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(I apologize for the long post, I hope I get some good advice though, in a nut shell, what can I feed to starved neglected ducks?) We fell into a position that I had to re-home or home for a period of time (until we found housing), my pet birds. We abruptly lost our acre and land we lived on...

Explanation... but if you want to get to my question it is below, bolded. My hens got lice. I started with DE and Poultry Protection. Well within two weeks the lice population EXPLODED and I lost a chicken. I had another very ill one so I took her into the vet to see what we could use to nip it...

Question... I have been treating my cross beak girl for lice (and my flock since she has them though I didn't see any on them). She was coated since she can't groom herself. With the help and guidance of our vet and a local no kill chicken rescue in town and such I decided DE was the best...

those of you with walk in coops and sand... is your floor just the usual wood floor? Curious... I want to use sand in my new 8ftx10ft coop, it has a floor... but can I put it straight on the floor or should I lay a "flooring" down. It isn't a finished flooring, just finished wood. I guess...

My birds are free roamed 24/7 but do have their area as well... it is a 12ftx30ft run with 4 small coops inside of it. I have 16 chickens and 1 duck. Well we had a 8ftx12ft shed built for use a few years ago for extra storage from the house. It has been AMAZING and I couldn't be happier with it...

We have a chick that hatched 2 weeks ago. It was a shrunk wrapped chick and it never externally pipped because it was so shrunk wrapped. I decided to take action and I did in the right moment because it really wasn't breathing anymore, tiny shallow breaths. Anyway I helped it hatch most of the...

Question: Chick finished hatching, egg sack completely absorbed, still in a ball formation, isn't moving besides flailing its wings sometimes, eyes haven't opened once, chirping up a storm! and breathing really well. Every once in awhile I take it out and rub it and move its leg a bit. Almost...

Sorry I didn't know where to post this and I didn't want to post it on the swaps page and get it all jumbled up. I have been on BYC for a couple years now and love it. I have always read and am very interested in the swaps that go on... I've started swapping my hatching eggs, seeds, and...

Is there anyway to make it from progressing? Chicks are 9 days old and one of our favorites already, I picked up last night and the bottom beak is slanted to the side. It is nothing terrible yet. But I don't want it getting worse if I can prevent it.

First time hatching. Under a broody and incubator. Broody hatched all. Incubator is going amazing! 3 out, 2 pipped and 1 I have a question about. The 1 question, it pipped, a large hole, but didn't zip. It now has its whole beak out chirping and breathing. Should I still leave it? Will it go...

Day 6 and I candled. 4 Eggs have beautiful veining. 2 eggs have this oval, elongated dark mass. and 1 egg has the black dot, like an eye. In the 2 oval elongated type, am I seeing a chick? They are brown eggs, I couldn't make out any veining. But that mass was moving.

Broody raising incubator babies? My broody is on 4 my incubator is full. Set for the same day. We are still in pretty nasty cold winter so when the broody hatches I plan on bringing them and mama inside of the house. I have a set up ready. Just a little spot with straw, food, and water, Large...

Hey I had a question on what you all do to keep the smell of your duck pen down? They free roam but are in there at night and some days when it is the chickens days to free roam. They have 2 houses and a little pool area. But it gets stinky. More so when it is spring-ish when stuff starts...

I purchased a small humidity and temp gauge. I had a question, if my small size bator is full of eggs and there is no place to lie it down to read them (they are backup ones), can I lay them on an egg until hatch day? I figured I don't want to place them on the water cover. Or is it okay to...

So I posted earlier about being excited and researching for months for this day. I have a broody hen who I am letting sit and I also have an incubator for back up that I am placing a few of the eggs in along with my broody hen. Well on a side note I am scared none of the eggs will be worth it...

So I have read and read and researched like crazy for this day! My Silkie has gone broody, we currently do not have a rooster that is mature (we have 1, who is still very young). So no fertile eggs. When I realized she wasn't going to break easily I looked all over town for hatching eggs...

Hi! My chickens and ducks have been laying since summer and we love their eggs! So do friends and family. But after our house fire we haven't cooked any since we have no stove. We also have been too busy to keep up with giving them all away. We do the practice of not cleaning or...

My Khaki Ducky must be getting Broody for her fist time. She lays in the coop with the chickens but instead of a nest box she built her own nest in the middle of the floor bedding. Well the nest has gotten fancy now with feathers, ect. She also has been collected eggs. Not only is she laying...

I cannot get our two hens to accept our two 4 week old ducks! Our other two ducks are taking to them fairly well... but the chickens, nope. When I open the little fencing between them the chickens turn into ninjas, jumping on them, ripping fluff/feathers out with their feet and pecking it...

Hello I hope I am in the right spot, if not please feel free to move this. I am looking to purchase some egg cartons (6pc or 12pc). I am not looking for many at all though. The only places I can currently find you have to buy them in large numbers like 25+. I was curious if anyone new of...