I feed my chickens meat scraps from the table, and cleaned intestines from rabbits (which they can't seem to get enough of). Plus they catch more mice for me than my cat (and he's a good mouser to). I have free range, Gold Laced Wyandottes.
Every now and then I get a chick with his head neck and sometimes his back completely scalped and never gets eaten except for the skin thats been taken off. It comes during the day, when they're running around outside, and a couple times during the night. It scalped and chewed the wing of my...
I'm trying to hatch some call duck eggs and I was told the incubation period was 32 days. Is that right? I thought ducks
(except the muscovy) were 28 days.
I found my call duck just a few minutes ago twitching her head and with her legs stuck straight out behind her. She was fine two hours ago when I feeding the rest of my birds. I got her legs back under her and she can stumble around a little. Also to touch anywhere on her skin, especially her...
I have some chickens who are having a hard time breathing and on one of my d'uccles mouth I found a little bit of yellow goo stuck on the roof of his mouth, just like pigeons get sometimes. Is that Canker? If so what can I give them? Would I be able to give them the same stuff you can give the...
Yes, Silkie feathering is a mutation in some of the chicken breeds, including seramas and cochins http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sri/BRKSri.html scroll down to the bottom to see a picture of a silkie feathered serama.