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  1. katie9221

    Chicken not using her foot help

    Hello all! I have a ~4-5 month old Sapphire Gem hen that has stopped using her left foot. I am not aware of any accidents that she had, she just started doing it out of the blue one day but was fine beforehand. She can still retract her left leg at the "knee", but its like she no longer has...
  2. I

    How did you manage to rehome your hen?

    Hello everyone. Lately I have been trying to find someone to rehome my hen to. I was curious to ask, for those of you who have successfully rehomed chickens, how did you do it? What resources (websites, social media, veterinarians, shelters, etc.) did you use? Info from people in Texas...
  3. N

    Transition to outside

    Our chicks hatched on June 6th. Third time raising chicks in a brooder and these 9 are messy!! They’re honestly bigger than my other flocks were at this age. My partner wants to move them outdoors to our small chicken coop/run. It’s attached to our main chicken run, so they’ll get some...
    • Ncfarm828
    • Thread
    • advice brooder advice messy chicks tired of the dust transition outdoors
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. N

    Muscovy Duck Eggs

    Hey I currently have a broody muscovy duck laying on almost 20 eggs. I have to leave town for a few days on July 12th so I decided to candle a few of her eggs. Any idea when these will hatch? I want to make sure I am here when they hatch so I can move her and any babies into a secure coop with...
  5. bumblychicken

    How to keep ground “clean” and safe + other advice for new chicken mama ❤️

    Hi everyone, my chicken run is approximately 22-25ft long and 14 or so feet wide The ground is just the grass and dirt we built it on Are there others who just use the dirt and grass and will the poop just decompose? I know sand is an option but it isn’t for me right at this moment Is it...
  6. remicuties

    Is this normal for humidity to do this?

    So I have a govee and I like watching my temperature and humidity with it and I noticed this trend of “spikes” going on.. I have a humidikit and have it set where under 30% humidity it will turn on, when it does the humidity goes up to the 40s and drops back down creating these spikes. Really I...
  7. bumblychicken

    This isn’t coccidiosis right? 🙏

    I took two photos of the same stool, one is how I found it and the other is opening it a bit. I am hoping this is just pigmentation and it’s the only one I’ve found like this It’s about 8am and it looks somewhat fresh so it might just be a weird poop from waking up, I know those can look funky...
  8. remicuties

    Emu eggs day 3 weight loss

    So I had three eggs one went bad the other two I weighed in today lost a gram each, is this within daily weight loss for emu eggs? Egg 1 was 311g egg 2 was 446g initially before incubating. Now day three egg 1 is 310g Egg 2 is 445g I did calculations according to emu farmers handbook and the...
  9. S

    My duck got her beak snapped off by a predator.

    Hello! My poor sweet duck got her beak snapped off by some kind of predator, we aren’t sure exactly what. She had no other bodily injuries and the bleeding stopped, but I’m not sure what to even do or if she can make it at this point. I’ve isolated her in a clean warm space after giving her a...
  10. N

    Question about Incubating Bantam Eggs

    Hey I have a maticcoopx (20 egg) incubator, I have currently been using it just as a backup for if a broody hen abandons the nest (or leaves some eggs after the first chicks hatch). I want to attempt to incubate my bantam eggs in it now but before I do I wanted to get some information on what...
  11. K

    My hen is blind

    Our 6 month old hen has been acting strange the past few months; walking into fences, walking into other chickens and avoiding the flock completely. We had a feeling she was blind or something wrong neurologically. On closer inspection we’ve found her eyes are indeed cloudy which is...
  12. Spudlo

    This site compared to FB site

    This site has helpful information and great people. It was my very first web page I used back when I got my first chickens. I love the pictures, the people, the admins…but the Facebook site is horrible. People are mean, people post pictures without giving people a heads up about the horror they...
  13. MoonHarvester

    Introducing pet chickens to a livestock flock

    Hi all! I have a very specific situation where I unexpectedly got baby chicks and will have to return them to the ranch temporarily. I have been raising my 3 chicks as pets and they are 5 weeks old now. They will be too big for my brooder inside my house and my backyard is not coyote-proof...
  14. Swiftchicks_13

    Newly hatched chick won’t stand

    We just had a polish chick hatch yesterday and one hatch earlier today the newer chick is walking around fine but the first chick just kinda scoots around the incubator. His legs were kinda stiff this morning but are not loosened up to where they can fully extend he just like drags himself...
  15. S

    Bobwhite Quail Chicks with Sudden Strange Behavior…Help!

    We purchased 150 Bobwhite Quail hatchlings on April 21st. All were hatched the morning before we picked up. They came from a state DNR licensed breeder. We raise one batch per year for release into the wild to help reinstate our local population. The chicks are nearly 3 weeks old now. We...
    • Seahag of The Corn
    • Thread
    • advice bobwhite quail quail chicks quail neurological issues
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  16. C

    Exzolt and cydectin treatments. Treating mites and lice/worms

    Can you treat chickens with Exzolt and cydectin at the same time? My chickens have just had their second/last dose of Exzolt in their water. Can I topically treat with cydectin now aswell or is it best to wait?
    • Chicnz
    • Thread
    • advice cydectin exzolt lice medical advice mites treatment advice treatment schedule
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  17. S

    Bones of a Coop

    Before I list the other details, what is everyone’s suggestion on making a coop structurally sound for wind as the main environmental factor. When talking about bones of the coop, let’s not set off the warning bells but I am talking structure lol. I have just put the posts in this weekend and...
  18. S

    Rooster keeping hen out of coopnat night

    Everything seemed fine but for about last two nights my rooster has been keeping one of my chickens out of the coop at night, I keep finding her trying to sleep outide, when i put her in the coop at night he kinda is mean but then let's her be. They are fine during the day time. Any advice...
  19. lillykew

    2 week old Chicks not using heat at night

    Hello All! I have 3 chicks, 2 weeks old, who have been transitioned to a larger brooder box after being in a cardboard box for the first week. I made them a homemade heat plate with a metal cooling rack and an always on heat pad, and while they were in the cardboard box they used it all the...
  20. B

    chick wont stop stress chirping unless im right in front of it

    its genuinely infuriating at this point and i have considered culling this chick multiple times. i keep the brooder in my room as i have no other place to put it. this chick is 1.5 weeks old. it didnt do this the first few days but then i picked it up ONCE and now it cries until im right in...
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