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  1. C

    sneezy chick

    I got this little one yesterday and noticed she was sneezing pretty regularly (maybe once every 2 minutes), and when I listen very closely to her breathing, I hear a little bit of a 'clicking' ... poops are gooey to normal, eyes are clear. I've isolated her and she's cheeping up a STORM (loud!)...
  2. LaughingLagomorph

    Beginner Breeder Tips/Advice?

    Hi! I'm by no means new to raising poultry, I am however new to breeding them. Does anybody have some tips, tricks or advice for a new breeder? Are there any supplies I should invest it? I currently have some little ayam cemanis that I plan to breed when they're old enough. I'm also planning...
  3. T

    Potassium Sorbate in Water

    Is it safe to put Potassium Sorbate in your chickens' waterers to keep their water free from algae and other natural contaminants? If not, what other natural ways would you recommend using?
  4. H

    What do i feed newly hached chicks (dont have special feed)

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  5. R

    Runners about to hatch out of coop

    Our favorite runner (the only friendly one) made her nest outside the coop and I decided to just leave her be. Thing is, we’ve had a bad drought since she started sitting and the pond is nasty and nearly empty - I don’t want her taking babies in there. I’ve also been reading that they often...
    • Rabidole
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    • advice breeding indian runners runners
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Micoylf

    How old should my Peachicks be before moving from the brooder to the coop?

    Hiya guys! First time rasing peafowl and the 4 chick i hatched (i posted their hatch pics a lil while back) are doing amazing! Their wings are fully feathered now at 2 weeks and they are running around the brooder doing baby “displays” and chasing eachother to steal snacks. (My friends have...
    • Micoylf
    • Thread
    • advice peafowl peafowl chicks raising a peafowl
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Peafowl
  7. R

    Please help my chickens wing got wrapped around in a wire and I just found her, her wing is extremely swollen what do I do?

    It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...
  8. MommaMuscovy

    Is this behavior normal? Muscovy

    Hey y’all, I’m brand new to owning Muscovies and this site! I brought home five, two week old Muscovies, they seemed to have been raised by the momma and not hand raised. They’re very skittish and run all over the place like they’re scared to death when I do anything in their set up (clean...
    • MommaMuscovy
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    • advice behavior ducking muscovey normal?
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. Brink

    Rooster is nice to everyone, except my husband.

    Hey y'all! So I have a rooster. I didn't raise him from a baby but he was given to me and I was told he was about eight to nine months old at the time. So he is estimated to be about nine to tenish months old now. I was worried he was going to be aggressive but he was actually more curious and...
    • Brink
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    • advice aggresive help appreciated rooster problems singled out
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  10. L

    Need advice after all but 1 in flock of 4 died

    My friend just had 3 of his 4 Pullets die. First one showed signs something was wrong last Friday (May 19) & by Sunday afternoon she passed. They didn’t bother coming to get Corid powder from me until Saturday evening & didn’t quarantine the sick bird like I advised them to. Then over the next 2...
  11. Captkirk40

    New here, just got 10 new chicks!

    Hey everyone! I am brand new to owning chickens. I moved to north Georgia a year ago... And once I found out I can have chickens, I was on the path! To be able to have free range eggs from my backyard seems amazing! I just got in 10 hen "colored egg layers" from TSC that I would appreciate...
  12. K

    Does anyone know what’s wrong with my hen?

    I just noticed this spot on one of my hens the other day, and I guess I’m not sure what it is or what I should do about it. It looks like it might be a little bit swollen, but my girl doesn’t seem to be acting any different than she normally does. She’s not lethargic, she’s still running around...
  13. P

    Lease Violation or no?

    I live in Lorain OH and recently got 2 hens for laying eggs. I've had them for about 1 month. I upcycled a cabinet for a coop and built an attached enclosed run (with no footers) that is about 2.5x5.5' in size. I am at a rental property and have a pet, so I put down the pet deposit for my cat...
  14. The chicken nurd

    Building a quail coop and need some advice

    Currently, I’m buildings a third coop that eventually will be used for Coturnix quails and I need some advice to make sure my plan sounds ok to you guys with quail I was planning on building a coop/run set up inside my chicken run, the run is 11×12 currently, and I was thinking of walling off a...
    • The chicken nurd
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    • advice coop coturnix quail quail cage quails
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  15. madsnbot

    another chicken death. severe panting and then death minutes later. Gapeworm? Heatstroke? help :(

    I’ve had so many deaths in my flock recently due to illness and it’s so frustrating. I have previous posts on my other chickens and how they died but just now I had another hen die but under different circumstances. My Brahma was a little under a year old and just died out of the blue. Before...
  16. tomik261

    Newly hatched chick can't stand upright

    First time incubating chicks and I just woke to the first one hatching, she was quite late about 22,5 days. Well first I was really ecstatic but after about half an hour I tried to go to sleep but I had to keep checking on her cause she kept falling on her back, I tried putting a fabric footing...
  17. ducklingsareadorable

    URGENT HELP WITH HATCHING DUCKLING

    hello! i have 4 eggs and one hatched this morning, ones in hatching and one is a bit younger so still developing. its another one wich im very concerned about, he had 2 VERY big air sacs from day 13 already, and it didnt shrink or something till day 30 (today) and our neighbor used to be a vet...
  18. R

    Chicken Exhibiting Concerning Behaviour :(

    Hello! I’m making this post to help my friend with his chicken, i’m attaching the text he sent in regards to how she’s acting. He said after researching that most sources told him it wasn’t anything big but he’s still worried and wants to make sure it’s actually okay ! For reference, the hen is...
  19. InNC

    Is it safe for my hens to have a berry buffet?

    The little boogers found my berries. They have gotten brave of late and are exploring new areas of the property. (I live on family land, several acres) Now that they know where to find fresh Strawberries and Dewberries are they are spending a lot of time eating berries. Soon the blueberries and...
  20. L

    Newbie here…

    Coming up on our first anniversary in raising chickens and I am realizing how much I don’t know about caring and feeding them all… When I was a kid, we’d go out and shoot Jackrabbits and they would eat everything but the teeth and tails… We’d give them the heels of bread, bones, dinner scraps or...
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