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I found my silkie rooster's feet like this yesterday :( What could this be how did it happen and HOW DO I FIX IT!!!??? Please any advice is welcome. I am running to tractor supply soon to look for supplies, if someone could tell me what supplies I am looking for that would be GREAT! lol

I am looking for either Call Duck hatching eggs or ducklings. I am in the Hudson valley in NY. If you want I can trade Wynedotte hatching eggs, or chicks(if I have any hatched at that time)

I have some button quails that I got back in the spring. They are cute little guys but I have to rehome them asap because my dad just got a cat and the cat keeps trying to eat them. He has already knocked the cage over once. I really dont want to get rid of them but my dad wont get rid of the...

Please email me if interested. I have 4 silver laced wyandotte roosters. They are approx. 3 1/2 months old. I can email pics upon request. We just have to many roosters.

Hi, my button quail had a piece of hard black gunk stuck to the outside of her ear today. I got it off but the ear is all pink and inflammed. Could this be an ear infection? Or maybe ear mites? Or did some dirt just get in there? And what do I do to make it better? If you email me @...

I have read that button quails lay 8-12 eggs/clutch. one of my single females (she used to be with a male but he didnt really like her so know he is with a differant female and she is by her self) as of earlier today was up to 14 eggs!!! She is not sitting on them, just laying them in one...

My friends chickens are acting fine, eating/drinking etc, but 2 have randomly died, I am wondering if it is mites... Any advice on what to do about that? we have baby chicks growing up to go outside with them and need to get this solved asap, also there are adult ducks that live outside with the...

Hi, I just got 4 kacki campbell ducklings and I read that ducks tend to be niacin deficiant and was wondering how I would supplement them? And where I would buy the niacin, how much I should give them, etc??

I had no idea that pairing up button quails was soo hard! I am just about ready to give up and only keep my one pair that actually get along Every one else doesnt know what they want and I restructure them and they cry for someone else still.... I just dont know!

Has anyone every used Equine Pine as bedding for button quails? I am wondering if it is safe because I use it for my rabbits and it is cheaper than aspen, and much more absorbent...

I just got 4 silkie chicks, and am not sure who is going to be hens/roos. They are living at my friends house with other breeds of chickens. If they mate with her chickens when they grow up will they ruin her eggs? She has larger hens, cochin, rir, americuana, orpington and austrolorps... Or...

If anyone is looking for a single female button quail I have 2 available. I rasied up 6 babies and there turned out to be only 2 males so I have 2 extra females. They are about 1 1/2 months old. I have never shipped animals before so I can only do local pick-up.

Hi, I am getting some baby chicks and I was wondering the pros/cons of medicating the water vs using medicated food? I was told its better and safer to medicate the water? The feed store is getting the chicks shipped to them so I know they need some sort of medication to prevent coccidia, and I...

I am going to be getting some silkie chicks tomorrow, and am a little concerned now because someone told me that silkie bantam rooster are very aggressive and will attack other chicken breeds and people. I am hoping this is not true as I wont be able to tell who will be hens and who will be...

Can anyone help me decode what my buttons are saying? They make this low "crooaak crooaak" noise , I have only seen the boys do that, and then there is that calling noise that any of them seem to make. I have jus separated them into pairs and they were calling to each other last night. Also I...

my 6 button quails are about 1 1/2 months old now, I am pretty certrain I have 2 males and 4 females. The males were trying to mate the females last night but the females dont seem yet interested, at what age will they be mature and start laying eggs? Also, the 1 male seems a little...

Hi! I just joined the forum, my name is Kim and I am from NY. I have 6 button quails that I got March 4th, they ranged from a day old to almost a week onld when I got them. I am so glad I found this forum because I have never had them before and it is definetaly a learning experience. I still...