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  1. F

    bumps on my duck’s feet!?

    i have 3 ducks all around the age of 3 months to 5 (theres a bit of an age gap) and yesterday i noticed a couple bumps on all their feet. i’ll attatch images to show you. is this gonna go away on it’s own or can i do something to fix it? please help!
    • finneasW
    • Thread
    • advice needed black bump bump on duck foot duck advice duck info hurt duck hurt duck foot urgent help needed weird bumps
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. chickennl0ver

    worms in chicken poop, need help!!!

    i noticed today that our 1 year old splash cochin has some little white worms in her poop, they are very small and its the first time ive ever seen it happen:(. she is an indoor chicken (cause of unavoidable circumstances) and so im around her pretty much 24/7. she has been broody the past few...
  3. P

    When Do We Decide To Split The Flock?

    Hi all, My quail are now 6 weeks old, which I know is where they'll be reaching sexual maturity and begin producing potential eggs and roo foam. I know that the rule of thumb for keeping quail is 1 roo for every 4-6 hens, and that eventually my lot will need to be segregated to keep the peace...
    • pterry97
    • Thread
    • advice needed button chinese painted quail coturnix flock separation questions
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Quail
  4. mollyskiess

    Adult Pekin Drake legs are failing him - any advice

    hello, so we have a jumbo pekin drake (his name is Otis), he is about 2 years old now. Otis has always been bowlegged since he was a baby. We didn't spot it in time when to do any preventative help. From a baby Otis has always had many issues walking, but he could walk and get around, swim and...
    • mollyskiess
    • Thread
    • advice needed duck help
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. D

    Chiks has trouble sleeping

    So for the past 2 days i noticed that my chick has a wierd breathing pattern, none of my other birds do this, and he is already smaller and weaker compared with others, im scared that he may have grape worms and i cant find flubenol anywere for sale online, are there any alternatives for baby...
  6. D

    * HELP NEEDED!! * My hen has a prolapsed vent, please help me out if you can and give out some advice so I can save her!!

    Hi there everyone, My hen who is about a year old has suddenly gotten a prolapsed vent, I'm not sure what caused it but I'm really stressed out about it. I separated her from my other hens because they started pecking at her bloody vent that was hanging out and I didn't want them to pull her...
  7. Anna_b

    Dont know what’s wrong with limping hen

    I need help with a limping hen. I have a hen who is a couple years old and she resently started limping. She has no signs of bumble foot or leg mites, and she doesn’t seem to have a physical injury. When she started limping i separated her and let her rest but it didn’t help. Her comb is still...
  8. H

    Egg Yolk Peritonitis Help!!!

    Hi all. So I have a 4-year-old RIR hen named Ruby who I adopted about a year ago now. She’s a fantastic girl. Really really sweet. She hasn’t ever laid an egg since I’ve had her and I assumed she was just done and was too old. But, recently, when the spring rolled around, she was sat in the...
  9. H

    Hen Laid Two Eggs in One Day. Should I Be Concerned?

    Hi all! So I’ve got a 2-year-old (almost 3-year-old) Partridge Olive Egger hen named Jennie. I let them all out into their pen this morning and collected an egg that was in their nesting box from my Golden Laced Wyandotte, Poppy. When I went back out to bring them in for the night, I saw two...
  10. J

    Buff silkie rooster breeding

    Hi, I'm new to this so I'm still learning, but I had a question. I currently have a buff silkie rooster, as well as a patridge hen. I was planning on breeding them but I was wondering what colors I would get? I also want to get two more hens soon and I was wondering what the best color hens to...
  11. EHaag

    New Hens Not Using Ramp - help please!

    Hey all! Long story short - I recently adopted a stray hen (Mabel), built her a 40sq ft coop and run - and its two levels. There is a ramp that leads to the second floor and she has no problems going up and down the ramp. I adopted three other hens, around a year old (was trying to get ones...
  12. C

    Trying to breed Cream Legbars with a cream crest.

    All of my Legbar hens have a black crest. Does anybody know how to breed that out? I am wanting my hens to have cream crests but I don't know where to start.
  13. Kimmyh51

    Duck sneezing, tongue noticeably swollen at base of tongue??

    I have a duck who was sneezing and assumed it was a respiratory infection that seems to plague some of my ducks, particularly during spring which it is now where I live... normally the symptoms disappear after a few days on oxytetracycline antibiotic which my vet prescribes for me to use for...
  14. M

    Help with Lonely Quail and Soft Shell Eggs

    Hello everyone. I have two issues that I need help with but this is going to come with a long story so here it goes. I have an almost 2 year old female coturnix quail who recently lost her buddy. So almost two years ago, I had a student hatch quails and long story short I ended up adopting one...
    • Molly012819
    • Thread
    • advice needed coturnix egg abnormalities lone quail
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  15. K

    Duck Flew

    So, we had 2 ducks in May (2020) and this week (10/20) the male flew away joining a local flock in the backyard swamp; He wasn’t the smartest as an obvious black call duck is rare for the wild ducks around the area. Anyway (It’s snowed here) and the female being lonely flew after him... but she...
    • K_Sketch
    • Thread
    • advice needed ducks first time owner help single duck
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. AngelaY

    Any tricks for getting rid of rats?

    Early this summer, we started noticing signs of rats around the yard. About A week later we saw one. A few weeks later they were a common sight, and their holes were EVERYWHERE! We've tried so many things to try to get rid of them but nothing works (even with a hunter cat that kills up to 7 rats...
  17. BrOwOke

    My Duck lost her mate and I need some advice

    (This is my first post on here and I hope I’m doing this right) Almost two moths ago an animal got in and attacked my two Peking ducks, Kevin, the male and Shia LaDuck, the female. We took them to the vet and they got patched up. Turns out after they were all healed up and given the ok to go...
    • BrOwOke
    • Thread
    • advice needed confused duck owner death duck female duck help needed introduce new duck lonely duck sad duck shia laduck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. percypea

    Problem with peacock - feathers hanging low around legs

    Hello all, I have an adult peacock who has been perfectly happy and healthy. Today, whilst he was roaming around he suddenly seemed to take fright and ended up leaping in the air and flapping quite a bit. I didn't see what caused the outburst, just saw him mid-jump. However, after I'd calmed...
    • percypea
    • Thread
    • advice needed peacock peacock feathers peacock injury
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Peafowl
  19. K

    Questions about my White Cochin

    Morning all I was wondering if someone could help me as I’m a first time chicken owner and I’m a little worried about my White Cochin GC. I have 4 ladies - 3x Buff Orphingtons and the 1x White Cochin and the buffs seem to be growing fine - I weighed the smallest one out of the 3 this morning and...
  20. C

    Which 2 of these 3 Cream Legbar roosters should be my breeding roosters?

    I have 3 Cream Legbars that I got from a breeder last year. I only need 2 and will likely sell the third so I need some help! Which one matches with the SOP the best? Their tails are missing some because my Guineas like to be mean to them.
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