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Three of my white/ black shoulder peachicks are not doing well. Wings are drooping. They sit with their eyes closed or their heads tucked under a wing too much during the day. I've been out of town taking care of my Mom. My DH didn't realize they were sick. Thought they weren't resting well...

My white/black-shouldered peahen hatched five peachicks yesterday and last night. The daddy is still in the pen with her. Will he hurt or kill the babies?? He was born wild and raised in the wild. I've only had him a couple of months or so, so I really don't want to let him out to free range...

My turkeys will be eight years old this summer. Some people say that is REALLY OLD for a turkey. Does anyone know for sure?? I once heard they could live to be 25 years old. Then someone said "NO WAY!" But someone else told me they can live to be 12 or 13. I'd love to know what the truth...

These are pictures of my 7-year-old roo named C.J. I know the black tips on his comb are frostbite, but is the white stuff frostbite also or some kind of fungus or what?? We've had an unusually cold winter this year. I slathered my roos with vaseline. C.J. sleeps in a barn under a heat lamp...

My 7 and 1/2 year old turkey hen's legs are very red. Is this ok?? I never noticed it before so I'm wondering. We're having an exceptionally cold, snowy winter here. Could that be the reason?? Otherwise she seems perfectly fine. Eats like a horse. Free ranges in the day. Seems to be ok...

I've recently noticed that several of the droppings in my peacocks' pen are watery and milky white in color. If fact, they look like watered down skim milk. Are my birds getting sick? Are they missing something in their diet? We've had an extraordinary amount of snow this year. Still have...

All right. For the THIRD time I'm going to try to get this posted. I HATE computers, because they hate me!!!! Who knows WHERE the other two posts are about now. Anyway, this is Harry-that-I-call-Henry. He gotten bitten in the ear and two other places on the side of his face by a weasel or...

Does anyone know the symptoms of congestive heart failure in chickens? I've got a 5 and 1/2 year old hen whose feathers are ruffled. Her comb is pale (although it doesn't seem as pale tonight as it has been). She makes a small honking noise when she breathes sometimes. She has developed a...

Please help if you can. My 5-month-old peacock got frightened and flew high up in a tree when we were trying to put them in their pen this afternoon. It is COLD and we are in the middle of the worst snowstorm we've had in years. She has never seen rain hardly. I am soooooooooo worried about...

Hi Everyone My 5-month-old peacock got scared and flew high up in a tree when we were trying to get them in their pen this afternoon. We are in the middle of the worst snowstorm we've had in years. She has never seen rain hardly. It is COLD and I am worrying myself sick about her. She is...

Hey everyone!! Today is Chickensioux's birthday!! Please join with me in wishing her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Chickensioux, you are a WONDERFUL friend..... the BEST a person could ask for. I didn't have anyone close by to share my love of chickens (and turkeys and ducks and guinea hens and...

Well, I need help again. This time I've got a 6-year-old hen that has lost some weight. She is drinking, but I'm not sure she has eaten anything today. Her crop is pretty full, but it feels like just liquid. But there is no smell. She keeps stretching her neck up and then doing a funny...

Howdy BYC'ers!! Thanks to some wonderful folks here on BYC, my Little White Annie will live to see another day!!!! I cannot begin to tell you how HAPPY that makes me!!!! By God's grace, I had just read where Sammi posted on someone's thread about not feeding pulled grasses and weeds to your...

I think one of my favorite hens has an impacted crop. I've been reading up on it. Has anyone ever tried what is suggested in this link? http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/ImpactedCrop_OldWay.html I'm trying it, but how much water with baking soda do you put down them first?? They say to...

We've got two 7-year-old turkeys.... my babies raised from eggs in the incubator. We've been being visited by a weasel or mink for the past week or so. My turkeys usually stay in a pen with a roost about four feet off the ground. Are they vulnerable to a weasel or mink while roosting?? I...

Our peacocks free-range during the day, but we put them up in a pen at night. They have a roost that is about four feet off the ground. We've been being visited by a weasel or mink for the past week or so. Is it a threat to the peacocks?? Has anyone had a weasel or mink attack a half-grown...

Well now we think we may have a BEAR, of all things. We're one of the ones having a problem with a weasel or mink. So we've got traps set, baited with liver and sardines. Night before last something hauled one of the traps a long way off into the woods, down by the creek. Several people have...

I'm thinkin' about giving up and finding new homes for all my birds. I love them so. We've had 10+ REALLY GOOD YEARS. But I've begun to think they deserve so much more than I can give them. I feel like I am NOT a good care giver anymore. I used to think I was, but now I think I was just...

Hallelujah!!!! Harry-that-I-call-Henry CROWED this morning. That MUST mean that he is feeling at least some better!! For those who don't know, HticH was brutally attacked and almost killed by a weasel or mink. We still don't know, because we are still trying to catch the %$#@ thing. But...

I should know all of this by now, but I don't. I know some people don't think Terramycin works, but it has done wonders for me for 10 years. Still, someone suggested that I give my roo that was attacked by a weasel some penicillin. I don't have that on hand, but do have Terramycin. Can...