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I had a young Turken hen go lame with no explanation, then she improved, then suddenly the leg was nearly useless. She was still getting around, eating getting to shelter etc. Suddenly she appeared ill, hunched, fluffed feathers, we brought her inside but she died. The same day we noticed a...

I have a 12 week male Khaki Campbell drake who can't seem to walk. We went to get them out of the pond and put them up for the night and he just walks on one foot and flaps a wing. We caught him and he is in a cage in the house as storms were expected/ are ongoing. He does not seem to be in...

we put 13 eggs in a small classroom incubator and did our best to interpret the many different directions for hatching these tricky eggs. The teachers did a great job and candling the eggs was very interesting. One egg was infertile and was removed. Of the remaining 12 we have 7 lively...

How can I get my chickens vaccinated?

I bought 2 gorgeous polish crested pullets. One has adjusted and the other acts sad and depressed sitting on a roost all day. After 2 weeks there is a noticeable difference in size, she is not thriving as we had hoped. Whenever she gets down the chief biddy hen and roo attack her and she ends...

I am collecting some chicken eggs that I really want to hatch. I don't have a good setting hen, but i have an adult female muscovy. Do you think it would work to have her set on the chicken eggs? Thanks to anyone who has advice on this for me.

My gorgeous new polish crested pullet panicked today and flew up bashing her head into the nests. She fell onto her back and couldn't turn over. I picked her up and she was in tough shape. I held her and her head just hung over my arm I thought she broke her neck She woke up a bit and held...

Help my gorgeous black copper marans hen has a swollen eye. It is just one side and it started yesterday and is now awful looking and pussy. She is swollen from beak to eye and the eye looks nasty. Any help would be much appreciated. She is 9 months old and a recent acquisition. It may be...