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    When and How to Introduce a New Bird?

    This is great advice. Thanks. When our carpenter was building our new aviary from a previous chicken coop, he was supposed to sequester a section for the guineas prior to transfer. But he didn't! He smashed everything! Meanwhile, we had retained the birds in a cat carrier, albeit, a very large...
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    When and How to Introduce a New Bird?

    Hello, Here in the Dom. Rep. I have a newly built aviary with two healthy Guinea fowl, a male and a female, that I've had for about two years. I want to introduce another female. I'm thinking about doing it at roosting time. Any advice? What are chances of aggression, fighting, injury? And...
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    Guinea Fowl Preferred Diet and Fowl/Chicken Management

    Hello All, I live in the Dominican Republic and keep a small flock of two hens and one rooster in my coop on the back second floor patio. My flock is nicely settled. I added one guinea hen as a probe to observe before deciding to add more guinea fowl. Ideally, I'd like two guinea hens and one...
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    Beginner Questions

    Thanks for this. Back to the question of diet and the fact that here in the Dominican Republic the diet consists entirely of corn. which lacks sufficient protein, I have having success augmenting with a moistened dog food that has crude protein of 22%. At first, they wouldn't touch it. I thought...
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    Any amateur microscopists here?

    Hello, I have a Zeiss Primostar 3 with Koehler illumination and a Zeiss Axiocam 208 Color. I am a member of the forum at microbehunter.com At the moment I am working on finding the best eukaryotic cell taxonomy to use to identify the various protista I view in my infusions . . . I am...
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    Beginner Questions

    Yes, I'm very pleased with the answers people have given me. And I've been observing the correlation between rate of respiration, extent of beaks open, and the heat. They do compensate when it is hot. They do have shade and plenty of clean water so that's the best one can do.
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    Beginner Questions

    Yes, I am trying to address the issue that I must augment with protein. Commercial pet food, a good protein source, is expensive here, maybe more than in the U.S. as it is imported. For example, a small can of cat food costs $1.50. I just bought the cheapest dog food I could find at $1.00 per...
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    OP: Forgot to say, as far as I can tell they don't sell grit designed for chickens here either. I will have to go to a place that sells construction materials. The Dominican Republic is not the United States.
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    How do I know if the crop has not emptied and what can I do about it? You say the crop fills up during eating and drinking. Does that mean that water is also stored in the crop? Balanced chicken feed is not available in this country. It's either whole corn or ground corn or nothing. It's been...
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    I don't (or didn't) know anything about the crop. I hear it often mentioned here. I took it upon myself to listen to several veterinarian lectures on the chicken digestive system. I now understand that the crop is a storage organ with negligible digestive function. Evolutionarily it exists...
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    Beginner Questions

    Thank you all for your detailed answers to my questions!
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    Today I spent time observing all and could hear any gurgling sound. I also could not identify at that time which pullet was gurgling as I have several that appear similarly. Tonight I went to the coop for a good listen during roosting and I found the particular pullet, who happened to be...
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    @chicknmania OP Update;
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    Thank you for this. She has been doing this for about a week. That suggests that I can eliminate a blockage due to inhalation. And, as you suggest, since she has no other symptoms, that indicates a lesser probability of MG or ILT whose symptoms, as time progressed, as it has here, would be...
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    Beginner Questions

    Many thanks for your thoughtful and extensive answers. One important insight you gave me is that I have a cockerel in puberty who is aggressive, with one pullet in particular, and testosterone driven. This does NOT mean that I should re-home him as someone suggested, and I was considering doing...
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    Beginner Questions

    I have placed my location. Thank you.
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    One pullet of five months respires with a loud gurgling sound in the throat. There are no other symptoms, behavioral or otherwise. And here in the Dominican Republic there are no vets, so I'm on my own. A quick google search indicates that it is a common symptom of respiratory infections in...
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    Beginner Questions

    Good idea, yes, I would like to put my location in my Profile but I could not figure out how to do it. Is it the tag? As I mentioned to another member, there are no balanced commercial feeds here. It's either whole corn or ground corn (and unknown grains). Given that chickens are opportunistic...
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    Beginner Questions

    It looks like I have forced mating by my alpha male. I will now consider rehoming that bird which will leave me with one beta male, MUCH calmer, and six pullets, so one male to six females. As someone suggested, I need to state in my Profile that I am in the Dominican Republic but I could not...
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    Beginner Questions

    Thank you. Most here agree that maturity (hens and roosters) begin at one year. It appears that time to egg laying is breed dependent. I should ask others here as other members here have not been able to identify my breeds.
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