One of our emus has broken there big middle toe, it swollen and bent and he’s walking with a limp, Is there a way we can splint it? And if there is any antibiotics we can use for him? Thank you.
Emu chicks and eggs available. 2weeks old chicks, all in good health. Blonde, white and standard colour.
They comes with care notice. These birds are awesome, good to be with humans and other animals.
Message me anyone interested.
Hello! I have been wanting to sell hatching eggs, chick / ducklings / goslings and adult poultry for a while now. I have 3 incubators,
Farm Innovators Pro Series Circulated Air Incubator with Automatic Egg Turner, 4250,
Little Giant Still-Air Incubator, 9300, and a salinova mini incubator. I am...
Contacted the local extension office (Ogle County) with some specific questions I wasn't seeing answers to, and they passed it along to the state poultry specialist, so I thought I'd share his answers.
The attached file has info on where to report dead birds and whatnot, because I've seen in...
We always hope the worst doesn’t come, but hoping doesn’t prevent disaster. In our ever more volatile world all you can do is try to stay one step ahead by preparing and knowing what to expect should the worst happen.
Evacuating is hard even if it’s just you and your immediate family, but it...
Hi Friends.
I live in Texas, and I'm planning to buy a batch of chicks , 500. do you know to whom I could sell those once they are fully grown?
I need advices on this.
Thanks.
hiiii ! I have 13 chicks that I incubated and are currently raising for my friend... She want's them when they're around 5-7 weeks of age and they're already turning 2 weeks on April 23, 2022 - tomorrow. She want's to know how many males or females there are so she knows if she want's to...
Hi Colleagues . Happy Tuesday
I have a couple of questions.
I want to start a family business related to chicken poultry. However, I dont have enough expertise on this but the will and a very general knowledge.
can somebody walk me thru the process? My plan goes as follow:
1. Renting a...
Ok, breeding season is coming up, and I am busy getting all my poultry into breeding groups, setting up nest boxes etc. Looking forward to babies!!
This is my first time with Guinea fowl. I have 10, and they are about 10 months old, I got them last April as keets. They free-range on our 24...
I have 15-18 chickens in a coop. Eight are mature hens, three are mature roosters & the other seven are chicks (sex tbd). These are all bantam sized chickens.
We are looking in to building an actual poultry barn soon that would be able to house LOADS of all sorts of birds! I would love to throw...
A couple days ago, I posted a thread, desperate to get advice and help regarding my sick ducklings. They were lethargic, could hardly stand or hold their own heads up, and could barely eat.
I am proud to say that I found a product that literally saved their lives (and, based on online reviews...
My husband and I want to try out raising turkeys for meat. We prefer getting poultry that are good at incubating and raising their own. What would be the best breed to start with?
Not really interested in broad breasted turkeys since they don’t really reproduce on their own and have short...
I’ve heard that onions and garlic are natural pest control against bugs and rodents in a garden. But has anyone ever grown it around a poultry pen to prevent critters who shouldn’t be in there? Could this work? Would it negatively affect the poultry in the pen?
Hey y'all! Hope every ones having a good day so far!
So this is my first time raising guineas, I got them when they were a few days old and they are so cute and fun! I tried really hard to not scare them, talked calmly, sang to them, tried to be very careful changing water and food so as not...
Seven females and one male. Females are laying and male is breeding. They are about two months old. Male is $5, and females are $8 each. Healthy and active birds. Lacey, WA.
Weirdest Egg Contest!
Hello everyone! I want to see all of the weird eggs that your flock has laid! Doesn't matter if they are misshapen, fairy, jumbo, etc :)!
Rules!
1. One egg per post.
2. Can be any type of poultry egg.
3. Multiple entries allowed - cannot be same egg though!
4. Contest...
Just wondering what everyone does to help prevent/maintain flies in their coops/runs? I have chickens, quail and ducks and this year has been the worst for the little buggers in the past three years. I have disposable fly traps up in each of the coops, along with vanilla-scented car scents. (I...
I unfortunately lost a chicken earlier this year after attempting to remove the bumblefoot from the bottom of her foot. It was in a tough spot though. I now have another hen with the same issue, but fortunately hers is right on the bottom of her foot. On my last chicken I tried cutting and...