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From the xray it might be possible that the screw had been in the bird for a long time and it might be covered in fibrous tissue (a defense mechanism). In this case the foreign object is not dangerous anymore and it is safer to leave it where it is. If the bird looks and acts normal and the...

I'm pretty sure it's safe for chickens because I already used it on canaries and wild birds but it baffles me that it is stated that I can't eat the hens eggs, like, forever. It has to be some UE nonsense. Are really eggs from permethrin/tetramethrin treated birds unsafe to eat for the whole...

I've seen a lice crawl on one of my hens, she is missing a few feathers on her neck so lices are probably the issue. I have this product at home, https://www.amazon.it/Neo-Foractil-Spray-Uccelli-300Ml/dp/B01AGGMOKG it's a spray that contains - piperonyl butoxide 10mg in 1 gram of product -...

This exact morning I woke up, and was in the bathroom. I heard one of my hens scream exactly like the rubber chicken: I couldn't believe my ears. She sounded like that. And it was just a temper tantrum because she wanted to get out of the run.

Forgot to add, I purchased this parsimmon tree so my chickens can have a nice shade on their coop so a good crown development is what I need.

I got a very young parsimmon tree shipped to me. I didn't know it would be basically a stick with no branches. Any advice on how to prune it so it will grow a nice crown and not grow as a sad bush? Should I cut all the lower branches/sprouts and leave only 4-5 on top if it? Thank you in advance!

it's probably some sort of skull deformity caused by birth defect or if it starts later in life, by sinus cavity injury.

Trim one wing, phisical punishment doesn't work with birds. They understand it, but they're too stubborn to care about it.

Toss the egg. If you can't keep the bird and you can't be responsible for it, toss it. I'm a bird rehabber and I volunteered for my local wildlife association. Rehabbing a captive born goose is extremely difficult and I personally wouldn't do that. I had to deal with a few captive born and hand...

Be patient and let her molt. It took 1 full month to my 1 year old hens to start laying after I brought them home and they weren't even molting. I was about to turn them into soup. Now they lay almost every day.

The egg turner can be turned off at 15 days and it won't harm the babies.

That's why I love my buffs. They can't get past a 40cm tall stripe of mulching fabric. Or they are too lazy to even try.

Anyone know why a single hens can lay eggs of different colors? I have one hen that usually lay yellowish brown eggs, then suddenly she made an almost white egg. Can it be stress or overheating? Here is a picture, all the eggs are from just 2 hens: one hen laid the 2 middle eggs (smaller, mauve...

Hi! Thank you for the answer! I'm planning to only hatch 12 eggs at a time which is half the capacity of this incubator. I should be able to only use the space within the more stable area and move the egg turning grid within the stable area. The analog thermometer is calibrated, the digital ones...

If I do dry hatch my humidity sometimes drops to 10%. Is that OK or should I add water 'till it goes up to 25 - 30%? I'm planning to hatch chickens, not ducks.

This is a continuation of my old thread about fixing an old incubator. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-fixing-an-old-incubator.1616174/#post-27640089 Sadly all the eggs died (last chick died during lockdown). Now that the incubator is empty I could add a computer fan. I actually...

IIRC newborn chicks have extra tissue on their necks to help them with the pipping and zipping, which gets reabsorbed later. Could be that maybe?

You're overthinking. My chickens free roam on a field full of wild herbs. There certainly is wild stramonium and delphinum and who knows what else. When they don't eat herbs, they eat worms, maggots, slugs, and other disgusting bugs crawling in the manure. They always end up with manure smeared...

All eggs are dead. Since everything is over now, I got some temp sensors to figure out what happened and how to fix the issues. Here I attach an image with all the killer temperatures before adding a fan, and the more decent temperatures after adding a fan. Do you think the new temperatures are...

In Venice inland, the traditional easter animal is the chocolate hen and the chocolate rooster. I'm missing the rooster this year but I got a chocolate hen with some chocolate chicks, and some of my hens eggs!