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Ditto, inland NW, below freezing for weeks, 6+ inches snow/ice high today is 2, my 1 year old Pilgrim has just bonded/mated with 8 month old gander ... and now she just started laying. My 3 year olds usually start laying by early Feb (when it's still below feezing here). I would probably not...

We've been fortunate to have a number of hens live to be 7+. This week, however, we lost our oldest girl ever, Suki, a speckled sussex hatched Spring 2014. Let's hear about your old birds!

She's already feathered out and bossing the chickens around :-)

A weirdly long fall meant late molt for one girl... 2 year old Holland Whites

More than five of our first flock of chickens lived to be 7+ years old. Our last girl from that batch is 8 years old and has cankles, a Speckled Sussex named Suki. We don't think she has ever layed an egg. She is first to the food dish and last to leave. She now puts herself away in a next box...

July 2022 and I have two poults with almost exact same situation -the parents are COMPLETELY UNRELATED but cross beak can be congenital. I'd love to hear what happened with your poults. Ours are now four months old and are my daughter's pets (I gave the caveat that if they could eat on their...

Weekly is too often. I believe label says every 3 weeks. But you could supplement with other prevention, like regular bathing, observing if preening is going as it should, herbal sprays that are safe for pigeons but help kill/ prevent lice and mites, etc. Just fyi, there is a ton on...

Excellent video, thank you! We cover the birds heads when working with them (light colored pillow case works great they can still see light and shapes but calms them quickly). We put arm in pillow case, grab head (gently if course) with the pillow cased hand and use other hand to fold pillow...

This thread is very old, but still relevant to those trying to help establish populations of rare types, such as Pilgrim Geese. I just read a fascinating article on inbreeding in geese with a program to help save a variety of Hawaiian goose in the 60s. I accidentally closed the research (doh!)...

It's just a reality, we can't solve every problem! best of luck to your birds!

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-04-20/have-backyard-chickens-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-bird-flu

Very recent article on very recent bird flu outbreak in my area: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-04-20/have-backyard-chickens-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-bird-flu Your mortality rate sounds very low if only 2 birds in ten days, but I'm so sorry for your loss! Focus your...

Comb: Darker comb tips are less concerning than darker comb at the base of the comb. Winter and large combs, it's hard to avoid a little frost on those tops. Poop: now he's isolated, look for poop, they tell you alot. If he won't drink for you, syringe drop room temp water in beak until...

Oh, and brilliant on using bandaides! You're a true chicken vet when you improvise! I just used a canning lid as my splint, needed bendable metal but small ... scissors cut right through it no problem! Your chicks toe looks great compared to previous. Just add the sandal next time, don't fret...

Good job! Sorry, I should have clarified that you want the foot on the splint too, not just the toe ... it helps prevent the toe from rolling left/ right inside the tape and keeps the splint straight/firm. You can do that next time unless you dont like the angle the toe is sitting. I recall...

Sorry just looked at picture. That looks broken and is exactly what i'm doing today. I would splint it! You'll have to replace the splint every couple days, it'll get filthy. Btw, it's definitely a two person job and you'll want to be careful with the toe when you remove tape, so you don't...

We have repaired/ fixed curling toes in a much older chick. We used yogurt lid as splint. Put chick foot on it, trace with pencil or pen and cut out, smooth edges. Place foot on splint, gently wrap each toe with first aide tape, secure but not super tight obviously. We left end of toe...

I've tried something that seems to be helping ... Before filling the clean gavage syringe, I tried drying it throughly inside the barrel with 8a paper towel and drying the rubber end of the plunger to ensure it's still very dry before putting plunger in and filling with formula. Several...

Thank you friends. I was very overwhelmed yesterday, have a very large mixed flock and on top of having to manage winter issues, we are having numerous health issues going through the flock ... i appreciate the quick responses. I'll stock up on gavage syringes so i have new ones to grab when...