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A good friend of mine is giving me one of her lovely Araucana pullets who got mounted very roughly by a roo. After being mounted, the pullet has been unable to walk. When I briefly saw her, her foot was swollen and I presumed broken, but the friend of mine believes her leg is dislocated. I’m...

Does anybody have any tube feeding tips that they can share? I’ve read through numerous articles in preparation of administering prednisone and vitamins to a wry-neck duckling, but if anybody has any bits of advice or knowledge to share, I would greatly appreciate it!

I’m going to start breeding for the local 4H club and for myself and I’d like to start out with Seramas, Silkies, and Cochins. If anybody (ideally in FL, the further south the better!) has eggs from show quality stock, please let me know. I have a large clutch in the incubator at the moment but...

I scooped up a silkie chick at TSC today (along with four other banties... oops) and she was limping horribly. She won’t even put weight on the leg. I’ve felt the whole leg, no breaks and no slipped tendon that I can feel. She’s getting nutri-drench and hydro-hen supplemented with her chick...

I snagged a few straight run chicks on my second RK trip today. Two Egyptian Fayoumis and two... I dunno. They’re blue-black and clean legged. I can’t resist a blue chicken, even if it is a roo. I have a bachelor pad for a reason!

I got suckered into getting four goslings. Oops. Their faces were too cute. One of them had gunk around one of its eyes and both eyes were swollen. He was active, though, and just as talkative as the others. When we came home after being out for a bit, he was lethargic. He also sort of fell into...

Hey there! I just found a post on CL where someone is selling quail chicks for snake feeders... and I may be tempted to go pick some up to just have them as backyard pets. To those of you who keep quail - what are your setups like? What is their care like? How do they compare to ducks and...

I’ve gone crazy today and built two very large brooders for my upcoming hatch - they’re large wooden boxes with no cover. There will be chicken wire there soon, haha. But! Despite having had multiple brooders, I want to see all of the most creative setups! I am looking to do a homemade...

The hatch date may still be weeks away, but I’ve been busy building brooders for my 80+ eggs that just went into the bator. Now, my question - how could I cost effectively build/make a mostly waste free feeder and waterer for that many chicks and ducklings? They’ll be in separate brooders...

My flock has a wide range of names, most of which don’t coincide with the chicken’s gender. For example - Fabio the Silkie hen, and Xena: Warrior Princess the Plymouth Rock roo. But we also have Bobilina and Bob, the two speckled sussex hens. What are your guys’ most crazy, random, creative, or...

Hello! My neighbor brought over his “little” collection of duck and chicken eggs and I, somehow, now have over three dozen duck eggs. I’ve never incubated duck eggs before and I’m reading up on it like a crazy person. So, higher humidity, longer incubation period, and bringing them out to cool...

Hello! I just got a new but used incubator for 112 eggs. No, I am not planning on hatching that many - I would be overrun by the fluffy nuggets if I tried. I can’t seem to get the humidity lower than 75% - which is way too high, especially for south florida. The incubator has a large trough in...

Hello! It’s been quite a while since I last posted but here I am with more questions! I’ve had a Serama mama sitting on 6 eggs for the past 23-24 days. All babies still moving, most are starting lockdown. First internal and external pip was two days ago, chick was peeping and moving quite a lot...

Hello! One of my 7 guineas (6-7 months old) has always been a bit funky - a bit more stupid and bold - so I assumed she was a he until I caught her making the female call multiple times. Now, she is the only one not laying and not only are her wattles and horn (I’m not sure of the terms) much...

Hello! If this should be moved to the Guinea area, I’d be more than happy to do so, but I don’t think I’d get quite as many answers. I have a flock of 7 guinea hens that are 5-6 months old - they just started laying last week. I was consistently getting one egg a day and then two eggs a day...

Hello! Here I am again with more dumb questions. My chooks and keets are seeming sick again and it’s going to drive me insane. They’re kept in clean quarters with high quality food every few hours and fresh water 24/7. They’ve started sneezing and acting lethargic - I put a low dose of corid in...

Hello! I have a 1-week-old nakedneck pullet who has been very unwell for the past few hours. She’s had pastybutt the entire time I’ve had her. Her poops are relatively normal, but the area around her vent and umbilical cord are purple in color. There is a crusty bit around her umbilical cord...

Hello! I’ve been brainstorming for the past month - I desperately need to build a big coop. I started out with 19 chickens and 7 guinea fowl, now I’m up to 43 chickens and 14 guinea fowl!! :th My adults chooks have a decently large coop and my guineas have a medium sized hutch. But, alas, I will...

Hello! I’ve been convinced that most of my banties are roos, but lately, I’ve been thinking otherwise. I only have photos of one - a little silver laced cochin - but I’ll be able to get some of the other chooks later. They’re all 3-4 months. One is a Silkie, one is a Polish, and one is a RIR...

So, going back a few months, I was one of those people who had an issue with going into TSC and buying their bantams. On one particular day, I saw the quirkiest, cutest little white chick with huge muffs. She was hopping around, pecking at everything in sight, peeping like crazy - normal chick...