Recent content by Devw

Hi everybody! I'm not sure if anyone else has posted something similar, but I figured I post it anyways for the good of all poultry owners. For the last two or three years, I have been fighting mites. I have tried Everything. I have tried garlic in the water, essential oils, weekly baths...

The second one is an easter egger hen(Maybe a mutt ameraucana but unlikely.) If your breeder doesn't monitor what breeds to what, I'm going to go with the mutt option. He's probably part leghorn, but I have no idea where he got that color pattern from. His cape reminds me of Frisian gulls, but...

Pullet. Roosters usually have a larger comb by now, and as young chicks have a brighter red comb development.

The black one is either a jersey giant, a black star, or possibly black australorp. When the chick was younger did it have white spots on its head/or white underside? If there's white spots on the head it's probably a black star. If white underside probably australorp (or another large fowl...

Without a doubt, it's a roo. The breed is probably a hatchery cross. What hatchery did you get him from? That'll help narrow it down the breed hopefully.

Muscovies, from my personal experience, have a slightly longer incubation period than other fowl. I've had some hatch on day 40 (yes, I counted right. I was quite surprised myself.) I would recommend not messing with the incubator, though I haven't ever hatched them with one of those (will soon...

Currently my flock includes: Ameraucanas (black and blue) Blue-Laced Red Wyandottes Buff Orpingtons Japanese Bantams (Gray) Jersey Giants (black) Frisian Gulls (lemon) Cornish (dark) Buckeyes Plymouth Rocks (white and barred) Silkies (white) Easter Eggers Leghorn (white) Rhode Island Red...

I agree, definitely a pullet. One of the many great things about the Japanese is that you can actually tell gender (without vent sexing) about 3 days-week after they're born. Roosters start developing their combs very quickly, but the hens don't really start developing completely until 4-6...

Yes, this boy is still available(sorry for my late reply!). My parents do rabbit transports (and should be going through your area, I believe. I'll have to check.) They'd be more than willing to transport, if that's the case. The price would be between $10-$20 to transport him. Their next...

A white silkie, for sure. It probably won't have much of a "poof" on the head, like they really should. The wing feathers should look fairly shredded, too.

Well, I would advise against letting the two ages of ducks intermingle until the 3 day old ducks are almost fully feathered out (or of similar size). Ducks (at least in my experience) establish pecking order based on age, but the 5 week old can very, very easily take it too far (or even step on...

Personally, I use straw/dried hay as bedding. Not terribly deep. It's easy to keep clean, and doesn't stick to the barn floor as long as it's done every month or so. My barn doesn't have the best insulation, so it helps keep my ducks warm during the winter (though not too relevant in your...

Muscovy Hens: Chestnut (We call her Chester)-Chocolate Harriet-Chocolate Lemony-Black Pied (was the most yellow duckling I have ever seen! Literally looked like a lemon) Thing 1-black Thing 2-black Muscovy Drakes: Ozzy-chocolate Robert-black Call Duck Drake (pastel) Catherine (I thought he...

It looks like there may be internal bleeding withing the nostril. Unfortunately I don't know how to help with this, but it may give you a start on where to look. Hopefully your duckling gets better!

I am incredibly sickened that this happened to you. If you get the issue resolved, please let us know. I agree with missyprissychick about the security cameras. I would also format as detailed as possible list of harassments, once there is evidence from the security cameras. If they poison...