I own 3 Muscovy Females and 2 Goose Females. Recently the dominant Muscovy(Dotty), has been bullying (chasing, harassing, etc.) one of my other Muscovy's(Penny). Penny has started not staying with the flock and instead watching them from across the yard and sitting alone, Dotty however is...
I want to give it to my duck as a tasty treat, but I’m worried it might not actually be safe. I’ve read articles saying it’s safe, but many articles say it’s safe to eat grapes and some other foods for certain animals when it can actually be rather dangerous. It isn’t a well known fact, but some...
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I am from Central Massachusetts and I have 4 hens that are about one and a half years old. I have my hens in a large over ez chicken coop, its been altered to have more ventilation at the top. The coop normally only stays about 5-10 degrees warmer than outside in the winter due...
For context, I used to have a mixed sex flock, but recently gave away all my girls and kept the boys.
Now, after a few days with no girls, my drakes seem to be... flirting with each other? They’ve been head-bobbing at each other like crazy! Way more than when the girls were still around. I’ve...
Hi! I have a disabled chicken named Paddy whos got no upper beak. Shes come a long way and is wonderful. I have a chill silkie to keep her company and tomorrow im meeting up with a woman whos giving me another disabled hen to add to the tiny flock. She lost an eye somehow in the late...
We bought her nutritional yeast yesterday and gave her water, but we don’t know whether we’re supposed to let her walk and play like usual or if resting more will help her recover. We’ll also cook some niacin rich foods for her to help her get better quickly, but other than that, is there any...
Hello random internet people, my name is pok! To you I'm a random internet person too but I'm hoping that one of you will be able to help me.
In the place where I'm currently living, there are people who sell incubated baby chicks in big batches. Basically profiting off of their cuteness by...
Didn’t know where to put this, so I’m just guessing on this side of BYC, but I have a Lavender Orpington hen, and a Easter Egger roo that looks like a Wheaten Ameraucana, with like, a lavender laced chest and stuff, I’d send a pic if I could only get one 🤣. And obviously they mated, and she’s...
I have a very big flock of about 50 chickens. I've got some big hens like sulmtaler, lakenfelder and medium sized ones like lohmanns. They live together with a lot of bantams for example sebrights and dwarf cochins. My question is - since my very large run would be quail safe (double close...
Patricia is a Wyandotte just over a year old. We saved her from a not great living situation in June where her issue had developed and now has set in.
She is losing feathers, but definitely not molting as there are no follicles left on the skin. It's just seems to be bare skin below. And the...
Hello. I'm wondering what is a good protein percentage to start day-old chicks and ducklings on? I know they have different protein requirements, but would like to know what is a good percentage for each of them. My family has bought a 22% protein starter/grower for the ducklings and a 19%...
For our family's day-old poultry (some chicks and ducklings), which are going to be arriving soon, we have bought some chick grit (this one specifically) for them. On the bag it says not to start feeding them the grit until they are at least two weeks old. But I've also read that chicks need...
I was told by posting on this thread I could possibly get some better answers. We have a jumbo pekin egg that we've been incubating for 26 days total now and the pictures are from yesterday. It was still moving yesterday, but not able to check now since it's locked down and I don't want to open...