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So I had an order of peeps shipped and they ended up at the wrong post office. When we got them home, all were doing well except one. She is a bit smaller than the others and barely moving when they arrived. I gave her some sugar water to pep her up and popped her in the incubator to get...

I have a 35 year old African Grey named Walter. Well many months ago I had him on a specific type of feed and he became ill. After an expensive round with the vet we got him healed up and feeling better. (We didn't think that it had anything to do with the food as he had also gotten a...

I have a question for you cat people out there. Recently we lost our beloved cat of 17 years. About a two weeks after he passed away, a feral cat had kittens in our barn. As near as we can tell the kittens are about 3 1/2 weeks old. As soon as is best for the kittens, we plan on...

Bear with me as I explain the situation fully. Many years ago I had a husky mix dog and her son. She was old (10) and had never ever been by herself. Her son passed away suddenly due to uncontrollable seizures. My old female was heartbroken and overcome with grief. She began trying to...

I teach Middle School Science and we will be studying genetics including punnett squares, dominant and recessive genes, etc. I was thinking that it might be cool to have my kids make some genetic predictions and then hatch out some eggs, collect data, etc. Does anyone have any ideas...

So I just have to know if others are in the same boat. I have a very large Dorking rooster in the pen with my hens. This evening, I hear a bunch of squawking and go out to check the chickens. four of my hens and one scrawny young cockrell our in the pen squawking up a storm. I look into...

I was wanting to find out what others use to keep the ground in good shape near the barn where the horses come in and out of the stalls. Our barn when we built it was not sloped properly and in the doorways to the stalls (where the horses have constant access) eroded away and left a big hole...

I am not sure where to post this but I keep getting redirected to shady website asking me to update my java. Is anyone else having this and who do I let know about it as I am sure it is not part of BYC. Thanks

I have a flock of about 14 hens with two roosters who are brothers but have become too rough with the hens (I know, not enough hens). Anyway, I have decided to rotate a single more gentlemenly rooster into the flock and remove the brothers. I have a small brooder pen (3 X5) and a tractor...

Ok so I am just so excited. I have a young rooster who was badly injured by a predator. We were only able to save him because I heard the ruckus. Both of his eyes were damaged so he is completely blind. Now that he is healed I decided to try him in my silkie pen since my rooster is a very...

I have a young silkie that I found with a bleeding area near her leg. In the process of treating it, it appears kind of like a spur that has been knocked off leaving a weeping round area in which I stopped the bleeding and isolated her. Today when checking that wound (which is hard to get a...

Ok, so I have this hen, who began life in the laying coop. She figured out she could jump over the fence (no one else has) and so she abandoned the laying coop and began hanging out with the silkies who were in the barn. (flew over the top there where no one else has). She spent all summer...

Okay, so I had an incubator with an egg that had pipped sometime in the early morning hours. The cat jumped up and knocked over the incubator. We were right there and rescued it immediately but the egg with the pip now has a more extensive crack (thankfully along the zip area). The chick is...

I have a young silkie just coming to the time when one would expect point of lay. I thought that the silkie was a rooster but today when I went out to handle them and change food and water, I reached out to pet him/her and he/she squatted. Does this mean I really have a pullet after all ?

I currently have a small flock which has two roosters and only 4 hens. The roosters are brothers and have gotten along so far. I want to add more hens to the flock so that the boys can stay together (and be happy). Is there anything special I should do or be aware of so that I don't upset...

These chicks are 9 weeks old. They are out of a silver pencil rock rooster and two are out of partridge rock hens. The yellow one is a nankin pullet. The white one is silver pencil and either buff orphington or welsummer cross. I had heard that crossing a silver pencil crossed with a...

I have a pair of 2 1/2 month old bantams and three 1 1/2 month old Rock crosses. Right now they are the same size. Obviously as they grow, the size difference will grow as the full sized chicks will become bigger. Would now be a good time to put them together?

I have a 10 acre field which is loaded with blackberry vines. how many goats will I need to clear a 10 acre field of blackberry vines? Will 3 get the job done eventually or will my field look like Sleeping Beauties castle? I don't want to spray unless I have to but I am afraid I will lose...

Ok, so this may be a dumb question but I did a search and couldn't find the answer. If you "lockdown" your incubator, then how do you check for an internal pip? I have eggs that are at day 22. I have been a very good momma and have not touched the incubator since lockdown except to peer...

I have a white silkie bonded pair. The rooster is a year old, the hen is 2 years old. They are not exhibition quality but are good natured. The hen raised a baby last year. I also have another silkie rooster (the brother to the other rooster) They are located in North Alabama. I am sorry I...