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My little girl Houdini’d her way out of the coop some how and got caught in the foot trap that we had set out for whatever has been eating her family. There was significant swelling and an abrasion on the lateral side of her left foot. Her right foot had a small abrasion on her 2nd toe. I used a...

I got a chick from a friend at 4 days old. She seemed to think the knee was dislocated so she put the leg in a splint. We kept it on for a week and the chick didn't use the leg much but still got around. When we took it off the chick had a cast sore but not unmanageable. Now the leg is kinda...

Hello all! My ducks are not being broody at all and I've finally decided to try and incubate them myself without an incubator. I've got an insulated lunch box, a heating bad, and some warm wet wash rags with an egg. My mom put the mallard egg we had in the fridge so I've been left with a large...

A while back I submerged an avocado pit in water in a jam jar to see if it would grow. It took a long time, but finally it did, and now the plant is almost too big for the jam jar! :celebrate I want to plant it soon so that the roots have the space they need to grow. Being a complete novice at...

The coturnix quail toenail/beak trimming today did not go so well. They develop these hard balls of debris/poop on their toes, and their feet are so delicate that completely removing these balls isn't really realistic, at least with the tools I have. The quicks in their nails were longer than...

Our Japanese Bantam rooster has an eye injury of some sort, I didn't see it happen so I don't know how it happened, but my best guess is a badly aimed peck from a hen that didn't want any action; Today I noticed his left eye is swollen and he keeps it shut, won't open it, and he is a lot less...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm a complete Chicken Virgin; I have some close friends that raised chickens for many years and I've had an interest in it - my area never allowed them before unfortunately - HOWEVER I'm currently in the midst of moving into a new...

Hi there! I am soo glad that I have finally joined BYC. I have used valuable information off of BYC for over 3 years for my wildlife rescue center in South Africa. I take in wild bird’s eggs all the time and need advice on homemade incubators and hatching eggs every now and again. I also want to...

I am considering purchasing the Magicfly Incubator... Does anyone have any major issues/yays with the product?

Has anyone ever bought from sweet_tweets_quail on Ebay? Is that a reliable buyer? They seem to have alot of eggs so I am assuming someone on this forum must have bought from them before.... any thoughts anyone?!

Dear Community, I am going to be hatching my first quails pretty soon. What advice would you give? Is there any special sensitivities they have that I should be aware of? What is something you enjoy the most about quails! And what is something that you would rather not deal with? Also, I am...

We took in two ducklings - I’m thinking Khaki Campbell’s or a mix of. They’re about 10 weeks now and we’re having a heck of a time sexing. Color wise they should both be girls. One is quacking (right), one is still peeping (left.) Thoughts? See my handiquack is in the background photobombing😊

So here’s my story, I was checking on my chickens and the broody ones hoping for the chicks to have been hatched and I open up the door and the chicken freaks out the two eggs fall out, both cracked. One wasn’t fertile while the other was. The fertile one has a hole in it as big as fingernail...

Hi has any1 had success hatching a duck egg with an aircell this bad? It literally covers more than half the egg all down 1 side and bottom xxIt's been like this from the start a was gona jus bin it but ended up putting it in incubator to see, Day 23 and moving and growing, seen the egg rolling...

Hi, We have two white Peahens and one white Peacock. The Peahens started laying last year however didn't sit on their eggs once they'd laid the whole clutch. This again happened this year so I took it upon myself to incubate some of the eggs. After 27 days (early) we had two beautiful...

Hiya! I have 4 boy coturnix quails, they grew up together but have to live alone due to either attempts at mating or aggression. I'm not sure which one!! I have one bird in particular, called Arnie. He's especially friendly and loves any kind of human attention, but I have a problem. He's bald...

2 months old, it's still early but I'm leaning towards pullet...that might just be the wishful thinking though! Its a bit of a mix breed (dad is a pure wyandotte, mums a mix).

I have 3 "females" ducklings (sexed from the hatchery) that are around 5-6 weeks old. A few days ago we noticed the Rouen picking on the buff and I had to pull 2 broken blood feathers. I have separated them completely, and outside (we keep them outside during the day now) we have a board...

Hi there! I'm new to the forum and new to ducks. So duck veterans, feel free to weigh in! I recently raised a trio of Runner hybrids from ducklings until they moved to my sister in law's property when they were about seven weeks old. I really missed having ducks so I hatched a trio Welsh...

Hi, I've had an ill chick which I've kept separate (with its mum) for over a month. The vet said (over the phone) I can now let it back out with the others and stop giving it the antibiotics. Its been a couple of days and it seems fine off the medicine, but its still got a sneeze. The mother...