Her feathers around her vent are always soiled. She is a big healthy girl otherwise and lays well. Her stool looks like brown pudding. What should I do for her? I have never wormed my chickens. All of my chickens free-range during the...