I had a rescue pekin that lost the end of his bill in a raccoon attack when he was a little fluffy easter duckling.
Keep the bill clean. Keep the duck in a quiet clean place until it heals. I would bring it into the house to care for initially. Bring a quiet friend too if it seems stressed by...
You can use an antibacterial on your flock. Ask your vet. If there is a bird specialist in your area that would be a good place to start. Or even a university that has a veterinarian school or agricultural school. Try Michigan State University.
For a commercial flock that will never be used for breeding anyway, if almost all of the birds would die from the disease, I think it can make sense to cull the whole flock. It saves human time & effort (do it all at once and get it over with), and depending on what method of culling is used, it...
I do have one that's been pipped since first thing, 6am this morning, it's gone 6pm here now and it hasn't changed at all. Hoping it's ok...
I have 6 with pips now... hope I can work out who's who if they all decide to hatch during the night!
If the wood is that soft then it probably won't take much for the saw to go through it.
But if you really don't want to go that route you could try strapping the shed together with this type of fabric ratchet straps (not really tight, just enough to hold it together horizontally and...
I got Toms wound cleaned and bandaged No better yet. His meds came today. Its 3 pills 3xs a day! :eek: Never heard that before. Phone appt is in 45 mins. Im weak and trembly right now.
SD is coming up today just to give us $ for gas. I told her not to. Thats a long trip for that but she wasnt...
Ugh. What a morning. Go to get into hubs vehicle and look how he parked his truck!!!!
Made it to the gas station with 16 miles to spare…
And $25 only got me a quarter tank.
Yes, a forest can be a concern -often many predators. A water source can be additional predators (like mink), but you will learn the area as you are there. The electric fence will help. When we had a chain link fence -there was a gap. We were concerned about chicks getting out. So we...