Help!! I have an almost 2 month old Pekin duck.. Im not sure about the gender. It squeaks all the time (pretty loud) but Also sounds a little raspy and has almost a quack noise like my female duck.. But its not as loud. So I'm confused.. Lol :)
When do they get their drake feathers?
Hello there!! I recently got my first ever chick, and she is about 6 weeks old.. She is the only chicken that I have and most likely will have right now..
I have noticed that whenever I put her back in single coop, she starts to sound distressed, and tries to hop out and follow me..
She paces...
So, I have a baby chick who was born two days ago and since she doesn't seem like she's been well at all. I just discovered today her yolk sac is still attached and it seemed to make sense as to why she's been acting slow. For the past couple of days her eyes are for the majority of the time...
My chicks will all be right around 3 weeks old on Thursday. I am supposed to have 6 standard and 9 bantam. They all came from TSC on the same day. The one baby (circled in red) is still almost the same size as when I got them! It eats and drinks fine and acts just like the rest of them. Why is...
So I thought it was hard to sex chicks but this is a bother!! Ha, ducks are very hard to sex let alone tell if you have true breeds.
I purchased hatching eggs from a local breeder and hatched out some Silver Appleyard's. But 3 looked to be the traditional coloring, and the other 3 looked almost...
I have a Barred Rock 1week old chick that is not thriving. It’s siblings are running around and twice as big as her and she sleeps lots and has a difficult time walking around. Stumbles and hardly eats. I’ve seen her eat and drink on her own but rarely. Almost looks like one side of her is...
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First time chicken farmer here. My husband brought home 12 ISA Browns and 1 RI Red (all 2 weeks old) last week and I've been tending them. Tonight I noticed one of the Browns is sleeping alot more than usual and limping when it tries to eat or drink. They share a large brooder...
We have 2 baby ducklings, one is perfectly healthy and happy however the other one (a assisted hatch) is swimming well, walking well ect seems very healthy and drinking well however just isnt eating. He just wont eat even when the other chick shows him. I am getting worried as it has been 5 days...
5 week old buff Orpingtons! Daisy and ducky. Dasiy seems to be bigger than the other, bigger comb, and longer tail. Ducky has less pink in her comb and a shorter tail. Do I have a boy on my hands? Thank you for your knowledge.
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I need names for a sweet little wether (castrated male goat) that I will get this spring! I'm going for silly/weird/cute/old fashioned names that would suit him. He has ltitle bunny ears that stick straight up, is brown/gray/white and is really snuggly but at the same time super...
I waited a few weeks until the Hatching eggs that I put to The incubator hen for three days but I am
not comfortable with the feed Which I give them because they are still very young and very
vulnerable to disease and And I want an advice from you please for the types of healthy fodder for...
I incubated some eggs and got 6 babies. They were all looking fine the first few days but for the last two days one has been constantly opening and closing its beak, with its eyes close and laying on the ground. it is not eating or drinking and looks as if it is about to die. i desperately need...
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I just got four two week old chicks two days ago and have them in my brooder with all of the fixin's
Today I discovered one of them had obviously been injured by another chick. She has a lot of feathers missing an bleeding from the thin little flap of wing between her back and wing. I...