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  1. YamYam

    Shed-to-Coop Design Feedback Request

    Howdy! I have a few questions and wanted some feedback on a future coop. It will be a 4x8 coop located inside the shed (pictured below). I'm planning on building onto the shed, meaning I'll only add four walls and a floor to the coop. The shed is made of wooden lattice, which is quite old, but...
  2. coltgrizzz

    Chicken has been sick for 3 days now, still no idea what’s wrong

    My bird has been acting lethargic for about 3 days now, prior she was just fine. Vent is clean, she’s not pale, but she refuses to move much (preferring to sleep in place), hasn’t been eating or drinking, and hasnt been laying eggs. She was a rescue but we believe she is fairly young. Any...
  3. E

    Anything contagious that presents as either salpingitis or water belly/ascites?

    Hello, I have unfortunately lost 2 of my ex-battery girls quite close together, and have another 2 hens I am concerned about. I’m pretty sure one of the deceased had salpingitis as I found a lash egg not long ago and one of the ones I am worried about now may have water belly as she is starting...
  4. Texash

    New Hen, Poor Condition and Messed up Beak. What to do!?

    Hey yall. We recently (today) purchased a hen from someone at a faire as she seemed like she needed some extra TLC and we have a good quiet flock for her to thrive in. She's apparently a 1 year old Ameraucana, missing tail feathers, back feathers, comb didn't look too great but I'm mostly...
  5. kanami

    FIRST EGG?? now what?!

    hi friends!! our dear Butter has laid her first egg, but it was done underneath our stairs, using a nest made out of bubble wrap! me and my mother were outside doing our own thing when we noticed she was under our stairs and was in a nest sort of thing… we were like “huh maybe she will lay...
  6. hayleyasaurus

    Advice for duck with sprained ankle limping

    Hi! Two days ago I saw my duck Pip trip over the garden hose. She started limping immediately after. I gave her vitamin b complex and put poultry green goo on her ankle. I also used my red light therapy device on her. I think it looks slightly swollen but nothing crazy. She gets around fine...
    • hayleyasaurus
    • Thread
    • advice cayuga duck help limp please and thank you sprained ankle
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. W

    Is a Brahma rooster okay to put with a mixed flock?

    I have two dark brahma hens, one light brahma hen, and a light brahma rooster, all about a year old. I bought them all together a couple weeks ago, but the rooster needs more hens, which now I cannot find any more brahma hens around me. He is making the hens back raw, even with the saddle on...
  8. TheBirdBabe

    Escaped pet or wild dove?

    This dove has been sneaking around my chicken coop lately. Today I tried to get a closer look & she ended up going IN the coop! She let's me get close (doesn't much appreciate me picking her up) which other doves around won't do.. but I think she's mainly looking for food. I caught her because...
  9. X

    is it okay to put a hood over a chickens head?

    the same way we handle birds of prey, blocking their vision so they are calm during a physical exam. is it harmful to use a hood over a chickens head in the same way? weirdly i cant find anything on the topic online. it wouldn’t be a falconers hood obviously, just a light stocking net like we...
  10. K

    Recurring Symptoms of Vent Gleet

    One of my chickens has been getting sick with the same symptoms every few months and I’m unable to see a vet. The symptoms she has is lethargy, lack of appetite, gurgling sounds from her stomach, red, swollen and sore vent with discharge. I think this time there’s been small bits of blood? I...
  11. A

    HELP! SILKIE CHICK WITH PROBABLE WRY NECK! WHAT DO I DO? NEED HELP

    Does anyone know how to treat a chick with wry neck? We’ve got a silkie chick (probably a rooster) with wry neck. He is a about a week and a half old. He’s in the brooder with 7 other chicks do you have any advice on what I can do? What are the risks? Can he die from it? (I do not cull my...
  12. Jaimes09

    CRD? Or a less serious disease

    I have a 2 stags and 2 pullets about 4 months old, one stag being about a month younger. They have all been health up until june 1st where I noticed i had one of the pullets sneezing. Didn’t think much of it till i seen mucus under her nostril. Shortly after it sounded like the younger shaped...
  13. Nattyice

    Does he need an amputation?

    Hello guys I had an accident last week due to one of my cockatiels being on top of my canaries cage the other day manage to reach to grab one of them and did some damage. I haven’t made an appointment to the vet because I thought at the time when it happen it was some blood and was going to heal...
  14. madsnbot

    Establishing pecking order or bullying?

    I ask so many questions but i just love it here! So anyways, back in April i bought 4 chicks, a EE, serema, frizzle cochin (bantam i think), and a frizzle, who are around 9 weeks old now. A few days ago I brought home 2 more chicks, a tetra tint and a bantam cochin who are also 9 weeks. I didn’t...
  15. -Shade-

    I need some advice about a hen. Is she okay?

    I have a Buff Orpington named Goldie. She isn't very old and she lays eggs every day. The past couple of days I noticed she has been laying down a lot--both outside and in the coop. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her though. Her comb and waddles are a normal color, her poop is...
  16. Puddingtheamericana

    Broody Hen Incubates Eggs

    One of our chickens is broody, so my family did something we’ve never done before, and we got some fertile trader jose eggs for her to sit on. now, she is currently in a big wooden box that we’ve used to brood our birds before. wood shaving nest with the eggs in the corner, she’s always sitting...
  17. F

    need help bonding with my cockatiel(s)!

    Hi, a bit of context; I’ve had Maui, the bird on the right, for a year now. He’s from petco so he was mistreated and is very shy and aggressive. I’ve been working with him since I got him and have had tiny progress. He hisses/bites when I get too close, or sometimes flies away. I already accept...
  18. izzyrose

    Seeking Advice! Sick 4 week old chick

    My 4 week old Buff Orpington chick has been acting sick since yesterday, please help! She is spending most of her time under the heat lamp and has puffed up feathers. She is very sleepy and has been lying on her side more than usual. She is passing solid stools but they are surrounded by a clear...
  19. IvysAnimals

    Any Recommendations or Advice For Selling Poultry? ( specific to my situation )

    Hello! I have been wanting to sell hatching eggs, chick / ducklings / goslings and adult poultry for a while now. I have 3 incubators, Farm Innovators Pro Series Circulated Air Incubator with Automatic Egg Turner, 4250, Little Giant Still-Air Incubator, 9300, and a salinova mini incubator. I am...
  20. D

    Broke wing, passed away

    Hi, I have had ducks for a few years now. My female Rouen I have had is part of my original flock (4 years). On Sunday I noticed she had a broken/sprained wing as it was hanging down, I caught her and examined it, she didn’t have any visible break but she also didn’t have any strength in it so I...
    • DanielFreeman
    • Thread
    • advice duck ducks injured injury rouen sick support wing wings
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
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