Search results for query: *

Anyone have an idea what caused this and if I might need to treat the rest of the flock for a contagious thing? She didn't seem to be acting any weirder than normal, as it has gone from 80s to over 100 rather quickly. Bowel looks either necrotic or ischemic, and there was internal bleeding, and...

I think one is Pekin, two are Rouens and then a Cayuga I believe. All adopted from a coworker. @aart @SilverBirds And ahhh yes, I wish I had space to raise the nests but I converted a 10x12 metal shed to a coop, and I think If I raised the egg boxes up then they would be above the roost and...

I recently added a few ducks to my flock. And over the last week one of the ducks has decided they like to eat chicken eggs. I’m building a better egg box set up and want to have one nest for ducks and for more for chickens but I’d like the ducks to not be able to access the chicken boxes. My...

I have also done this successfully, though in a much less impressive way than @azygous ! That is probably the best way to do it! My baby chicks were in a corner of the coop for about 6 or 8 weeks, and then they went out into the flock and definitely took some time to adjust to the pecking order...

Well I never posted back on here, and I"m sorry for not updating! Life got busy, but Moose is doing just fine now. He got antibiotics (thanks @Wyorp Rock) and I cleaned those nasty wounds a lot. But after all that the foot did indeed auto-amputate, and he is getting around just fine and still...

Sounds good. Thanks for the advice ! Is there anywhere to get antibiotics without a prescription? The vet wants 100 bucks just to see him. 😬

Thanks for the advice! Started wrapping it with some triple antibiotic. I think two of his toes look...kinda mummified. They are black and hard and not very movable at all. Is this something that might need to be amputated? ( I know it's best practice do that with people who have mummified...

I think the front of the legs just look swollen compared to the other foot. I'm worried about circulation being cut off to the foot from swelling. That happens in people (I'm a critical care paramedic so I equate most medical stuff to people !) I just looked up SLM, and the other foot scales...

This rooster was given to me to try and rehab. He got his leg cut in a fence about two weeks ago now. He was isolated from the rest of the flock at his previous home, and given a few Epsom salt soaks. I got him this last week, and he is nonweightbearing on the injured leg. I picked up some...

7 out of my 11 eggs hatched! Here are the babies as little fluff balls 4 weeks ago and today and a few in between. I think 6 are roos and only 1 hen! I can't tell who's who except for the Del x EE And maybe the Del x Australorp is barred? No clue about the rest's mamas

I've got 11 eggs in my friend's incubator! Delaware rooster over New Hampshire Red, EE, Delaware, Buff Orpington, and Black Australorp. We shall see in about 5 days if some are not fertilized, and in about 20 what comes out!

T Thanks!! I may try to do one of each mix just for curiosity sake! Will absolutely put photos up when we get wee chicks!!

I have a Delaware rooster, and noticed we are getting more fertilized eggs these days from our hens. We have 2 Delaware, 2 New Hampshire reds, a Black Australorp, a Buff Orpington and a Easter Egger for hens. I've been trying to figure out what the offspring of various pairings would look like...

We live in a small community in the high desert. I've seen foxes (midday!), hawks and owls, raccoons, coyotes all in my yard. We built a big run out of 2x4 and hardware cloth, with a roof (part plywood for shade/precip protection, part hardware cloth) and a 2ft hardware cloth apron buried...

I just did. I meant to tag you but am learning to do this in my phone:) here's my friendliest lady, Dolly.

:gig

We had inherited a handful of mature hens years ago when we were renting a house. Unfortunately, we had to gift them forward when the owner sold the house (Rentals in the area are tricky for pets!) We bought a house in the Eastern Sierra, and just got a chicken palace built this summer. We got...