Hello I may have posted this little nugget already the past few weeks I’m getting bummed this is a male and maybe in denial lol. I’m going to post today on Craigslist to rehome and wanted to get final confirmation that it’s a male and no Chance female lol it was a late bloomer with roo features...
Hello I’m new to chickens and making sure I have a good ratio right now 2 male 4 female and 1 ?10 wks old the ? is pretty wild acts like a male sometimes stepping up to other two Roos. I only hear my two def roosters crow in morning. Is this a late bloomer male or a feisty strong female lol-...
Hello I’m trying to work on feed situation I have goats and ducks that free range as well. Currently my duck food is Inside a box i made that only they can fit in. It’s not ideal because it gets messy in there and hard to clean. I have a separate chicken coop so I’m wondering i I should either...
Hello I am new to chickens and hatched 8 that are 5 wks old now - 3 appear to be roosters one huge red comb seems a def the other acts like one. Well the 3 rd keeps attacking the other two possible roosters. The two he attacks cry and run and he chases them in the large dog cage I have them in...
Hello my 3 yo female white layer duck I think was egg bound she hasn’t laid an egg in few days and was for about 4 weeks straight every day. Earlier she was laying in barn with foamy eye discharge In eye lid and yellow tears and when I took her into my tub noticed jolting and clearly pushing so...
Hey so I lost my duck to swallowing piece of metal leaving my female pekin alone so I hatched and have three. Four total now. They’re 5 weeks so I am putting them outside for first time tonight. The past two weeks I bring them out during the day for couple hours to get accumulated to webby and...
4 eggs in incubator 1 is wiggling like crazy for 5 mins now I still have over a week to go. I candled on day 15 and wasn’t planning to again until day 24. Is this normal ? Thanks
Hello I had my brisnea mini 2 incubator stable temp and put eggs in today but now I’m questioning my set up because the temp keeps fluctuating 98-100 I’m kind of freaking out that I’ve already ruined these eggs first being in our cold house overnight resting now temp not stable. My house is in...
Hello I have two Pekins females 2 yo. The one Donald has been acting off for a week. I’ve isolated her brought inside saw only minimal improvement. Last week in a matter of twos days a couple odd things happened first her and other duck webby wouldn’t get out of pond to go in house at night...
Hello I already have turkeys and ducks and have the motor looking de icer and a flat small one looks like plastic. Never had issues. Now I have goats our first winter and thought I bought a good de icer but it’s way too big - has a heavy duty cord protector to deter chewing it’s ice n easy...
Hey my friends chickens are smushing against window she put them in garage but they ran out and back to window. It’s snowing so I told her they’re probably cold but they felt warm picking up. Any ideas what’s going on here? Thanks
Hello my goat is losing hair in patches around his neck and side of face. He won’t stop itching. It now has red lesions. The hair looks like it was cut short in the patched areas- not completely gone. I tried python dust all week. I got a eqyss spray to stop itching but nothing works. Does...
Hello two months ago my goats had lice I’m new to goats we just got them few months ago. I treated with dimataceous earth and I didn’t see any and did cycle for 30 day treatment. Well 3 weeks later I noticed they started scratching again today and looked and the lice are back on the one goat I...
Hello I’m new to goats it’s been two months and I’ve already dealt with lice but now I have a much bigger problem. I’m awful with plant indentifying hut apparently we have a rhododendron and my goats free range mainly eating briars all day but the one guy must’ve eaten something he shouldn’t...
Hello I just got two whethered kid goats for first time 3 was ago. I noticed they were itching and found some lice and used the diatomaceous earth which worked. I know I have to keep working on it for 30 days. My question is about my goats nose I thought it was related to the lice some scabbing...
Hello I want one male one female but the female was sold.
I have two options now asking which would be best?
1. Get two whetherEd males
2. Get the male now and female get once another is available (hopefully).
Would it be okay a gap in time getting second goat? I’m nervous about the never...
Hello we are going on our honeymoon for 12 days and I’m starting to prepare to keep my pet ducks alive. There are two pekin females almost 2 years old. They have a 12X12 ft actual shed enclosure for house. They have a run with a trap door built to open and close. Normal days we open it in...
Hey I wasn’t going to post thinking I should just hope for the best but our turkey got caught in netting earlier luckily I saw him and Me fiancé ran out untangled him and we’ve been caring for him all day. The netting was around his neck and foot. He had some blood around neck. His eyes got...
Hello yesterday I posted because my fiancé was telling me the turkeys were only pecking at the ducks to mess with them and I said they were looking like they’d attack. I asked in a forum what to do about 3 male turkeys trying to be proactive. Too late. The one has a gash that looks pretty deep...
hey everyone, my fiancé has 3 male turkeys this was an accident picking them as poults. So the one turkey with smallest beard middle size is constantly harassing the smallest in size turkey but he has a bigger beard (not Rue if that matters). The biggest one all around seems to get in he middle...