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Hello all. I have a Brahma pullet who is having some trouble. She has a super pale comb and has lost tons of weight. She is 6 months old and this started this week. I have checked her all over and cannot find a cause! No mites, no respiratory issues, no fowl pox, no crop issues, not eggbound...

Hello turkey community! I am a first-time turkey owner. I have 2 turkeys, a tom and a hen. Both are solid white. I was wondering if there was a way to tell definitively what breed they are! The eggs they were hatched from came from a person with both heritage and commercial birds. The hen is...

Hello all. I am on the tail end of what appears to be either an outbreak of MG or a respiratory virus that has led to secondary infections in some chickens. It started after some heavy rain (I am about 1.5 hours away from Houston, TX) in my group of 5 month olds. I have not brought any new...

Hello all. Two nights ago a rat bit the leg of one of my light brahma pullets. I have attached pictures to show where it is. As you can see it is right on her joint (the darker area on her leg is the bite). Upon discovery I cleaned the leg with betadine, put bacitracin on the wound...

Hello all. Last night either a rat or possum came into my garage and killed 2 of my new bantam chicks and bit the leg off of a third chick. I have dogs, so I cannot put poison out. I am going to set both rat and possum traps tonight. My question is: what is the best bait to use in the possum...

Hello all, I moved my baby chicks out of the brooder yesterday and into a grow-out run that is in the chicken yard. It is a roofed, floored, wire run approx. 2.5 feet wide by 8+ feet long. I noticed that some of the hens were interested in the chick feeder and were pecking at the chicks, so I...

Hello! I went to add more water to our 3 gallon waterer for the bantam pen today and noticed there were mosquito larvae in the water pan. When I opened the top of the waterer dozens of full-grown mosquitoes flew out!!!! Apparently the chicken waterer is the perfect breeding space for...

Hey all! I have a Hovabator 1602n that has 41 eggs in it. They are on day 15, and the heat they are giving off is making it waaayyyyyy too hot in the incubator. Like 102-103 I have a fan blowing on it and took out as many eggs as possible to fill my almost empty incubator that has the 7 other...

Hello, I borrowed an incubator from a friend this week so that I could hatch more eggs (since a friend of mine had 31 eggs for me). It stayed stable for 8 hours so I put the eggs in and have had nothing but trouble since then. The temperature would fluctuate by 8 degrees or more with me not...

Hello everyone! I was told today by a good friend of mine who raises chickens for a living that you should only hatch and store hatching eggs with their pointy end up. I was always taught that they needed to be stored and hatched pointy end down. Does anyone have conclusive evidence that one...

Hey all! I looked everywhere and could not find a thread specifically about dachshunds, so I thought I would start one. Feel free to post pictures, ask questions, and just generally hang out with and get to know other dachshund owners! I'll start by posting pics of my 4. This is Bella. She...

Hello! I have 6 Old English Game Bantams. One of the hens has gone broody, which is not good. I have tried hatching under her before but she gives up after 2 weeks. I am taking her off the nest and trying to discourage her, but it is not working. She has taken to attacking my OEGB rooster...

Hello! My name is Rachel. I am a new member on BYC but I have owned chickens for a few years. We have mostly barnyard mutts, but they lay yummy eggs I also have 4 longhair miniature dachshunds, one lab mix, and a bunch of honey bees my dad takes care of. I guess that's everything. Thanks for...