There was controversy about this on-line. I heard to not let them out until 3 weeks, and I heard you can let them out right away. I put mine in a small rubber bowl from Tractor Supply when they were 3 days old. They did the bowl for two days. Then I put them in a bigger rubber bowl for one week...
I've put them in a kennel for two weeks. The mallard has actually come and sit with them outside the kennel. I don't think he likes them, but he's excited there is another duck. They are not as large as him yet. (He may be a little fat. lol) I put them in the duck pen yesterday. The pen is...
I have free range chickens and guineas. I have one adult mallard that also free ranges and puts himself up at night. I now have five khaki Campbell ducklings that are six weeks old. How old do they need to be before I can let them out? How to I integrate them with the mallard? (scared he might...
Got a 4 week old blue orpington with a protruding vent. Never had vent problems before so I came on here to research. I have put witch hazel on it for four days, and I don't see any change. Now what?
I had this saved on my computer. It isn't from this site, but had the info. Hang in there. Just going to take a little work.
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/07/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning.html
There is a surgery on here that you do. We just did it in August for one of our hens. It took two weeks being isolated and cleaned. One more week and she was healed. I now keep a regular eye on their feet. I'll look and see if I can find the link for you. There is a "natural" link on here about...
We live in the woods, but keep our guineas in a kennel. They are trained to come home every night. However, we lose a lot of females when they start laying eggs. I guess the coyotes get them. We are considering tagging the females legs and not letting them out when they lay eggs. Suggestions?
We are on our second generation of Brahmas. Out of all our new chics, we only had one rooster. (miracle) He doesn't crower. (love to hear our roosters crow) My husband and I had a conversation and realized this rooster's father didn't crow very much. Is it the breed? All the roosters we have of...
No that is unusual for that age. My second batch (not my adults) are going to be six months old and they venture everywhere. But they have my adults to lead them. I wouldn't push them to go because once they start, they don't always stay on your property. And my guineas bully our cat. And she's...
We've had to give penicillin in the past. My husband is really good with animals. I don't think I could do it, but he should've been a vet. He raises and trains hunting dogs. Between the dogs (right now we have 7), the chickens, the rabbits and the guineas, I fl like Old McDonald's wife. He...
Here is the link to the two penicillins: https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart
I am sorry I can't find the other stuff. I read so many different things yesterday in a panic from four different sites. I am so pleased that it isn't affecting the flock, and I...