Let me tell you a little back ground about my mom. She is the most caring wonderful woman I have ever met. She has never dwelled in the past and always lived for the future, until now. 3 1/2 Years ago my mom was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Breast Cancer that had spread to her lymph...
One week ago I had 12 Texas A&M quail. I am down to 2 and one looks like it might die. There little legs kind of look swollen and they limp around. They are still eating but then just dying in the middle of the night. I already told DH I don't ever want A&M's again. Maybe Bobwhites next time. Is...
Yesterday I found one of my Bantams who is about three months old dead in the nest box. I thought it might be an illness so I buried it and thought nothing of it. Then this morning I opened up the coop to let them out and my Barred Rock was killing my other Bantam. She was in the nest box...
This morning when I opened the coop to let all of my chickens out i noticed that my biggest japanese bantam was dead in the nest box. It didnt have any signs of being pecked and yesterday it was totally healthy. Yesterday we had an unexpected rain downpour and the bantams hid under the coop...
Me and my husband have 18 guinnea eggs in the bator. We candle lighted them last night , they are only a week in, and only seen a yolk. Is this normal? When will I see development. We are keeping the eggs at a steady 99.5 degrees. We flip twice a day and they are on a little movement thing. Am I...
I went to let out the chickens this morning and 3 of my hens and my Speckled OEG bantam all have runny noses and my Roo sounds like he might have a cough but I am also wondering if it is just him getting ready to crow. He has not started yet. We are trying to stay away from antibiotics but If i...
When i went to the feed store in search of little bantams all they had were 7 left and didnt know what kinds so I got them all. Can you help me name their breed? They said they are not mix breeds, that cackle hatchery just sent them a mix.
First is the biggest, I have two of these and they...
So let me give ya'll a little back ground on my ducks. In March we aquired 2 fully grown Male pekins, Laffy and Taffy. Me and my husband thought that they would love a couple girlfriends so around April 25th we bought two 6 wk old female pekins, Ying and Yang. The boys did fine with the girls...
Hi everyone, I am the proud Momma of 4 Pekin ducks, 2 males and 2 females, 8 assorted Bantam chicks, 12 A&M quail babies, 3 days old, and 10 Big hens, Mostly RIR. I am new to all of this chicken and duck stuff. I have learned alot so far such as: dont introduce baby female ducks to grown Male...