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We had a feral cat deliver three kittens in our chicken nesting box. Our birds eat rats and mice, and have killed peacock hatchlings. Will they go after the newborn kittens too?

It used to be simple to buy antibiotics for my poultry. I’m not sure when that all changed, but it has. We had a cold snap, with rain and snow, and now I have a turkey that is sick. There are so many disceases that they can get, that I don’t even know what it could be. I’m thinking it’s...

It used to be simple to buy antibiotics for my poultry. I’m not sure when that all changed, but it has. We had a cold snap, with rain and snow, and now I have a turkey that is sick. There are so many disceases that they can get, that I don’t even know what it could be. I’m thinking it’s...

Since my go to antibiotic, Duramycin 10, is no longer sold in stores I need to know what I can now use for an antibiotic, and where to get it. No injectables, unless it can be given orally. I need an antibiotic for a duck with an advanced case of bumblefoot.

We put down our seven year old Barred Rock yesterday. She had collapsed and when I picked her up she had thousands of maggots crawling in and out of her vent, thousands. She had been acting slow lately but was still eating and drinking. I figured she was slowing down because of her old age. I...

I gave a typical chipmunk EE hen that's is either 4 or 5, and she is slowly dieing. I don't believe she is sick. She is just dieing. I always read how chickens live these long lives, and I still have three original chickens from my very first flock from 2010. All the others seem well. I believe...

My son didn't lock up the Welch Hareliquins last night, and now one is dead. We have had these guys for five years, and because of pure laziness this has happened. If she had died because of a illness I wouldn't be so angry right now, but this is so unexceptabe. I'm trying to figure out what got...

We have had our geese for five years, and every year since they were old enough to produce babies we get some. These goslings are one and two days old. Unfortunately, we always get more males than females :( Here we have one female and two males. I love that these geese are auto-sexing. It makes...

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White Chantecler Chick, hatched in a incubator from our own flock. Two weeks old. Sex unknown. Kept outside in a brooder, away from other poultry. Symptoms: A few days ago he would chirp loudly, like he was being hurt or being picked up. When I would check on him he would be rolling around on...

Our Pilgrim goslings are hatching, and the first one was attacked by something. I am now trying to figure out what it was. When we found the gosling with mom last night it was obvious that something wasn't right with him. About 1/4 to 1/3 of his bill is missing, and we just discovered a wound...

I think I have a two year old rooster with Coccidiosis. He has been showing all the symptoms of being infected, but he has been sick for a few days now. I was not sure what illness he is dealing with and did not start him on Corid until last night. I have been reading that Coccidiosis is a quick...

I was reading in, BACKYARD CHICKENS FOR DUMMIES, that I can treat adult chickens that have Coccidisis with Amprolium or Decoquinate. I am not finding any product like these in town, would they be other another name or is there another product that is good at treating Coccidia?

My Roo is two years old. I have noticed that is feathers look like a Silkie chickens, and this is not normal for him. He isn't acting normal. He is eating and drinking. However, he does not crow much anymore. He is not chasing his girls around like he usually does. His comb is bright red, and...

The description might be a bit GRAPHIC...We found our Cayuga duck dead in her run yesterday, and I am trying to figure out what happened. My son said that she was fine we he let her and the other duck and drake out yesterday morning. When he went to go put them in for the night she had died. He...

I have two to three day old Partridge Chantecler chicks that keep falling on to their backs, and they can't correct themselves. These chicks are from my healthy stock of PC's, and we're hatched in a incubator. Not all of them are doing this. Oddly, it's the ones with the same color patterns...

I brought home four turkeys last night and one is not doing well. It is a week older than the other three, and was doing well at the breeders home before the four hour journey to their new home.. I think that she got chilled on the drive home, and it probably wasn't warm enough for them last...

Hi All, Do you think that pond liner would be good to use on the floor of a duck coop with pine shavings on top of that? My ducks have destroyed the floor of their old coop, and I want to protect the floor in the new coop. I do not have access to stable flooring so that won't work.

I am divorced after 16 years of being with my husband, and my boys and I are having a hard time adjusting. We are moving out of our forever 'earthly' home and we are all exhausted. To make matters worse our dog killed, Columbus, our Pilgrim gander last night. We could use some prayers of...