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Hello! I have a week old duckling with an injured beak. I was taking her outside on a nice sunny day, keeping her safe in my hands. My little flock of adult ducks waddled over, seeming interested. I crouched down, holding the baby (her name is Layla and she’s a Welsh Harlequin) close to my body...

One of my favorite girls( Becky Lunch) will make a gasping sort of sound when she eats. She seems normal other wise; drinking water, laying healthy looking eggs, normal poo etc. I haven't seen the others do it... Could there be something wrong?

Hi guys! This is my first time hatching duck eggs and I'm currently on day 27. All five of my eggs are still alive, with two having broken the internal air sack yesterday, and two beginning to pip. The one with the shell missing a bit began pipping yesterday afternoon, but I'm a little nervous...

So, I have this French Black Copper Marans chick that had issues hatching. Once it hatched, I noticed that it doesn't seem to be able to pull one of her legs under her. Is it a slipped tendon? Is it broken? It's not splayed leg or curly toe. I have attached a picture. She just hatched a little...

I had- til cop came-3 hens,rooster(it was bc of him discovering vocal box&apparently loved to hear himself sing to the others💗that I had to give away😭😭(given to me as chicks,I had no idea who was what),&2 ducks-also given to me as ducklings.But I visit them as much as I can bc I💜them&my heart...

This is one of my brown Chinese geese and they have been sitting on eggs for a couple of weeks but tonight I went to check on them and this is what was going on with her eye. Is it an eye infection? What should I do?

Hello! A few days ago we bought a Serama Roo and when we got home, I noticed he had some yellow crust on his comb. I have sprayed it twice with Vetericyn, but I don't think it's done anything. I also noticed that he spends most of the day napping on the roost, but I think that might have...

So I have a broody hen hatching 2 eggs! I went to check on her and one piped on the wrong end of the egg so I pelted some of the membrane back and it started to bleed so I stopped! I have it in my incubator right now! What should I do? Give it back to the mom? Any advice would be helpful thank you!

I was just out walking around the garden and I found this little white egg laying on top of the straw. I looked and didn't see any nests in any surrounding trees. It is still sealed. It almost looks like it's starting to get hatching fracturing. I came inside and put it in a little bowl with...

Hey everyone- I had a little silkie chick who resulted from my female silkie getting out of my breeding pen and into my maran pen. So she’s half partridge silkie half black copper maran... but she’s having some trouble. She hatched out on her own, but she had curly toe, so we got her some little...

What breed is she? So sweet and lays little white eggs!

my chick has been trying to get out of its egg for over 24 hours, there is a large hole and it is preparing for this not made any more progress, what should I do?

While taking care of my ducks today, I noticed an egg in the middle of the duck yard and when I picked it up, it was completely soft. That really worried me. Is there anything I can do to prevent my ladies from egg binding? I’m not entirely sure why the egg was so soft.. But is there something...

Help! I have a heavy mite infestation - maybe red mite or chicken mite (is there a difference, or is 'chicken mite' a general term for a group of mites that affect poultry?) I only have four free-range hens, two of which are in moult at the moment. The temperature has been hot but is now cooler...

I’m betting that it’s the little one, just Becuase she turned five weeks and has a red comb already and just somehow looks like a boy to me. My question is what do you guys think? We have three chickens. Two are pullets I believe. We have one buff Orpington 7 weeks old, one barred rock (or...

We just found this little tiny egg in our duckhouse.....Do ducks lay little eggs? We have four females and we believe all of them have been laying......But we recently had a snake in our duckhouse as well and I know they lay eggs too! Needless to say I'm a bit spooked! :) Does anyone have any...

Anyone have recommendations on a good place to order quality birds that are sexed pullets? I've been getting straight run from a local breeder and love her birds but I have gotten SO MANY ROOSTERS. I really would like a black copper marans pullet and the one I got is definitely looking like a...

Hi guys! It's the 3rd time I've posted question this week............sorry.......... Anyways, I had a question regarding our newest batch of chicks. So, we've had several cases of Mareks in our flock lately. I'd say we've had 3 chickens having symptoms, and then ending up being put down. (We...

Today I was collecting the eggs, and I noticed that one of my polish chickens was limping. I picked her up and I noticed that one of her toes was hanging by a thread from her foot! My father helped me gently remove it and we put some "blue coat" on her foot, which is a disinfectant made for...

My cats are hunt offten and bring back dead mice and I just witnessed my chickens tearing atlest four dead mice apart and eating them?????? They have scratch and clean water with food out aswell?? Will my chickens get hurt from this??