Sometime in Nov or Dec I noticed my rooster had some missing feathers right above his eye I didn't think it was particularly swollen since I didn't really a a reference to how that area is supposed to look. It is a little swollen from what I can tell of the other side of his face. Otherwise no...
A dozen chicks hatched at the beginning of the month. Some from shipped eggs, some not. The chick in question is definitely bantam and most likely cochin. I just noticed the breathing issues today.
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The chick is gasping pretty constantly and gets real weak and tired often. The breathing...
It's about day 20 on my hatch, so I'm not too concerned about not hatching yet. But, I am considered about my humidity dipping to 35ish(lower than what it was though most of the incubation!) while I was asleep. Probably for hours. This has been remedied with a different water dish and the...
This is my first time hatching shipped eggs. Out of the 13 I received 12 are developing really well at day 8. Nice healthy veins and at least a little movement from all eggs. Overall they seem to be doing better than the local eggs I'm also hatching, actually. Should I expect quitters In the...
I have a hen, well a year on the 22, that is limping and seems to have a sore on the top of her foot, breathing slightly heavy and has some issues with her comb. Fowlpox is starting to go through my standard girls with little difficulty just some sores. She has a white patch that is strange to...
I have 9 bantam hens and 10 standard pullets laying along with 4 muscovy ducks. I can't store the eggs on the counter for a few reasons and I'm getting fed up with the egg cartons.
I usually run out of space for the load of eggs I'm getting. The plastic refrigerator cartons also seem to not be...
This little lady is my newest addition, she was basically a rescue.
Now that I have everything set up properly I want to name her and I need help doing so. I am on the fence on what name to pick. Please vote for your favorite name, if you have a suggestion vote for other and post your...
I have posted this on a gecko site and decided to post it here too for a better chance of getting a reply tonight.
I have never had geckoes and today I agreed to take in a (assumed) leopard gecko. A nine year old girl, that I've known since she was born, found a gecko at a yard sale for free...
I lost a cockerel a couple months back to a predator. I've been setting a trap since then. I caught a opossum and my neighbour/relatives cat. I've been setting the trap constantly, because I live in the middle of the woods and predators tend to see a buffet when they see a flock.
Last night...
Sorry about the bad quality picture, but I was curious of what breed this little TSC Bantam is. The white one with the stripe. I have enough boys already so couldn't take the risk this year on straight run. :lol:
Some of my 25 week old pullets are starting to lay. This morning I noticed a two eggs under the roost, one or two(?) of the girls has layed while roosting. One was hard shelled and the other is soft shelled.
They eat 15% layer pellets and free range the majority of the time. Should I add oyster...
I have a thread in the Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures fourm and decided to cross it over here to get some more duck inclined people on it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/muscovy-duck-swollen-belly-new-breathing-issues.1295813/
The duck started laying about a week and a half ago, I got her as an adult so I'm not sure if this is her first time laying. She's layed constantly except for one day last week and today.
She's been bathing less and not following the other ducks as much. They are getting layer pellets, should...
I was on Thought Catalog and saw an ad that had a chicken on it, so naturally I had to click on it.
https://stronganimals.com/poultry/get-free-regano-experience-kit/?cid=mv235890519_109783227
So they send you a free information kit with a sample and some bbq sauce(why would you send bbq sauce...
Two of my girls started laying again yesterday and it has awakened that little, dusty part of myself that wants to hatch something.
I've read that muscovies can be difficult to have a successful hatch, usually death at the end of incubation. Does anyone do something to minimize this happening...
I saw these two at a hospital pond. Definitely one drake and one duck. What breed are they? They where much smaller than the muscovies. Deep quack from the drake.
Them swimming with muscovies. Quite the size difference even with the younger muscovies.
This is the only hatchery that has muscovies that can be shipped to me.
https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/details.asp?List=1&Product=5
I've tried rescues( way to far) and my local chicken Facebook group. There's no adult females or sexed ducklings for sale. A few looks at Craigslist have...
Yesterday an unknown predator swiped one of my Red Pyle OEGBs from my Batchelor coop, this wasn't a great loss but I'd rather not have this happen again. The story is here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fl-predator-id-wanted.1290502/
No casualties happened last night since the entire...
Something got one of my bantam cockerels last night. I have a separate batchelor coop for my bantam cockerels. It tried to go under, but the welded wire stopped that from happening. Then apparently it got on the roof and got in from a small hole.
The coop wasn't completely finished, but we had...