advice appreciated

  1. A

    Revived chick.. now what? HELP

    Hi y’all, first time hatching chicks and know very little about them! I’ve never had chickens, I hatched chicks for a farmer with my kindergarten class. He donated everything supply wise and will be getting the chicks back in a few days. However, we have a special little one (I call it a he, but...
  2. kanami

    hiiii!! chickie mama newbie here :33

    hi everyoneee, my name is kanami and i’m a first time chick momma. i’m 18 y/o and currently have nine 3 1/2 week old chickies. i might as well just start calling them pullets at this point! they grow up so fast i swear. i was only meant to get 8 babies but the hatchery accidentally gave me 9 and...
  3. S

    Post Prolapse Surgery need Advice

    Hello everyone! My little blue old english hen is about 3 years and she’s not the most active egg layer. Recently though she had low calcium and the vet found a soft egg stuck inside. She took it out, gave me antibiotics and anti inflammatories and things were looking good. The next day she had...
  4. M

    My Dog Brought Me the Lovely Gift Of A Baby Quail! Help With Advice!

    Last night my sweet dog was so considerate to bring us a baby quail. Little chick was so spooked at first and we helped treat it for shock and it seems to have recovered. It wasn't hurt at all just a little slobbery. We set it up in a small tote last night with wood shaving bedding since we had...
    • MyDogBroughtMeAGift
    • Thread
    • advice advice appreciated baby quail dog gift help quail wild quail
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  5. thebirdhouse83

    Help! Premature Duckling

    This baby was on day 28 of incubation and had an external pip. Our cat knocked our small incubator off of the counter and broke his shell quite a bit causing him to have some bleeding. I applied a very small amount of styptic powder to stop the bleeding. Then wrapped it in a damp paper towel to...
    • thebirdhouse83
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated first time brooding ducks help help ! membrane tear premature duck trouble hatching umbilical cord weak chick wild baby ducks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  6. M10lk

    Advice needed on gosling with yolk sack.

    I recently hatched out two Sebastopol goslings one completely healthy normal boy and another girl who had some difficulties. She hatched very enthusiastically completely on her own but for some reason hatched with the yolk attached, after some reading I think it may have been due to humidity...
    • M10lk
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated goose gosling gosling and geese sebastapol geese yolk absorbing yolk not fully absorbed yolk sack attached
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  7. ducksndaisies

    Khaki Campbell Cannot Stand, Any Advice Appreciated

    Hello all! This is my first post on BYC, and while I would have preferred it to be on a happier note, after two weeks of worrying, I feel I need to seek all the advice I can. We have a 2.5 year old Khaki Campbell duck who lives with one other Khaki and two Anconas, all females and all the same...
    • ducksndaisies
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated advice needed duck illness khaki campbell lameness
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. JoserMum

    Broody Goose safety suggestions?

    I have three Toulouse, two geese and one gander. My sweet goose, Pumpkin, made a beautiful nest under our deck this past week. She kind of made it and then ignored it until the past couple days. We went out this evening to put her to bed (which is a fenced area, with a covered wagon. Our ducks...
    • JoserMum
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated broody geese safety
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  9. DarthWombat

    Chicken noob hoping for feedback on my coop design.

    I've been a long time lurker here on BYC and the time is finally right to start my own small flock. I'm planning on 5 or 6 chickens to start. I've done a lot of looking around the site, as well as evaluating commercially available coops, and I think I've put together a design that will have the...
  10. CloneFly

    Rescuer New to Chickens but Excited to Learn!

    Hello Everyone! I'm an (un-official) animal rescuer that brings home or helps whatever feathery, furry or scaley creature comes my way. (Much to my poor mother's dismay.) I have cockatiels, a 20yr old dove, quail, dogs, cats, rabbits, a turtle and now chickens! About a week ago, I brought home 5...
  11. Skylights

    A little help for a noobie please??

    Good morning chicken friends. My fiancé went out to the barn to find that our polish girl was laying on a whole clutch of eggs!! I saw her getting covered by our only rooster, a large black Sumatra, just a few days ago. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs that will hatch chicks, since...
  12. MetroMutt

    Chicken safe cat deterrents??

    Are there any chicken safe cat deterrents that are helpful to spray around yards? Our neighbors let their cats run around freely and I personally find that really unsavory along with I dont want them spreading disease to my chickens, I know that they will snoop around and piss in our yard and...
    • MetroMutt
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated advice wanted cat cat diseases crazy neighbors help pest predator repellent repellents
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  13. Tea_Birbs

    Baby quail falling down/unbalanced..? Hen has the same problem too.

    Hey, we recently hatched out a batch of quails in two incubators. It was around 60 eggs and only 25 hatchings, we had a few casualties along the way. The chicks are about 3 days old and we have noticed one particularly wobbly, he has 0 coordination and doesn't walk. His legs seem perfectly fine...
  14. E

    Rehoming my hens

    I’m rehoming my hens that I’ve had for 2 years because I’m moving out of state. :hitTips to rehome them safely? The person I’m giving them to has a decent coop and plenty of free range land for them—it’s winter here and so I’m worried they’ll all be cooped up together right away and it will be...
  15. M

    Day 25 Is it dead or should I keep waiting?

    I know someone whose been trying to hatch chicks with no luck. I visited him on day 23 and asked if I could have the one egg he hadn't tossed yet. I set up a temporary incubator in the bathroom as it's the only place I can get enough heat and humidity at the moment. There is no movement from the...
    • Magpie2
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated candeling candling chicken dead dead in shell egg hatch hatching late hatching
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  16. Jessica Lyn

    Help! Incubation tips

    Thought I did enough research before but I guess not considering this last hatch rate. Throw me all your incubation tips for coturnix quail. For both still air and circulated, and hand turning tips. What humidity do you prefer? Do you dry hatch? What day do you go into lockdown? 14 or 15? What...
    • Jessica Lyn
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated cotournix quail dry hatching hand turning hatch advice humidity incubabtion lockdown advice quail advice tips and tricks
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  17. T

    Newbie from Tacoma WA USA!

    Hi all! I'm just about to jump into the backyard chicken game and am very excited! Have been doing research for a while and just found someone giving away a coop and 2 young hens, so am taking the leap this weekend! I'm in Tacoma Washington and have a relatively small urban home we bought this...
  18. FeatherCreekAuburn

    Hawk near miss. Looking for clarity!

    Hi! This is my first post (been lurking since April when I started my flock! Hi all!) I know there are thousands of hawk posts (I’ve read most of them!) I have some specific-to-me questions for the community and am hoping it can provide me and anyone else lurking some insight to reduce risks...
  19. jBabychickn

    Resp.Symptoms/Plz Check my Treatment Plan

    Hi there; Newbie here!! I’m dealing with a 18wk old Jubilee Orpington cockerel with Raspy breathing sounds, otherwise eating and drinking normally as far as I can tell. He’s acting his normal self from what I can tell as well. — I spend 2-3hrs with my Babies daily. We are a small Flock of #10...
  20. J

    Hen passed away, not sure from what

    So my hen passed away today and I'm trying to figure out from what and if I need to worry about the rest of my flock. So I knew she was sick but I didn't think she was this sick untill yesterday. So I'll start from the beginning, as you can see I have a previous post about it. It first started...
Back
Top Bottom