Hey! I've got some questions!!! I was feeding my girls last night and collected eggs and noticed that almost all 11 of my hens and my 2 roosters has black specks on their combs. It was very cold a few weeks ago but the pictures I have seen of frostbite don't look like what they have. I was going...
So, I have had my flock for a number of years now. The old owners of my house left their flock, and I added onto it over time. The only problem was that the chickens the old owners left me sneezed, and now so do my additions. I also want to breed for show and sale, and with sneezing chickens...
I have heard that this may be just because she is broody but I am on who likes to have multiple opinion so take a look at this photo and tell me what you think. It appeared very quickly but does not appear to have any affect on her.
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Hello everyone, my name is Kenia and I live in Mexico City. I was fortunate enough to spent 3 and a half wonderful years with a Muscovy Duck (I always thought she was a Muscovy Duck). His name was Pato. I have come here in search of this community's help. I lost my duck on Sunday and I don't...
We live on property with kids and their ducks. We have a couple geese and wound up being primary caretaker of the flock. Think the kids thought it would be fun to have ducks and eggs until once the novelty wore off .
They took this little Runner in to vet a few months back when he first...
I recently (Yesterday) gave my chickens away. 3 out of my 9 chickens got sick with fowl pox. It went away normally no chicken died. I have a cocktail and a dove in a cade in my backyard. In my backyard was where the chickens stayed. And I don't handle my Cocktail or dove at all (they're not tame...
Hello! I'm quite new to this whole chicken rearing thing (I don't even have a flock yet, or a coop for that matter!) and I was curious on the health issues of petting your chickens. Some people I've met cuddle and pet their chickens as much as they can, others tell me not to touch them without...
I really need some help. My hen is around 15 weeks old now, I got her about 2 weeks ago. She's been very healthy up until around three days ago where she's been standing in the corner all poofed up if that makes sense, she keeps dozing off, barely walks and looks like she's cold but its very...
My Orpington had these small finger nail size balls stuck to her back end. It's a very small round, almost like thick lint stuck to individual feathers on her back end. I have washed her twice, cut out as many feathers as possible and have dusted her in diatomaceous earth several times. I cut...
I just lost my 3 baby chicks in the last 24 hours. I believe it was cocci since I found two dead with little spots of blood around the brooder. They seemed fine the day before but dead by morning. The last one seemed fine this morning just a little quieter. We started the Corrid yesterday within...