Our neighbor just called and said that a pine tree fell over a power line in front of our house, and caught the grass on fire. He said he put out the fire, but my first thought is my 4 little eggs in the incubator! If the power line is down, the power probably went out I hope my babies can make...
I'm trying to adjust the bator for my first hatch! The glass thermometer in the brinsea mini eco reads 100 degrees fahrenheit. however, the accurite digital thermometer reads 98.2. which one should I rely on?
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I check everywhere possible for eggs, but maybe I'm just missing them?
I hope she's mixed up, though she was laying age way before winter..
what the heck? surely she should be laying or crowing by now.she LOOKS like a hen (that's why I say she), but she acts like a rooster. when a rooster tries to mount her, she attacks him and tries to get him with her nonexistent spurs she will even come after me!
Oh my gosh. What can cause an abscess?
As for antibiotics, is there a name brand? I've never had a sick chicken before and I'm not too sure what to do. My parents aren't very helpful
This morning I went out to open the coop expecting the worse, but the lump is completely gone. Like it never happened.
Today while feeding my chickens an afternoon serving of Layena crumbles I noticed that my Turken had a big lump on the side of her neck. She was also sluggish and swallowing...
I have 26 12-13 week old EEs. They are pecking each others' tail feathers out, and one bird in particular is now bleeding on it's bum. They are free fed grower crumbles and given a handful of scratch every afternoon for a treat. They live in a 10 x 6' dog pen attached to a circular run 30' in...
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I find many of the pictures educational and I quite understand someone wanting to brag(?) about catching/killing a predator that has been praying on their livestock. I had never heard of the type of trap use by the OP. I watched a video of how this trap can be quite cruel. HOWEVER...
I'm glad you got the coon. We have problems with them here also.
However, I don't see why it's neccesary to post a picture of the dead animal..? I find that disrespectful to the animal, and it almost comes off as bragging to me.