Search results for query: *

I use the broomstick method as well. It's virtually instantaneous, and I can accomplish the task alone, even with my arthritis. There are some excellent videos on youtube about the method.

Canned cat food plus your choice of raw minced meat and/or fish (raw or canned) will be very helpful for her. Do not offer her dairy products as cats don't make the enzyme needed to digest it after they're weened and it will give her the 'runs'. I'm guessing that you have poultry (since...

For gleet? Monistat cream found in female hygiene aisle at pharmacy. Squeeze about 1" of the cream onto your gloved finger and rub it ON and IN her vent daily. If this is the issue, she'll start looking better in a week.

She might have gleet.

Thanks for the update @Petukh

https://cleverpetowners.com/chick-hatched-with-intestines-out/

Rule of thumb is a quarter pound of feed per bird. Bigger birds slightly more, smaller birds slightly less.

Perhaps bantam something is in her ancestry. I have a hen with pretty much the same situation you're describing... long story short, she's a year old now, still tiny, and never a problem with health or with getting along with the other birds. As small as she is, I am often surprised by the...

I am so sorry you had to go through this. I believe she'll be waiting for you at the rainbow bridge when it is time.

I've seen that in chickens before, in my case it was ovarian cancer.

My interpretation of the image is a juvenile naked-neck bird that is in a virtual state of constant molting that somehow injured itself, perhaps on a fence, or was pecked at or feather pulled, until it bled, and then the bloodbath ensued. I agree that they might end up killing it, if it is...

Part of being a good caretaker is making do with what you have at hand to resolve emergencies. If your folks cannot be swayed to purchase first aid items for your birds, then clean the wound, separate the injured bird from the flock, and return the bird to the flock as soon as possible after a...

Separate the bird from the flock, preferably in a wire cage or dog kennel that you can leave in the coop near the other birds to maintain this individuals pecking order (so they won't have to fight to get their pecking order back). Rinse the wound with saline if you have it, or water. If the...

How's your girl?

The submissive roos are not supposed to crow, as doing so is a direct affront to the status of the alpha rooster. Said another way, a submissive rooster that crows is cruisin' for a bruisin'.

It can happen to just started layers, girls that are getting ready to quit laying, or sick birds. You said your girls are just now starting to lay, so I'd chalk it up to 'working out the kinks'. For peace of mind, you could offer them DARK leafy greens as a treat once a week or so, to boost...

My flock is currently 23 members strong and consists of one ROOSTER (over 1 year old male), one cockerel (under 1 year old male, 'teenager') likely to end up at freezer camp, two 3 month old cockerels destined for freezer camp, one un-started pullet ('teenager'), seven hens (over 1 year old)...

I can usually guess gender between four and six weeks of age (depending upon the breed). I look for coloring and size of comb development in conjunction with the development of wattles. Wattle development at that age almost certainly points to a cockerel. I don't believe your chick is that...

I am SO glad that you got an answer! I thought that area would be the general location of an injury, top of the bone near the pelvis. I am very pleased that it's not broken. Okay, for her pain... one BABY aspirin daily for a few days should see her over the worst of it.

For the UK or the USA, I can certainly see just leaving them on the counter until ready to incubate. I live close to the equator, it's HOT and HUMID here year round, both day and night. I do not have air conditioning. It's pretty much warm enough here to incubate WITHOUT an incubator (almost).