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Does anyone know how to get rid of fleas for good? My neighbor is elderly and has fleas. I’ve bombed her house for her but it didn’t work. She no longer has the dog he was 14 and passed away a month ago. Any advice on how to get rid of them is greatly appreciated!

I have my first broody. Looking for advice. Broody hen has been sitting diligently for six days. I placed some fertile eggs under her today. She nudged them all in. She screams if I get too close. She is currently taking up one of the nesting boxes out of four should I move her or let her be...

One of my quails pecked the other in the eye. The eye isn’t opening but it’s oozing clear. What can I do? Other than the eye the quail is behaving normal.

I woke up this morning to a rooster in my backyard. I do not own a rooster. This guy was at the coops side waiting or possibly trying to get in? I have been hearing him for a month now crowing in the trees by my house. I think someone dumped him he doesn’t look a year old spurs haven’t come in...

My Polish mix fell from the perch and landed on her wing. She doesn’t move it around at all. The accident happened almost a week ago. She now doesn’t have balance when she walks. She was walking perfectly normal but dragging her wing. Now she doesn’t stand unless I stand her up and she falls...

After eight long months my splash Cochin decided to lay an egg! Took forever for the wattles and comb to come in. How long after laying does this breed go broody? I heard that they are good moms.

I’ve come to figure out that my quail love eating pomegranate seeds and cilantro. I raised them from babies but they were still super skiddish. But, now they associate me with treats. They make the most adorable noises, and one makes an almost excited squawk when she sees me coming. They go...

Our meep is sick. Comb is pale she ate a little after bringing her in today. She hasn’t pooped yet. She has been lethargic and that’s all not puffed up or any other symptoms. I just wormed them two weeks ago. Checked for mites and lice. She hasn’t laid in two months I would say. She has never...

Can a chicken who is 10 months molt? I have a buff EE who looks disheveled. She eats and drinks fine and is active. She has been loosing weight and feathers. I’ve checked over her and the others for lice/mites and nothing. She is the only one losing feathers and weight. Diet: nature wise layer...

looking for a thread that I lost. A poster has a Guinea fowl and chicken cross. Can someone send me a link to the thread?

Processed my first quail today.This was my first time completely processing a bird start to finish myself. It was a little hard psyching myself up to cull, but after the head and feet were gone the process mentally was way easier. I only processed one because it was an extra male who was a...

I have two males in with nine females. All have been raised/hatched together so far no issues. The quail are nine weeks old. Is this a good ratio? I have twelve technically total but removed one male today. The one removed had been pulling feathers and pecking the other quails. I plan on culling...

Running chicken wire on the top of the run good or bad idea?

My cuckoo maran who is six months has been hunched over since this morning. She had a normal poop of brown with a tinge of red. The poop was a pasty texture not super watery but not solid. She passed an egg today. She lays once a day for about 6/7 days, takes a day break and resumes, this is her...

Might sound like a stupid question. Do chickens eat more come fall/winter? All of a sudden they are acting like they are starving when I put their food out. I put it out each morning and it stays out all day until I bring it in at night. But lately I’ve been seeing them eating to were there...

Is it better to clip both wings or one?

There’s a feral black cat that is getting bolder and bolder that keeps popping up in my yard. It killed my previous quails after I forgot to close the hutch door and they were out in the main aviary space at night. I’ve since put up hardware cloth all around the aviary and it hasn’t been able to...

3 week old quail. Any idea on color? It has white leakage everywhere. This quail is the only one I haven’t been able to sex, everyone else has their speckles or rust color chest. This quail has two different patches of speckles, mostly white chest. The face is kind of making me think girl...

Im thinking of switching to pellet bedding for my quails. Any advice? I use regular pine shaving now. They have a coop/aviary. The quail are only three weeks so they spend most of their time in the coop. Every once in a while they hangout outside the coop. They are staying out longer but they’ve...

Why does this quail have a beard?