Search results for query: *

I just noticed today my head is acting very lethargic and dazed.. and was laying in the chicken coop and didn't want to get up she appears to have scaly legs and her poop looks very abnormal.. I don't know what is going on with her, any advice, please help

A few weeks ago my rooster must've attacked my duck.. around both of his eyes (eyelids?) were red and now weeks later they are foamy... He has been getting picked on a lot by the other ducks n is missing feathers around his eyes so I have him isolated in his own pen.. What can I do to help him...

This chick just hatched this morning under my broody hen.. I had to grab it bc she was about to step on it and the chick was sitting in part of the shell but it came right off.. The chick seems to be totally fine but I'm concerned about this mass coming out of it? Any ideas on what this is/...

I bought 6 baby chicks from Tractor Supply today, one had horrible pasty butt, but other than that they all seem perfectly fine and healthy. My only concern is the poop that I seen in the carrier box they came in.. I've never seen it look like this.. Is this a cause for concern?

I've lost 4 ducks and 3 chickens to a mink.. 2 separate nights/attacks. 6 of my 8 jumbo Pekin ducks have a horrible gash on the side of their heads but are still alive.... it's been a complete nightmare every night. I need some input, I just put this apron around my coop .. I can't bury it bc...

I have 2 female Jumbo Pekin ducks that are limping.. one seems to be worse than the other and fall from time to time and seems to be getting worse.. I don't have access to a vet.. All I have on hand is Epsom salt, peroxide and maybe Neosporin .. not much.. They are kind of skittish since I...

I found one of my hens dead this morning.. in the corner of the coop with her insides completely gone but head still attached.. I've noticed a possum coming around lately.. I'm sure that's what killed her.. I have straw inside my coop on the floor.. My question is how do I clean the area where...

I checked the nesting boxes this morning and found one of my hens acting strange.. She seemed rather solemn and her right eye is messed up and she is bleeding a bit on top of her head. I'm sure it is from the rooster as he has attacked another one of my hens and she is still not completely...

I have a chick that just hatched last night and both of its legs wont straighten.. It seemed like could be slipped tendons but I am not able to put them back.. There seems to be no remedy. I dont know if a chick chair will be helpful in this case and cant find a good enough picture of one to...

I have a chick that was just born and it cant stretch its legs.. Both of them are bent up to its stomach but it can kick them.. Both of the joints are red and look like they were bleeding? I feel terrible.. I know its not spraddle leg.. Any advice on what I should do?

Hi there, I have some chicks zipping right now, I'm using the Little giant still air incubator w/ a fan.. It's the older model.. I am concerned because there's a heating element, like a tube on the inside of the lid just above the eggs, maybe about 3 inches.. One chick is zipping so quickly and...

One of my chickens was bleeding black on the top of her head, it looks like she is missing the top part of her skull and has baldness.. When you look at her from the side it looks horrific like she is missing part of her head.. I realized it was the rooster bc she has been afraid of him and...

Ok so I just got home and seen my ducks were all lounging in the grass under the trees next to my house and the farmers were spraying the field across the street.. They seemed completely unbothered by it but one of the ducks was opening and closing its mouth.. I'm not sure if it was just doing...

I have a rooster that I've had for about a month now, he hasn't been aggressive toward me.. I can come and go in the pen and he stalks me a little bit sometimes but I move calmly and he has been okay.. (But I do NOT trust him and will not turn my back on him).. However, today I ran out of...