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I have a juvenile embden goose who was attacked by a snapping turtle... he got her foot pretty badly, the center toe and webbing were almost bitten all the way off... we cut away all of the tissue that looked infected and since the center toe was just hanging by a thread and the bone completely...

So I hatched out 3 americauna chicks... two are doing well a third was the last to hatch, and is struggling. I've given them some kickin' chicken suppliment, and it's pecking but it's craw just isn't full like the others... I syringed it some egg yolk and it seems a little more active, but just...

I have 10 silver Appleyard ducklings. They are about a week old. My smallest seems to have sprained her leg/foot... the toes/web seems fine, no swelling, but she is not putting weight on it, and is holding it sort of out to the side... She is the friendliest of the ducklings, so I am really...

This morning at around 9:30 I went to feel my animals... My goose was no longer on her nest but I went over to count the eggs to see how many she had hatched... there was a very wet gosling that at first I thought was dead... It looked at me, kicked it's leg as if to say "I'm here, please help...

This morning at around 9:30 I went to feel my animals... My goose was no longer on her nest but I went over to count the eggs to see how many she had hatched... there was a very wet gosling that at first I thought was dead... It looked at me, kicked it's leg as if to say "I'm here, please help...

This morning I went out to feed my silkies, and the pen was a MESS... it's been raining for days and as you know silkies aren't the smartest chickens, so they don't often go into the house which is about 1 1/2 feet off the ground, despite having a little ramp for them to use. One of the younger...

I'm halfway through my egg hatch and the ducks are looking good. 6 of 6 are developing nicely. I bought a stronger light for the goose eggs since I cannot see a darn thing so far. I took one out during the first week because it didn't smell right when I candled it. Didn't need light to say it...

Last fall I had a broody silkie and ended up having her foster 10 Black Stars... She was a great mom and the babies did incredibly well and had a higher survival rate once free ranging than did the 15 other black stars... She probably would have mothered them all but it was too cold for her to...

I was sitting on my deck yesterday around 5 when as pretty as you please a young raccoon walks down my fence line! Hubby ran inside and grabbed a rifle, when he came out it was almost to the small barn, tried to take a shot, but my dog (crazy thing) saw the rifle and tried to climb on top of him...

One of my black star chicks always keeps her neck turned to the right so she look funny and always turns to the right.... she wasn't born this way and it's fairly recent that she started doing this... is it an injury? a nuerolgic thing or nutritional? Will it resolve itself? Any ideas on what...

I am about to give up on these hens and put them in the freezer... It's been 4 months since my 15 month old brahmas started molting and stopped laying...One went broody, and hatched a clutch so I can't hold that against her... but I am about to give up on the rest and put them in the pot... My...

I have a broody silkie (she's not sitting on any eggs, but insists she wants to be a momma) and just got an order of black sex links in. I will hand raise the majority, but can anyone tell me the max number that the hen should be able to foster sucessfully? Thanks, Claudette

I just received my Black star chicks, which I am enjoying a lot, very quiet chicks not at all flighty like the brahmas I have raised in the past. I was wonder what age I can expect them to start laying. I know the red stars start at about 20 weeks, but can anyone tell me when I can expect the...

I have an egg bound hen... I noticed her yesterday trying to lay late in the afternoon,which was a little strange, most of mine are morning layers. I checked again in the morning, she was in the box clucking. Not really straining, and I wasn't sure if it was her or another hen, I have 3 marans ...

Myself and several others ordered from them in Dec. Those I have contacted have NOT received their orders and the refunds via paypal have failed due to lack of funds from the sellers account... Supposedly the company now has a new owner, but no one has received anything concrete from him as to...

So I'm on BYC... with a chick sitting on my lap top that I hatched this morning... Little thing watching as I moved my mouse in circles... but if I move it straight up too fast the it tumbles backwards... I have to say i did it twice. just cause it was too cute... but then I put it away so I...

I had a late hatcher... last night he appeared to be making progress so I left him alone. this morning he was the same, but alive and peeping.. I moistened his shell and put him back in, and he finished the job.. a few membrane peices needed picked off his wing as it was stuck pretty good.. now...

I candled tonight, and as expected my farm raised eggs are having much better percentages than the shipped eggs at 99%... shipped are down to 8 from the 18 that shipped. but the surviving eggs are developing nicely... one question though is that one of them has an abnormal air sack instead of...

I ordered some Americauna eggs before Christmas... and they were horribly delayed. 10 days later they are finally here... which is a disapointment in itself... but I I open them anyway just to see what condition they arrived in. Packaging looks good... no obvious broken eggs, so I continue to...

15 of the 20 eggs I set on Dec 17th are growing! Pretty good considering they were shipped eggs, last time I had less than 50% that were viable. I checked them with my hubby, sitting in the dark last night on the couch while we candled them. Very romantic, hahaha... and I'm so excited! you...