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Can someone help me with breed and gender. I'm thinking all cockerels as they dont look much older then 6 weeks and are getting red wattles. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you.

Can anyone here explain the breeding guidelines to get the silkie feathering in my ducks? I hatched last summer. Call ducks and silkie ducks. Out of the eggs I got one silkie drake and one call hen. I'd like to have more with the silkie feathering. Is there a way to do this with what I have?

I got these Easter Eggers from tractor supply out of the pullet bin. They are about 8 weeks give or take. I've noticed a few looking a bit red. Also thev2 light colored one are starting to get dark patches on their wings. Can anyone help me here?

I keep a mixed flock. I plan on getting waterfowl feed for my ducks and geese. That leaves my chickens which is roosters, hens and chicks. I obviously don't want to feed layer feed to my roosters and chicks. Should I give flock raiser still or give grower with free feed oyster shell? Thanks.

Hey guys. My duck eggs I'm hatching look like they have some fluid in the air cell. I can see the ducklings moving so I know they are still alive. Has anyone had this happen before?

Can someone please explain mareks to me. We had a bird die and sent in for a necropsy. They said she died from mareks. What does this mean for the rest of my flock? Do they all have it then? Can I still vaccinate if they don't?

Could someone tell me if an ameracauna buff orpington cross would pass on the slow feathering gene to the offspring?

Hey all, we have battled poultry lice on and off for awhile now. We finally managed to get it under control by cooping our chickens instead of free ranging. I assume the wild birds were bringing them in. Well now i was out cleaning the coop on sat and noticed a bunch of red mites crawling around...

Ok ya'll I love my poultry. Seriously it's my passion lol. My husband not so much. He doesn't hate them he just is disinterested. Any tips for getting him more interested in them? Maybe getting him to share in the craziness oops I mean passion lmao

Hey all,I have a sick silkie hen. After research I've decided to try tylan 50 injectible. My poor silkie is so thin she has no breast muscle to inject. I read some people use the back of the neck. Will this still be effective? Also I have to use a diabetic needle. How do I figure out dosage in...

Hi all, spring is here and I'm sure we will have babies soon. We use plastic bins as brooders for our chicks. They get washed with soap and water after each use but I feel like we still need to use something else to sanitize. Thinking maybe vinegar. What do you all use for your brooders?

We keep chickens and ducks but will be getting our first geese this spring. I'm ordering from metzer. I plan on getting 1 male and 2 female. I'm looking for pets with the benefit of occasional eggs. I would like geese that will alert us of strangers but are not to aggressive. Friendliness to...

Found them on my silkie when I was bathing her.

Hey guys I have an emergency.. My mama hen left all her 1 week old babys out in the cold. 3 died and the rest are laying down shivering and chirping. Ibe brought them in the house under the heat lamp. Is there anything else I can do for them?

I got a hen awhile back and noticed she had what I thought was poo stuck around her vent. I bathed her and trimmed it. Started her on probiotics etc.. I kept her quarantined but other then that never had an issue. The lady we got her from was a vet tech and a friend of my dh so didn't think much...

I have some canned artichoke hearts. We don't plan on eating them. Is it safe to give them to my chickens or ducks? Thanks.

We keep a mixed flock of ducks, a few standard chickens/roosters and bantams. We would like to hatch out some chicks and ducklings from our chickens/ducks this spring. I've her the parents should be fed a better diet to hatch healthy chicks. I can't find much on it though. What is the best feed...

We have 3 cockerels that need rehoming. One 13 week old olive egger cockerel and 2, 6 week olds. 1 jubilee orpington and 1 purebred black ameraucana. We are located in redding california. No shipping but we are willing to meet someone if not to far of a drive. Thank you.

So I have a hen I got about 6 months ago. She is a Leghorn that belonged to a friend. Their duck was ripping out her feathers and she looked pitiful. We feed flock raiser and free feed oyster shells. I assumed she would get what she needed from the oyster shell but her feathers look worse. This...

We got her out of the bantam bin at tractor supply. I've posted a few times but no one has been able to figure it out. Inside her mouth is pink. She has 2 white toenails. Other then that she is all black. Thanks.