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im terrified it will pass to my hawks, i will do research, see what i can find out, thanks

bump, is there no body who knows what this is?, fyi, my little black chicken died

it all started with one chicken, she went broody, so i grabbed her stuck her in a broody box with some eggs, 2 weeks later, i notice, shes wheezing, like an old man who smokes to much, so i pulled her off the eggs, as her health is more imprtant to me than the phesant eggs she was sitting on, at...

seriously no one seen or heard of this? the air sack is still there, like from her chest down her left side to her thigh,but shes not ailing from it, just looks a bit odd

Silkys are the best i had a silky and a banty, both brill brooders, but to prove silkys are the best, heres a little story put eggs under my two babys, phesant eggs, both hens silky and banty hatches out a few, heres the difference, a banty is a better parent, so, seeing my banty could take more...

Bump*, any ideas anyone, its been 3 days and no real change, shes still kinda like a ballon, but not showing signs of feeling sick

hello all, i have a little silky chick, about 8 weeks old, shes fine, perfect, apart from it seems, she becomming a baloon, seems, her lower left leg the skin has lifted and has air under it, i checked, and theres no fluid from what i see, when it chirps i can kinda hear i echo in the air...

right, i took my eggs and candled them, some have veins, some have what could be veins and some not, i did a quick jimmy job, adding a blanket wall to block off the unused side of my tank and temp is a steady 98.9 deg, which i know by looking at my bulb themometer is perfect, as the liquid is...

thanks, good, info there, im not going to listen to my digital thermometer,as the thermostate controler is clicking on and off nicely, and it was very expensive, so i figure thats reading right

lol np duck eggs can get cool, you might want to actually mist the eggs once a day if you can, and dont worry about them colling, its actually needed, with chicken doing the broodyness, im not sure how you would cool them, but do try and mist them, removing the hen might put her off the brood...

when it comes to birds hatching eggs, sometimes the bird is right, there might be something wrong with the eggs, but, you did right, if the ducks really feel soemthings wrong, they will leave again, best bet is to remove the duck thats laying fresh eggs, so the other broody ones dont get...

so, after my great time hatching my ducks my Bf got loads of phesant eggs, so, they wouldnt all fit in my little incubator, so i made one, i got a reptile tank, and lights, normal ones, 40 wat and a thermostate crontoler and reader, styrofoam bin and put eggs in, put a blanket around the tank as...

well, my poor little thing passed last night, i brought him to bed, i have a specialised place above my pillow for infant animals needing 24 hour care, i had him warm and nice, got water in him and some souped baby chick feed, i went to sleep and was dreaming of him, half way in my dream i...

oh yea, another question, is there anything i can get, from a normal shop, as its the weekend and i wont be able to get chemicals, is there a shampoo, or some herb or something i could use to treat mites?

hey all, i have a baby chick, about 3 3 weeks old, came with a silky and 4 others, this one this morning was fine, then this evening, sitting all alone, looking poorly now i brought him in and held him, he was cold, i got an itch and looked, saw a mite, so i jumped, and checked him and sure...

my ducks were like that, its the skin pocket over the absorbed yolk, if you look closely you should see its like a belly button on the end, with a little umbilical cord comming from the center of it, dont panic, when it fluffs up ya wont even notice, just as was said, put a little towel under...

well as for your little guy, water is essentail, get a glass of luke warm water, take a tea spoon and put a level teaspoon of sugar in the water, stir well and if you have vit drops add one drop, then using a small spoon dip the chicks beak in it, make sure he doesnt breath it in, so what i do...

i wouldnt throw them away, they might be ok, just watch and wait, candle them, listen to them, they might still be ok,

that happened to me on day 18 of incubation, and on day 24! what i did was this first time it happened, i knew it wouldnt be gone for long, so i put them in my van and thats kept them warm, second time there was no sun so i kept them on me for warmth, now i didnt move mine much, but from what i...

i know its a bit different, but i have a duck pip backward and get stuck, he was a noisy bugger, i had to help him out and for 3 days he couldnt walk,or lift his head, so i gave him, vit water, with a teaspoon of sugar, and made him sip it, 1 an hour, no food, he couldnt eat, on day 3 i gave him...