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  1. M

    Spraddle leg in chick help!!!

    Hi, I have a chick that I think currently is suffering from spraddle leg. I have crate a hobble with vet tape and it can move a lot more than before, however when moving they cant/ wont lift their head and spread their wings to move.(could they possibly have wry neck?) I am currently hand...
  2. ahodges

    E. Coli Infection in Trachea and Capallaria Parasites - Please advise

    Hello all - A little over a month ago I made the very regretful mistake of introducing 7 new pullets (age 12 weeks) to my original flock of 10 (age 2 years) without giving them a proper "quarantine period." Horrific, unfortunate, lesson learned. I had them all in the same run, although I had...
  3. T

    Rooster pecking, need advice

    Hi, I'm having some issues with a rooster of mine. He is the only rooster in my flock of 5 (it was seven but we had some unfortunate losses). One of our hens, who seems to be a favorite of his, has a bald spot on the back of her neck we are almost certain is from him. There doesn't appear to be...
  4. C

    Quail’s Legs Are Paralysed

    Hi, I need some help please. I came home the other day to my female King quail paralysed. She seems fine other than not being able to walk, her legs are laid out behind her. I only got her last month, I got a male with her. She laid 4 eggs 2 weeks ago now and she seemed fine after that. I...
  5. outofthereality

    Turkey Tom eye discharge white

    Hello everyone, I have some concerns, I have a one year old Tom. For some reason I’ve just notice his eye has a white discharge and Idk what it is nor how to clean it. Is it bacterial or viral or just eye boogers. If so, the flock doesn’t have any of those issues just him. Can anyone help me...
  6. 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...
  7. RynNightmare

    Egg binding? Please help.

    The problem childTM (Colby) has started laying eggs for this season, laid 6, then hasn’t layed for 2 days. She’s not isolating, she was swimming and eating earlier. I checked on her now and she doesn’t seem to be eating she’s drinking fine, I sat outside with them for 30ish minutes and didn’t...
    • RynNightmare
    • Thread
    • advice advice and help please ducks egg binding
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. C

    Lethargic Chicken with Black Sludge Poop

    Please help :(( I joined this site in desperate help for my hen, Yoli. She is very weak, mostly lays down and when she tries to walk she tends to fall. She hasn’t been eating the best the past two days nor drinking water. She tries eating and drinking on her own but she gets too tired or falls...
  9. kz_soupz19

    My hen been fighting with the new rooster

    I have 2 hens (Orpington & Ancona) I have them since they are chicks. Recently I got other 2 chickens since chicks which it turned out one of them is a rooster. Both pullet and cockerel now are 17 weeks old. We noticed that our Ancona puffs up like a rooster and at times tries to start fights...
  10. C

    Honking, shuffling backwards, 27 week Araucana

    Hi, I found my girl on the ground not moving this morning. She’s now honking/sneezing, shuffling backwards, doesn’t want to eat or drink, she’s pooping, she’s with 17 others her age, not laying yet. I’m trying to attach videos, please excuse the narrating. I’m wondering if it’s respiratory...
  11. B

    Chicken Went Under Coop! Help!!!

    UPDATE!!! We got her out! 🙂 I couldn’t leave her out there tonight because she definitely would’ve gotten eaten; we have a lot of raccoons that have picked off chickens before. It was way too heavy to lift, but we were able to move around some loose cinderblocks underneath of it. I was able to...
  12. M

    What got my turkeys?

    I am so upset and confused. I went to check on my turkeys this afternoon and this is what I found. I hadn’t been out to the pasture since last night so I assume this happened sometime last night. I have had turkeys in this same tractor for three years now and this has never happened. It’s just...
    • manyacres
    • Thread
    • advice and help please predator advice predator attack question turkeys
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  13. P

    Aggressive rooster

    Hi everyone, I have a small flock of 5. For back story I got my polish rooster a year ago, he's about a year and 4 months old. When I got him I had to nurse him back to health from what his last flock did. Because of that I didn't rush getting him any friends, I waited until we were all ready...
  14. M

    Recurring bumblefoot— help!

    One of my ducks has a recurring case of bumblefoot. She previously had it in January of this year— I soaked her feet twice a day in Epsom salts but the scabs never came off & I decided to not pry them out. I ended up switching from Epsom salts to chlorhexidine and it helped SO MUCH— she was able...
    • MollyHSmith
    • Thread
    • advice and help please bumblefoot
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. J

    So im BACK! This time with Chicken Eggs

    I had some much fun hatching the duck eggs for a friend and got three beautiful ducklings! So now I am hatching my own chicks for fresh eggos! Questions.... Do u mist chicken eggs and cool like ducks? How and when do I find out if they are male or female? Also any idea on how to candle a...
  16. C

    Need advice on foundation for raised coop, location MA, Frost line 32,” Not a forever property

    *Edit* - this is for a raise coop. Coops are considered sheds and with the plans it fall under the condition of not needing a permit. We are planning for a chicken license as some may know from previous posts. Just found out about Frost Lines. Which is crazy to have to take these in...
  17. M

    Delayed shipments

    Hey guys! I bought some eggs off of eBay. This is my first time doing this. I just wanted some hens in my flock that I could only seem to find there. They said they were going to get here Friday. But I’m fairly sure they lost the package. It spent 4 days in the shipping area and now another...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • advice and help please advice appreciated hatch rates hatchability lost eggs shipping eggs
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  18. RynNightmare

    Duck laying egg yolk and white with no shell or membrane

    My Cayuga ducks are almost 2 now and one of them has had some egg trouble before (laying soft eggs or eggs with just membranes) that was last year though and she’s been totally fine this year until today. The ducks get layer pellets and oyster shells so i think they’re getting good calcium. The...
    • RynNightmare
    • Thread
    • advice and help please ducks egg abnormalities egg with no shell is this normal
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. S

    Introduction and question!

    Hello everyone! I’ve been an avid reader on this site for awhile now. It’s been my go to for chicken questions. Although I haven’t created an account until now. I know that chickens can stop laying during times of stress, we’ve had a fox get one of our girls and everyone continued laying like...
  20. J

    Duck Eggs day 23

    Hello I am new to this and need some advice. I have three duck eggs which are all growing perfectly - apart from the air sacs. Temp has been 37.5°c since day one and iv had issues with humidity but it's steady now between 50-55%. Out of the three duck eggs I have one with a normal sac, one...
    • JmzMc
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    • #airsac abnormal aircell advice and help please air cell assist a hatch egg egg advice newbee sac
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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