To put it brief, my about three to four weeks old flock, 3 of the 4 chicks I have in my brooder are a lot more chill with my hand and even want to jump up on my arm. Two of them especially are enthusiastic to roost on my arm or even my shoulder! However, there is one chick that always run away...
I have a flock of 6 white leghorns who are all around 1 year old. I'm worried about and one of my girls. She's been displaying signs of being broody for around a week, staying in the nesting box all day and not eating and drinking, and if i take her out, she'll peck around for a minute or so and...
I normally feather sex a lot of our chicks that hatch out. I'm right about 80-95% of the time.
What I don't get is that all of my game fowl chicks that hatched in the incubators and I got them from family, all their wings are alternating in the feathers.
All of them are Up and Down. Not a...
I am looking to buy 2 puppies at 8 weeks age hopefully, and put them in the pen with our chickens. I have two Chihuahuas that guard the outside of the pen, and a lab mix that watches and guard the whole 5 acres. What breed should I get to raise around the chickens, and safely have it running...
4 week old ducky has been doing this quite abit is it a sign of anything worrying? I don’t want to over look- she’s eating fine pooing fine and otherwise seems ok I’ve put the link to watch on YouTube as can’t upload on here.
We received 17 chicks (9 Buff and 8 Lavender Orpingtons) on Friday afternoon, by Saturday morning, it was apparent that one of them wasn't quite right. All the signs of torticollis, easy enough - Segregate, Nutri-Drench, Vitamin-E, B-Complex, Selenium - done. After a day, there were...
My question is, Can you breed regular stock RIR so much that you get darker RIR? Or will I have to buy a darker rooster every other generation to get darker? Any help is very much appreciated!!
I bought 10 straight run buckeye chicks from TSC about a year ago. I only have 2 roosters left. One looks like a buckeye, and one looks a bit like a Rhode Island Red with rose comb?? I have Rhode Island Reds and they have straight combs. I've not had any that where rose comb. Does anyone think...
So I just purchased an old 1250, it came with a new thermostad I need to install. Has anyone used these or does anyone have one? I am going to be installing the new thermostat but it isn't the old wafer style one it is the nob.. I am not sure just how much I am going to need to do to it. I can't...
Is it ok to mix Flock Party Rising chick feed, and Flock Party Egg Maker Crumbles together for adult quail?
The Chick feed has 22% Protein but the Egg Maker has only 16%
I want the higher protein but also want the calcium.
Is it a good idea to mix the to bags of feed together? Thanks so very much!!
Can I grow early Alaska Garden Peas and feed them to my chickens? Like, de shell them, and boil them? Or are they ok dry?
My chickens eat dried purple hull peas and are fine, just wondering on the early Alaska Garden Peas. Thanks!!
This is my first time raising chickens and I would REALLY appreciate any advice on this. My hen has a very large crop. I looked into sour crop and impacted crop and I don't think her crop is impacted. I'm not sure if she has a sour crop though. It's large and squishy. The last few nights when...
So, I went out to feed and put away birds this evening and I noticed one of my turkeys was "coughing" upon closer look, it looks as though it's "cheeks" are swollen. I'm finding a sinus disease, (which they will forever carry) but will it spread to my other birds? Do I need to put it down, will...
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My Plymouth Barred Rock has been limping and has rales. Any idea on what's going on?
She has been limping for over a month, and sits under the waterer (nipple type, we installed them on a Home Depot 5-gal bucket) (probably Kestin score of 2-3) and we noticed her breathing was watery (through...
Hello! I’m posting this for a friend of mine, his chicken Bonnie (red sex link, 2-3 months), suddenly stopped walking. At first it was limping but now she just lays down unmoving. Sometimes she wakes up and is active but others she is very lethargic (like in the picture attached). He’s very...
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My duck is 7 months old and started laying on july 20. She was egg bound with her first egg and after that was laying normally. After her tenth egg, she started experiencing some worrying symptoms such as shaking, excessive panting, wings twitching (a bit spread out as well), raspy...
Hello, a few days ago we found one of our chickens (Tiffany) with some tissue outside the vent which we have concluded is a prolapse. We gave her an epsom salt bath and cleaned the area the best we could with a clean cloth. We tried to put the tissue back inside a few times but it just wouldn't...
My rooster has recently started to gasp for air and hasn’t been eating, I’ve been giving him orally water to keep him hydrated. His been inside as he is recovering from an attack. We did get him some company just like the vet had suggested, and now I am so devastated seeing him like this. Please...