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I have a pair of Toulouse geese, a pair of American Buff, and an Italian Skåne mix female. I just got them over a week ago, and I know that at least 2 of the 3 females are laying eggs. Each evening we walk them to the run, and they seem to get the idea. Yesterday, they decided they wanted to...

I have just hatched 9 turkey chicks, and 4 of them are solid yellow. Two of them are dark stripped and then two are lightly stripped. The parents were brown bronze, so I was not expecting the yellow chicks. Is this something that is common?

I noticed this hen was not following the rest of the pack 2 weeks ago. She started to just stay in the run and rest. She was eating and drinking, and I did not notice anything else different. She is part of a new group that I introduced 2 months ago. Anyways, a couple days ago I noticed that...

I have 2 hens sitting on eggs, and it is now day 26 with no pips in any of the eggs. I have already candled them and can see that the eggs are developed.

I spot check my chickens to see if they are showing signs of pests. The huge mistake I made was that I did not check each and everyone each time. I assumed if one had it, they all did. Anyways, while doing a routine deworming, I knoticed that one of my roosters was horribly thin. After checking...

My son noticed his favourite hen had poop on her feathers. At first he thought and egg had broken, as he said it looked slimy like egg white. So after he bathed her, he dried her and let her walk about. Then she had 2 droppings that were both watery and had blood spots in them. This hen is about...

I have been looking online to see if I can find a picture of the bugs on one of our roosters. The rooster is on his way to the pot, but when my husband was cleaning him, he found all these white flea like bugs crawling on him. They just don't look like the pictures of mites I see, nor lice. What...

Yesterday I noticed that one of my young Yokohama roosters had a light greenish colour on one leg. Today the greenish area is full of fluid. I disinfected it. The leg does not feel hot. But to be on the safe side, I gave him a small dose of antibiotics. What could this be? None of my other birds...

We have a 9 week old rooster who is raising our 4 week old Yokohama chicks. He's perfectly lovely and is now sick. I had noticed that he had diarrhea for a couple days, but he seemed fine otherwise. Then today we notice he was not out with the chicks, but sleeping instead. He has been this way...

I have 7 young Japanese quail in one of my coops. 5 of them are 4 weeks old today. Of those 5, 4 are males, as indicated by their breast colouring. The 54th one is a mix of Japanese and white Chinese quail, so I don't know what sex it is yet. Then I have a male of 5.4 weeks old and a 9 week old...

Several times now, I have found something inside the eggs of what I believe is one chicken in particular. I don't know how to describe it. It looks like off white, beige like, crescent shaped particles. One time I found one that was the size of a pencil head. Today, however, there were 3 about...

I just hatched 5 Yokohama chicks. 3 of the chicks have the redish colour on their heads and lower backs, the other 2 just have the red colour on their heads. Does anyone know what this is? The eggs came from a red crested hen and a white hen. The rooster is red crested. Also, does anyone know...

While doing a search, I cam across a heated thread, well several, on this topic. Most of the quail owners I know, here in Sweden, have their quail cages by their chickens. I have my quail hutch in the chicken run, as the run is quite large. I see that many have talked about the many diseases...

I recently integrated a new male and female quail, both between the age of 6-8 weeks when I got them. I have had them for 2 weeks now. Anyways, I have noticed that the female has very ruffled feathers. The other 2 females are perfectly fine. This new female is loved on very much by the new...

I asked my husband to add the vitamin liquid to the chickens water. A couple days later I noticed there was a tinge to the water, caused from the vitamins, so I asked him how much did her give. He told me a cap full. Well the directions say 15 ml to 100 chickens. Well I have 20 chickens, and the...

I have a Hedemora hen, just 6 months old, and I have found her several times in the nesting box sitting on a couple eggs. I have seen my other hens line up for the favoured nesting box, because this hen is sitting there. I just thought she needed more time to do her business, but today I found...

Now this batch had an incubator issues, so they were without power for 8 or more hours. I was expecting them to hatch day 18 or 19, because of the temp issue. Well 5 of the 6 had pips on day 17, but nothing more by this morning, day 19. So it was time, again, to assist the hatch. I opened them...

I have been panicking because I kept finding what I thought was diarrhea from several of my hens. I set up a chair in the run, just so I could site for hours and watch my hens pooh:idunno Then I started to worm them today. The vet told me to wait until the younger chicks were older, so I could...

We can't consume the eggs while worming them, however, can we incubate these eggs instead?

I can't stop watching. My kids want me to feed them, but don't they understand, I have more important things to do:lau Today is day 17, so I am expecting a few by this evening, and the rest tomorrow. Then on Monday, I have another 9 to put into lock down.