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So I heard that pedialyte should be discarded after 48 hours. Well I am only feeding these baby birds tiny drops. What is a good way store these? Last time i raised baby birds i always discarded them every 24 hours which was a huge waste of money and product. I only have access to the non...

My Muscovy ducklings hatched over a week ago and they’re starting to bathe in their water bowl. I’ve been giving them bottled water but I’m wondering since I now live in town and am on chlorinated and fluoridated water if it’s safe for them to swim in and drink as they get older? I never had...

I was adding water into the hole on my incubator to increase humidity. It’s been a weird few days in my chicken world. I staggered eggs in the incubator from my hen and rooster to see if they’d hatch. The first one hatched two days ago and I sold her today (so she wasn’t lonely any more). I...

Found these on eBay. Approx au$2 each delivered. Currently testing setup, hangs better in corner, needs an improved design to hold the bottle vertical and water feeder horizontal. One thing I’ve learned is hang the water and food above pooper level. This setup makes it easy to adjust height as...

I have silkie bantam we wanted to switch to a nipple water system. We had it in their pen for a few days, and they didn't seem to get how to use it. We put it in place of their other water, but at the end of the day I would set thier old waterer in and they acted very thirsty. I showed them...

I searched the forums prior to posting this but I either didn't type in the correct words or does not exist. Anyhow... I just ordered some Mallard ducklings from Metzer. I have raised Cayugas, Blue Swedes, Golden Layers, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Pekins. I noticed the Cayugas take to the...

I have been noticing that just about every time that I have gone into my ducklings brooder that they are almost always sleeping, and sleeping right next to the water is that normal? And approx. How long do 3 week old ducklings sleep everyday Thanks

Hey chicken lovers! Can I place a galvanized poultry waterer on a heater base? Will it rust, break down, or otherwise contaminate my chicken's water? Are there any other concerns for using a heater with this waterer? Thanks!

Our son has 2 ducks, and my husband added on to the chicken yard to give them space to roam when we are not outside with them. We keep ours fenced and covered because we have so many hawks in the area. Anyway we've sunk a 75 gal stock tank into the ground in there for the ducks to swim in and...

Hello! I live in Massachusetts and have 6 eight week old chickens (two cockerels and four hens). I had them out in the coop last night and our temps dipped to the low 40s overnight. They have only been out in there coop for about a week and this is the lowest it has gotten. When I went out to...

I was so sad on Tuesday when one of my friendly girls didn’t show up in the coop (free range during the day) After looking for her, I hoped she just settled else where for the night. But she didn’t show up the next day, or the next, despite looking for her. I was coming to terms that a...

I’m planning to purchase some ducklings from McMurray something in October. This isn’t the first time I’ve raised ducklings, so I know how messy they will make it. I have put pans with mesh on top of them under they’re waterer, even made a draining system for a bigger pan, but the pipe was...

Hi! My husband is working on adding gutters to our coop so we can use a rain barrel to supply our water bar with water. He has traditional gutter sealant (from a box store) for the gutters. Is that safe to use if we will be using rain water pulled off the gutters to fill our barrel? Is...

My chickens are used to the gravity feeder waterers and I bought one of these (see attachment). I have it in the coop which they are still getting used to. I'm not sure how high to hang it. I haven't seen them use it so I'm not sure if its high enough. I think I have it about maybe 18 inches...

I have 4 quails in a cage that could easily fit more but they aren’t eating much food or water but they are fine, so is there a problem? We are in August New Zealand the last month of winter

Tuesday aspirated water this morning (8 am) it’s about 6 pm now and her voice is still faint, she’s still gurgling with a light cough, I’m so scared for her! Is there anything I can do for her?! https://www.instagram.com/p/CR-MHdQgSbC/?utm_medium=copy_link

I put feeders in their coop with food 24x7 but they jump on top of the feeder and poop in it. And when the poop goes in their food they don't eat it anymore. A lot of their food is going to waste and I have to wash their food and water feeders every single day. They only eat some of their food...

I keep hens in Florida but own a rental property in the cayman islands. There is very little standing water but feral chickens all over the place. On a hot day they are walking around panting searching for water. My hens have such a great life compared to these poor things. I don’t think they...

okay so i have 10 chickens(+ one turkey) outside in the coop currently and yesterday it was above 90 degrees, i didnt know what to do for them. they were panting and i was worried so i brought them ice water and later on decided to mist them with cool water because they were still panting! i saw...

My gosling started to flip over puke up water nd seizure yesterday and is now completely better. The new one is a muscovy and he started to flip over and puke up a whole crop of water a few minutes ago, he is also getting better. What is this? Did they drink too much? I've had this happen before...