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I have New Zealand doe that should have babies in a couple days and she is noting eating like she normally does. Is it just because she should be have babies!

I would like some opinions on what people feed their pregnant/nursing does. I hear some people feed them some parsley to help produce milk, does this work? Also should I feed them a little alfalfa hay. I feed mine Timothy on a regular basis.

One of my silver fox does is due to kit march 5, next Sunday. I want to switch cages because her cage has a house part but I'd rather her have them in a nest box but I can not fit one in it so I would like to move her to one I can. I am worried though I might stress her out or something. Would...

My silver fox doe I got about 2 weeks ago gave birth yesterday(she wasn't suppose to have ever been bred before) it took me by huge surprise. She did very good making a way with hay and pulled tons of hair but I just went outside to check on them and all of them were cold and dead in the nest...

I have two female ducks that started laying this year, i have others but they won't start till next spring. My two that started laying was a blue Indian runner and a pekin. They started laying this spring when it started to get warm then they laid for maybe 3 months then stopped and haven't laid...

My broody hatched two little chicks last night. Well I just went to find her off her nest with just one chick. I went towards her nest and found the other a couple feet from in hidden in the grass. It has a wound where the leg meets the body and a hurt leg. I saw little white worms in the wound...

I have this growing in my duck pen and around some other pens. My goats seem to love it, the pic is of the plant in my duck pen so I wanted to let my goats come in here and trim some of it down for me but I'm not too sure about it, does anybody know if it's ok for them to eat it?

I have no idea what breed this bantam is, I pretty sure it is a pullet. I thought she was a Easter egger when she was a chick but know idk.

I bought a cream legbar pair now I'm not really sure what to do with them. I would like to breed them but I'm not to sure what to look for in the future generations since I have never dealt with this breed. The hen is crested. They are from Jill Rees lines and are very cute. The woman said the...

I bought a cream legbar pair and the rooster eyelid looks weird?? I haven't seen it before

Does anybody else have eggs set to hatch July 4? I have 38 silkie and showgirl eggs set to hatch on the 3rd and 4th. My chicks could be any color but mainly black,blue,white and splash. There could even be some lavenders and porcelains!!

I got two cuckoo maran pullets but I really want some black copper Marans. If I'm not able to find a cuckoo maran rooster what would happen if I breed them to a black copper maran? Would some be cuckoo and some be black copper ?

I have a bourbon red hen, she the only surviver out if 4 when she was younger. We have been trying to find another hen and a tom but we could only find some royal palms. Will the Royal Palm tom breed with my bourbon red hen? Since they look different. Also has any one owned one? And how do/did...

How would I determine a price for fertile eggs? I haven't sold silkie eggs before but now I have more hens and my incubator is full. Most people around here sell there silkie eggs for $25 and up. I don't want to charge too much but not to cheap.

I bought two ducklings from tractor supply and I've never seen some like this and I have almost every single breed can some tell me what they are ? I also bought a khaki Campbell ducking when I bought them and they are small campared to her

I couldn't find a thread like this so I decided to make one. Today I will be setting 19 eggs. 12 from a breeder and 7 of my own. 6 are silkes and 6 showgirls, then mine our silkes to. I'm so excited for some showgirls!!!! Please feel free to join in because who doesn't like having someone to...

I have four Easter egger pullets no with my silkies and just found to bloody and hurt is there anything I can put on there wounds they aren't really bleeding bleeding I just want to put stuff on there wounds please can any one help this is the worse one. The picture makes it look a lot worse.

I hatching some ducklings and I think two might be strinked wrapped in not sure yet. I did make the hole a little bigger to see what's going on and the membrane part is covering both ducks , like its wrapped around them? They weren't suppose to start hatching till Monday but started pipping last...

Ok I got 5 ducklings and I know two are pekin but the other 3 I'm debating on what they are. I've had buff duck, Indian runners , you name it but these three I'm not sure. To me they kinda look like buffs but they don't look exactly like my buff ducklings I've had . I have also be thinking maybe...

I have white silkies that I raise and hatch , so when I say that tractor supply had some I bought 4, 3 black and 1 partridge. Well I noticed they looked different but I went ahead and bought them just for fun. They are the same size my pullet buff orpintion chicks are that's not suppose to...