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I need some advice on bathing a baby chick... I have 3 day old chicks that are in a brooder with 4 day old baby turkeys and 4 day old baby ducks... I have learned that this is not a good combination. The ducks have made a complete mess of the brooder and have gotten all the shavings wet, food is...

Marek's questions... Who vaccinates for Marek's? Why do you Vaccinate? Did you have a chicken get Marek's and you are trying to not go through that again? or just prevention? Where do you get the vaccine? I just sent a chicken to the state lab for a necropsy and it came back as Marek's...

I have a pair of Royal Palm turkeys. The tom is almost always in full strut and the hen is clucking a lot. When should we see them mating? I know the hen has produced eggs that hatched last year and I am just wondering if and when we should look for them this year? Also when our male puffs out...

I have a barred rock that was attacked by a dog about 2 months ago. She is healing nicely. She was laying eggs for about a month or so right after she was attacked and was still healing. Now she has stopped laying eggs and is not eating like she should. She pecks here and there but her crop...

This is a silkie that is about 3 1/2 months old, we noticed these growths this morning on her beak and I really am not sure what it is or if it is bad or if it is nothing. Please help if you have seen this before and know what I need to do about it. Thanks Lisa

So our flock got attacked last night or early this morning. Not sure what attacked them but we lost 5 and this sweet girl is the only one that made it out of the ones that were attacked. We only found feathers of the other ones. Our flock was a strong 26, now 20.5. These are pics of her back...

Ok So she really isn't drunk but she is staggering around like she is... She will be looking at you in the eye and start working sideways. She is also going through molt. Poor little thing looks homeless and drunk. It is like her equilibrium has been thrown off. She is not shaking her head or...

I have a male duck (not sure of breed) but we were given him as a baby because he had a messed up beak. We have had him since he was about 4 weeks old and he is now about 5 months old. We were told that a turkey had pecked it when he was a duckling and it grew funny ever since. We are not sure...

I have heard that a person can tell if the egg will give a hen or a roo by the shape of the egg. A hen will have a more oval shape and a roo will have a more pointy end. Is there any truth to this? I really would like to control the roo population. I don't like to have to dispatch if I can...

My husband and I purchased 14 chickens that were hatched on 7/28/16 on 8/22/16 and 13- 4 day old chicks hatched on 8/18/16 on 8/22/16 from the same person. Over the course of the last 3 weeks we have lost 5 that were hatched on 7/28/16 and 6 that were hatched on 8/22/16. All purchased from the...

I have a 4 week old barred rock, orphington mix that I found yesterday morning not very responsive. She will not open her right eyebut half way but her left she can open the whole way. She is very tired and is not moving around much at all. I have separated her from the rest of the chicks and...

I have a Rooster that we got 3 months ago. He is a great breeder but I have no idea what kind of chicken he is. I do know that he is a lot of fluff.... actually that is his name Fluffy.... if you need more pics just let me know. Thanks, Lisa

I have a newly hatched baby chick that has membrane on it. What do I do? Leave it? It is on the top of its head and a wing. Then it has a long "string" hanging off its bobo. Will this correct itself or do I need to step in? It is completely out of the shell and running around with the other...

I know this is probably a silly question but I know that to have a fertile egg you need a boy around but will a female still lay if there isn't like a chicken will? I have 25 chicken hens and one breeding pair of RP turkeys. We got a very large egg yesterday which we think must bee from the RP...

I am wanting a cabinet incubator. One that has the turners, auto humidifier, and digital thermometer. Please PM me if you have one you are looking to get rid of that is in good working condition. Also please give any advise on ones that work better than others or ones that are junk. I have 2...

I have a hen that has swollen wattles. The neck seems to be swollen too. She is not closing her beak and seems to be mucus around her mouth. I have noticed her trying to drink but is not able to close her mouth so I am not sure how well she is getting anything down. My husband pulled her as soon...

I have 5 chicks running around the incubator right now. I am noticing that they are pecking at the egg shells that they came out of, is this normal? Do I need to remove the egg shells or is this what sustains them until I start feeding and watering them? When do I move them to the brooding box...

This is my first set of eggs and incubation and proud chick mommy (5 chicks running around the incubator right now) and all. I know that a lot of you talk about peeps and other terms and I would love for someone to explain the terms to me. If you don't mind explain them as if you were talking...

This is our first time incubating and candling... My question is which end of the egg do I put the light on or does it matter? I am using an auto turner and some threads I have read says to candle with the small end at the top, then other threads they do it on the side. I am so confused.... HELP...

Just got 8, 3 week old silkie chicks. My husband had the dog outside with him and as the dog was running by the brooding box he snatched one up in his mouth. We got the chick out and I put it in a towel to help calm it down so I could look at it. Once calmed down I saw blood on the inside of the...