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@Smuvers Farm @Chillen with the quacks Thanks. I hope she was happy for the most part. I wish I could have done more for her despite her condition declining quite rapidly.

She has died.

I think she's getting worse. I have been giving her some water with ACV and olive oil to keep her hydrated, but she keeps falling asleep. All she wants to do is sleep, and I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that's not normal for a chicken in the middle of the day.

She has not been laying regularly, if at all. Less than once a fortnight at most. Her abdomen feels normal; it's not tight or bloated or anything, though I'm not sure if that means anything. As a dominique, she's not as predisposed to egg issues as other breeds, but that's still very much within...

Alpaca wasn't pregnant. Everything was good. Thanks for your reply, @cassie

I have a hen who is 5-6 (?) years old. Yesterday I found her lying on her side in the coop. When I set her upright, she wobbles a bit before falling either forwards or backwards. She slept in a cat carrier last night (perching would have posed a challenge) and is still in the same condition now...

Person: "Oh, I'll send her this. She likes chickens!" Me: "Ahh what is going on here?? I must know!!" (This chicken thing isn't healthy...) My guess so far is that it is either a bantam rooster or a cockerel. I can't see the comb type, but I'm guessing rose, cushion, strawberry, or...

I've been having trouble with rats for awhile as well. Recently, I got a couple barn cats and I've definitely seen a drop in rodent activity. There are a couple of drawbacks, though, one of which is that they also go after other small animals (shrews, birds, etc.).

About a month ago, we had a male alpaca break into the girls' pen. I spit test them today, and one of them seems to be pregnant. I don't want this baby; I do not have the time or resources to take care of another alpaca, and (my main concern) this was a mother-son breeding and I don't want to...

This is really cool. Wow. (Also a little demented, but mostly...wow)

A few weeks ago, my silkie pullet went broody and I let her sit on an egg; y'know, why not? I didn't even take down the date, if that illustrates how not-serious about the whole thing I was. So a few days later, I was like, "Hey! Puff's sitting on an egg!" and shown a flashlight through it...

Also, alpacas (and llamas) are herd animals, so if you end up getting some you'd have to get AT LEAST two (three is ideal). A lone alpaca will get depressed and die from stress-related issues.

One of the alpacas had a cria Friday. I saw the cria poop yesterday and it was dark brown (normal color), but had the consistency of chocolate pudding. Today, I found her straining over the poop pile and had a trickle of poo running down her behind. It was like syrup. She's still active...

I've been worming my chickens after I saw roundworms in their droppings. How do I tell if the wormer is effective and gets the worms out of their systems?

I recently got three silkie chicks that I was told are all siblings. There is a bearded white, a non-bearded white, and a non-bearded partridge. Is it possible that siblings (or at least half siblings) be this dissimilar. The rooster the people said was the dad was a bearded white, and the hen I...

A bearded white, non-bearded white and a non-bearded partridge. (They were raised under the same hen and I was told they were siblings. Could siblings be this different?) They are 5-6 weeks old. Any ideas on gender?

I checked on him twice during the night to make sure he wasn't dead. He wasn't. He wanted to know what I was doing there and if he would get dinner. He's okay now. Acting normal. If I didn't catch him in there, I wouldn't know that anything had happened at all. I hope everything stays this was...

I'm taking care of my neighbors' animals, and I went by this evening to discover their mini donkey in the feed room. He seems to have eaten hay and alfalfa pellets. I'm. Inexperienced in equines, let alone donkeys. Any ideas of what to do? Help!

Thanks, gruffy. :) This guy had been having trouble eating for quite some time. The injuries were the "final straw." He seems to be doing better now. Healing up and everything.

It's easier to see now that the blood has dried. He's acting normal and seems to be doing okay.:fl The top of the waddles were attached to his throat and he's got all these extra folds of skin, so it's neither neat nor attractive, but at least he can eat much better now.