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  1. Kaidorke

    How to care for exhausted chick

    hi there, first time incubating and hatching. about 3 maybe 4 hours ago i had to hatch a chick, he was on day 23 and the membrane had turned yellow/brown so it started to dry out and also stick to him. Hes now fluffed up but still has some goo on him here and there. He was very exhausted, i was...
    • Kaidorke
    • Thread
    • advice advice needed curled foot emergency care exhuastion hatching help incubated chicks newly hatched sick chick
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  2. best-guesses

    Chick Sneezing

    I've done some reading and from what I've heard, sneezing isn't a good sign. I believe my chick is occasionally sneezing, but other than that is completely normal. It just sounds like a small burst of air. Should I be worried?
  3. juliasc

    Introducing two new hens to our single existing hen.

    Hi everyone! Three days ago we lost our sweet Pie to a heart attack. We are absolutely devastated, but since Pepper is now alone and seemingly very confused and/or bored, we started looking at adopting another hen. (We got Pie and Pepper back in February as baby chicks and they were...
  4. forfarhill

    First ever shipped eggs: day 18, not right?

    Hi I ordered 20 mixed cheaper crossbred eggs for a shipped egg test run before I buy the dearer variety! I read up on shipped eggs and ended up putting them fat end up in cartons, didn't turn for 7 days and then began tilting with a large book under the incubator 3x a day, incubator is an Rcom...
  5. MIchickenlady

    Repeatedly Broody - advice needed!

    Hi everyone :) My 1 y.o. Buff Orpington hen has been broody every 8-10 days since this spring. Over and over and over:barnie I've made a broody breaker with a dog kennel, raised up on blocks so her belly is exposed, and she has spent SO much time in it this summer-I hate it for her when all she...
  6. R

    non ambulatory hen

    I have a new jersey giant 3 years old been having on and off walking difficulties, but now has been completely unable to stand or walk for a week. I digitally inspected the vent and cannot find egg binding, comb and wattles look pale, she eats and drinks what I place in front of her and flaps...
  7. Chickycammy

    Brooding Barred Rock hen attacking rooster. Why?

    I have my first ever brooding hen in my flock, she's a 2-year-old Barred Rock and she has 7 healthy and alive 12-day old eggs. She's had no problem with me taking the eggs out to candle them (though, I've only done this twice so not to upset her much) and she's still doing well eating and...
  8. G

    Broilers with stunted growth help?

    I bought broilers along with my egg chickens just to see if the amount of time and feed was worth growing my own food. Well it's been about 4 months now and they look no bigger than a 4 week old broiler. I'm not sure what happened along the way that caused this but at this point I'm not sure...
  9. C

    Advice about Chinese button quail

    Hey! So, I have three button quails that I keep in a 5 gallon temporary enclosure (will be upgraded next Wednesday), two younger individuals, male and female, and an older laying female, as I've been told by the breeder. Sadly, the older female still hasn't laid any eggs :( in addition to that...
    • ChineseQuailDude
    • Thread
    • advice needed advice welcome button quail chinese quail egg laying nesting box quail
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  10. K

    Help with Agressive Ganders

    Hey all! I’ve got two ganders that I raised since they were three days old. They’re now a little over two years old, and for about a year I’ve been really struggling with them. They’re just so mean! It’s hard to even give them food and water because they’re constantly lunging at me. I used to...
    • krohnieburger
    • Thread
    • advice needed aggression toward human geese
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Geese
  11. morganurban

    Mosquitoes problem around ducks! Help!

    Now that summer is here, we have a horrible mosquito problem. They are all over the ducks coop, pen, pools, and everywhere in the yard. They are following my ducks around! Is it safe to smoke the yard that the ducks wander around in? What should I do?
    • morganurban
    • Thread
    • advice needed ducks help mosquitos problem
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. C

    Wobbly 'drunk' Crested Duck

    I have a 9-year-old crested duck who has had 2 'attacks' in 3 weeks where she has completely lost all balance, wobbling all over the place, not being able to walk two steps without falling down. She gets quite panicky and at one point last night stopped being able to hold her neck up. Both times...
    • ChargrilledChaz
    • Thread
    • advice needed crested ducks neurological disorder
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. D

    Fisher cats

    Hello all! I am fairly new to the duck mom life and I have 8 ducks, 2 of which reside inside at night, and 6 which stay outside (my khakis that are much more skittish). I recently was approached by a neighbor who let me know he had recently lost a few of his chickens and ducks to a fisher and...
  14. E

    Hello Everyone , I am new here all the way for Pakistan :D

    I had been searching online for something on chickens and i realized there is a site full of chicken lovers which is interesting :). I have 4 chickens now for almost 4-5 month . Along the way i had 2 rooster who died cause they were already infected when i bought them. I also bought 5 baby...
  15. ColleenRyan

    *NEED TO BUILD AN IMPENETRABLE DUCK FORTRESS!

    Hi everyone! This week I hatched 6 ducklings that came from the eggs of my beloved babies that got taken too soon by predators. I am determined to build them the most safe pen / hutch imaginable for when the time comes for them to move outside. I was thinking of even buying a small sized shed...
  16. Michael's Coop

    hen laying eggs, breaking one end on coop floor

    my hen made herself a little nest and when she lays, the egg smacks the floor of the nest box and cracks. it's causing ants. how can i fix this safely? maybe i can tack a cloth or a towel in there? any advice is appreciated!
  17. ChickChickHorray

    Wing injury? Help!

    Hello all, newbie chicken keeper here. We have an eight week old Rhode Island Red who I've noticed keeps dropping her wing from her sides when she's standing or laying down, just the one wing on the left side. She's inside right now in the brooder (the coop outside is nearly finished, we've had...
  18. MothaClucker0403

    HELP!! Duck Struggling to Breathe

    I'm not sure the breed of this baby as she was a rescue, I'm thinking maybe Pekin? Either way, she is about 3-4 months old and was fine two days ago, swimming and having a grand old time. Yesterday she started with breathing like this and having diarrhea of a pale greenishy-blue color. We dipped...
  19. ladygunner

    hatching eggs with hens

    Hi! I'm Ladygunner. I have been keeping chickens for 3 years now. I currently have 12 hens and 1 rooster. I have 5 Rhode Island Reds and 6 Cinnamon Queens and 1 Buff Orpington. I have no idea what my rooster is, a neighbor gave him to me. He looks like a mixture of barred rock and silkie, as he...
  20. pikephillips322

    New chicken dad, eggs hatching! Need advice! PLEASE

    We are pretty new to chickens, weve had our silver duckwing bantums for about 6 months and our hen has been sitting on her first hatch and today we saw the first pip! So exciting! Later in the day we looked again and the egg that had pipped has started unzipping, its face is exposed and theres...
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