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Unfortunately, he has passed on...I had my wife put him in the snow so i could check him out when I get home from work...thanks for the concern.

Hi...all help is appreciated. My wife went out today to let the chickens out of the coop and my favorite blue ameraucana roo was laying on the floor limp. His comb is purple and his face is a bright magenta (her words) and hes drooling. He can't hold his head up. He is just over a year old...

Doesn't the meat get tough like chicken or turkey at 1 year old? I am very intrigued...to say the least. What about upkeep? I don't have a pond and I know ducks need a pond or pool in order to eat. I understand that Muscovy is not related to the other species of domesticated ducks, so do...

And have you processed any? Is it truly like roast beef, as I have read? I've also read that it can be ground and used as a replacement for burger. Beef is so darned expensive these days and if I can raise Muscovy and use it as a healthy alternative, I would be all about it...

Our next venture will either be pigs or Muscovy ducks. I am very interested in Muscovy because of what I have read about their meat qualities...but too much poultry gets to be rather difficult, and smelly. Then again, pigs don't particularly smell like roses either...

I was a lurker for a year before we got our first chickens...lol. Then I have been harassing folks and asking "stupid" questions ever since. Now we have chickens, turkeys, rabbits, goats, and a house pig. I'm always on this site and backyard herds...knowledge IS power!

Thank YOU very much for your help. It's because of knowledgable people like you that I keep coming back time and Rome again. The information that you gave was invaluable. Thanks again Kathy...

Yep. We just ate the breast last night and it was delicious...the rest of the bird went into a big pot and got boiled down yeterday. Today we will pull the meat and make a white chili for dinner and tomorrow we will use the stock to make rice for a nice yummy side dish. But ONLY because I...

Thank you for your empathy. I feel its part of raising animals. I love all of my animals and they are all very well cared for. However, some of them are raised for consumption. This was one of them. I am happy that I found her when I did because the nature if the illness allowed her to...

Remember, I am new at this and I am flying by the seat if my pants so...take it for what its worth. Personal experience can be very valuable, but can also be misleading sometimes...all I know is, all of my birds eat the same stuff and only one got sick, so that is one of the things I am using...

I inspected the heart and it was abnormal but I didn't see it at first. After reading the article, I went back and noticed it but didn't repost. My appologies. The liver was abnormal because of the fluid pressure on it. At least this is what I have ascertained from reasesrch after my...

No...that isn't correct. The Turkey didn't die from ingesting anything. It was from congestive heart failure, which is common among meat type birds. Just like humans that get congestive heart failure, the chest cavity fills with fluid to the point that it chokes all of the organs to where...

I looked up the link you gave and it sounds very familiar. There was a lot of fluid in the cavity though, that's for sure. I'm very glad to know that it is not likely to spread to my flock of Narragansett's as ascites is more common in meat type birds.. Would you think that the meat is still...

How do you get that out of a live chicken? That is exactly what the fluid looked like...btw...I'll have to look up ascites....never heard of that before...

This morning, when I went out to take care of the animals, I noticed a smaller broad breasted white turkey kind of hunched up and periodically jerking her head. So I immediately separated her from the rest of the flock. She rapidly declined and was gasping with every breath. She laid down...

Well, after intently wiping foam out of her mouth/throat, finally, out popped a big clump of food. Evidently, chickens can swallow stuff down the wrong pipe too! She immediately calmed down and was breathing much better. I waiting 15 minutes or so and put some water in front of her and she...

We just gave our 6 week old chicks fresh water and shortly after, my wife noticed one was tipping her head back and it looked like she was chewing. I grabbed her and checked her and she had foam in her throat and it started coming out her mouth. She kept her head back and continued her chewing...

He's about 10 months old...he doesn't seem to be getting any less aggressive.

We were wondering, because it just doesn't seem right. I hear stories about these wonderful roosters that protect their hens and show them where to find food and how much better the flock is for having a guardian. I'm just not seeing it...So how old should a cockerel be before he gets his...

We are new to having roosters with our girls and I just don't know what's normal or what to expect. A good number of our hens now have no feathers on their backs and they are bald. Mating seems more like raping, and not so much a hen submitting and allowing the rooster to mount. he grabs the...