The other day I found one of my hens fluffed up and sleeping in the middle of the day. I picked her up to check her out and noticed her crop was mushy. I separated her, gave her food and water. she drank normally and was fine afterwards. The next day she look/acted normal. The next day she came...
I am known as the "Bird Lady" in my family. Any questions they have about poultry I'm the go to for answers. I don't always know the answers... especially if it's about Guineas. I hardly knew anything about them until a few weeks ago i got asked by my grandparents if chickens would eat the bugs...
I stayed up with it all night trying to make sure it was comfortable and tried giving it a little bit of raw egg at one point, but it passed away Monday morning while i was out taking care of the other chicks and chickens.
I need some advice!!
I went away for the weekend, and one of my hens was expecting 2 more eggs to hatch. When i checked them for the last time before I left Friday night noticed the last egg had started piping when momma moved. I just got back home a little while ago and when i checked on them...
I have 2 chickens a hen and a rooster i would like to find out what breed they are. They're both a year old, and are mature! Harper just started laying beautiful brown eggs. Brown & black is Harper, and Harvey is the mostly white one.
I was looking eye infections in ducks up, and saw something about Foamy Eye decease.. could that be it? How do I treat it? Is it contagious to the hens and chickens?
I have a drake that's 11 months old, i went out to let the flock out this morning and noticed something white on his eye so I caught him, and saw foam like bubbles on it. I separated him immediately from the rest. Other then having to rely on his right eye to see, he's acting normal. I'm...
Wow lots of great information, Thank you! I would like to start out with them as pets, and see how that goes. Will definitely start looking more into what all i need to get them.
1 more question, what about during the winter, will they need special heating, or just a closed in coop with a...
I'm usually here on the chickens & ducks side of things, but I've been have seriously thinking about adding quails to the mix soon! It will still be a month or two before I'm able to get things set up. at the moment I'm the middle of moving, just thought maybe i should have a few questions...