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I have a 3 week old poult that somehow just forgot how to walk on its feet and now walks on its knees. I am pretty sure that no bones are broken and that all of the tendons are working, and it looks healthy otherwise. Obviously though, it won't be able to live very long without being able to...

Nice advice! I did end up buying a border collie with a very low herding instinct so we will see how it goes... I was considering an LGD, but I know someone who breeds border collies and I was also a bit weary of training the livestock guardians... Thanks for the help!!

Hi everyone, I am thinking about getting a border collie pup, whose parents apparently have a very low herding instinct. If trained right, will this be a good dog to help me protect my chickens from bobcats, hawks, and anything else? Will it keep deer off of my fruit trees? Any thoughts...

Hey everyone, I would like to get a dog to protect my chickens and some other livestock some day... I have 3 acres and have had problems with bobcats and hawks. I also have a 2 year old son and will hopefully have more kids soon. I have been thinking about a border collie, an australian...

Hey everyone, I would like to get a dog to protect my chickens and some other livestock some day... I have 3 acres and have had problems with bobcats and hawks. I also have a 2 year old son and will hopefully have more kids soon. I have been thinking about a border collie, an australian...

One of my chickens keeps getting food stuck to the top of their mouth. It is making it difficult for it to eat!! What can I do about this? Please help!!! Ryan

One of my chickens keeps getting food stuck to the top of their mouth. It is making it difficult for it to eat!! What can I do about this? Please help!!! Ryan

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Is it possible that the yolk like thing is an embryo? Can you always see the veins, even in brown eggs??

Hello everyone, I have been incubating eggs for 6 days now and I still have not seen any signs of life... I have been trying to candle and I can see a yolk like thing moving around, but no veins. Does this mean I am out of luck? What a bummer that would be (I have 46 eggs on the go...) The...

Keep the egg layers and slaughter the roosters...

My laying hens are getting crushed by a hawk this winter. He is taking about one a week at the moment and I am not sure what to do. He seems to hide in these dense trees that the chickens also like to hide in and he attacks them there. Is there anything I can do to get rid of a hawk. I...

Thanks Sally Sunshine! That was a heck of an article... Anyone else have any quick tips?

Hello Everyone, I have never hatched eggs before, but am doing it in class (I am a Biology teacher) this month.. My eggs are being sent to my house and then I will bring them to school the following day to start the incubation. My question is, do I need to put them anywhere special while...

Can anyone tell me why it si more expensive to buy a fertilized egg than it is to buy an actual baby chick - seems weird! I am a biology teacher/small-scale chicken farmer and I wanted to incubate some eggs in class - then I realized how expensive they are to buy! Where i looked they were...

I just bought 500 mealworms and am planning on starting a LARGE operation. I want to raise 50 meat chickens this summer and I want to feed them mainly off of a combination of mealworms, bread, and pasture. I think I will need somewhere between 10-30 pounds of mealworms per week. I would also...

Does anyone know of a way to raise worms (meal or others that chickens like) without using bran, but using something that is easier to grow or scavenge for free, like leaf litter or wood chips or potatoes, cabbages, and carrots? Or how about even crumbled up bread (I have access to free stale...

Hi everyone, I have a turkey who is starting to act a bit strange the last couple of days. She is constantly sitting down to rest and won't even move when I touch her or pick her up. Any ideas? Is this normal behavior? Thanks.. Ryan

OK. New dilemma. So I go out to the coop this morning another hen (lets call her the unbroody hen) is on the eggs, so I move her off and one of the eggs is broken and another is on the floor of the coop, away from the rest. The broody hen is roaming around, looking irritated. The unbroody...

Hello, I have a hen that has just gone broody and I would love to see her hatch some chicks. There are only 5 eggs under her at the moment - can I put eggs from other hens under there as long as it is done in the first couple of days? Should I separate her into a different part of the coop...