so recently, I had 2 chickens (one Rhode Island Red, one Australorp) go broody in the same nest. they had one chick, and seemed to take care of it together. unfortunately, a wild fox kept eating my younger birds, so I put Starlight (the only child) in a brooder with 11 other chicks, for safety...
I found a quail who was alive yesterday and had a small dot of blood visible, but nothing more, dead in the coop! there is another with a similar injury that is alive still, looks like half its butt/ side area is missing! I don't know what to do. there was some clear ish slimy looking stuff...
I have a very pretty Rhode Island Red, but he's a bit more aggressive to the hens than I would like. I also have three Pekin ducks, and my mom says she's going to eat them if they aren't sold. the ducks are two drakes and one hen (I think). I live in Licking County Ohio.
Hey, I crossed a white hen who I didn’t think was barred with a Plymouth Barred Rock. The product was the yellow chick, and it has black markings. Is the yellow chick male or female?
Hey guys, a while back I posted about my hybrid chickens. Well, I was talking to my aunt (the egg supplier for my oldest hatch ) and I finally found out what the black ones are! The black and orange chickens with feathers on their feet are from a Midnight Maran hen, and this one with no toe...
Saw this guy snooping around my garage today! He’s got a messed up back leg, so I had my mom put some antibiotics on it, and I’ve got him in a bin in the garage to get better. We named him Pedro. I think Alvin would be more fitting, but I’m a bird person, not a chipmunk naming person.
Hey, Foxglove, one of my older chicks, got out last night and no one could find him. Now he’s back, he just stands still with his eyes closed. I think he’s got diarrhea too. Any ideas?
A relative of mine got my aunt 3 ducks…….. without asking her…….. she didn’t want waterfowl for her birthday. I guess I’ve got a reputation as a bird collector, but I’ve never raised ducks before! Should I feed them chicken food or gamebird food?
I am going to be hatching some Japanese (coturnix) quail, and I need to know what is the minimum amount of protein they need in their diet? My mom said she would buy quail food, but now she is saying she will give them chicken food instead. She says she will only buy quail food if I can get it...
Soooooooo……. One of my chicks drowned in the feeder? Like, not the water, the feeder. I wasn’t there, and I don’t know what happened, I just got a call from my mom. Is that common? Has this happened to anyone else?
Howdy. I am in Ohio, and we just had heavy wind/ thunderstorms, and I can’t find my Guinea Fowl. I know she weathered the storm, because I saw her later that day. But now I can’t find her, and even when I looked in neighboring property and deep in the woods, all I found out of the ordinary were...
I saw a thread recently looking for pictures of hybrid birds. I can’t find it, but I finally have pics of my hybrids, I have nine hiding behind that water, incase you don’t see them. The one I took individual pictures of is the less quick of the two Brahma / Plymouth Barred Rock crosses. It has...