I got him as a chick and grew very attached believing he was a pullet but then he started to crow and I was told he had to go since we live in city limits and our neighbors aren't very fond of us and our rooster, and that was 8 months ago. He is now a little over a year old and still very...
i just picked up one of my silkie girls (she lives inside) to find a whole bunch of little tiny bugs barely even visible eating at her comb its bleeding and theres lots of them. so i picked up her sister to find she had less bugs but they were big white ones and they were even going in her eye ...
ok i went down to the grange and got penicillin G procaine and a few syringe needles and i got 0.1 cc in the syringe and thats been sitting on the counter for a little bit to get to room temp but it has an air bubble is it still ok to use? and im not sure where im supposed to inject it
he is drinking on his own but i haven't seen him eat. i think he is still in shock though because everytime i get near his cage he freaks out and starts dragging his beak across the ground and walking backwards, it doesnt help that he can see my dogs walking around the room all day but i have no...
he started making a little bit of noise and walked a couple of very slow steps now hes just sitting in front of the fireplace taking a nap i think ill let him rest for a bit before force more food and water
he can lift his head but i have to help him sometimes i used a little bit of dawn and warm water with a eye dropper and then rinsed it with regular warm water i have been putting pellets in his beak and then he swallows them i need to move him though because he can hear the dogs right now.
the dogs got into my chickens and my brave little silkie rooster let the hens get away and stood against my 2 labs. I came out to find him looking dead but i got closer and saw that he was breathing so i picked him up and brought him inside. he has no skin left on his neck at all and he isn't...
I wanna buy an incubator because my homemade one isn't working very good anymore. I only want to spend about $40, and I only want to set like a dozen or so eggs so it doesn't have to be a big one. any recommendations?
I have a 9 month old silkie hen who still hasn't laid, so it could be awhile till your silkies lay, i think the normal age is about 7 months for silkies though.
unfortunately i didn't read this in time so he was taken away but i still have his son and he is a redish colored americauna, he isn't a bantam but he isn't very big. and he isn't aggressive at all.
I raised yolkie the rooster from a baby chick and he is now 1 year old and i have tried to keep him as long as i could but i live in the city limits and so we got the cops called on us my mom says if i dont give him to a good home by january she is going to have him butchered. I think that...