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I have a bird who’s had a noticeable bumblefoot lesion on her foot for a while now. It definitely pained her and she limped and laid down more often than not. When I first examined it, I found that the scab was in the cavity between her toes and slightly covered by the foot pad. If you can’t...

I took my hen to the vet for bumblefoot that wouldn't stop swelling despite having been treated at home. They opened her back up and didn't find any infection left but sent her home with antibiotics (amoxicillin) and an anti-inflammatory (I'll check what it was later) for about two weeks. She...

My hen has had bumblefoot for a while now and though I’ve been treating it as I normally would, the swelling has not gone down. I may have to reopen the scab but I am worried more about the swelling and what that indicates. I’m using neosporin right now over the scab and bandaging her foot. I...

I just got a new order of chicks in because I suddenly lost two from my order last week. I just noticed that my Black Sumatra chick will not open her eyes at all. She can, because she has peeked them open one or twice but it seems as if she can't see at all. The area around her beak, "cheeks"...

I’ve never lost a bird prematurely in 7 years of raising them. But today I finally had my turn and lost that streak of luck. Based on the fact that this chick (5 days old) was perfectly happy this afternoon, climbing on things, running around, etc, I have to assume it was something sudden. I...

My 8 new birds just got here on Tuesday; 5 of which I am raising for myself and the remaining 3 for a friend until they are 6 weeks old. I decided to try a new hatchery this time and settled on Meyer for their broad selection in breeds. This is also my first time raising bantams. This year I'm...

A family friend has been dealing with bumblefoot on one hen for a few months now. Honestly the only thing I’ve heard that they have done is epsom salt soaking. I really don’t have too many details on what they have done although I wish I could report more. They’ve had chickens for a couple of...

I’ve never really done this before but I thought it would be fun to decorate my chicken run for Christmas this year. I did not get to celebrate the holidays in 2022 so I’m doing it all up this year to make up for the loss. I found some outdoor lights and ornaments that I set up on the outside...

The second sudden death of one of my chickens occurred sometime within the last two days, and the reason why I cannot be specific on when exactly that was is because it happened while my birds were under the trusted supervision of someone else who had offered to take care of them for me while I...

I came out about thirty minutes ago to check on my birds only to find that one (my 2 year old Wyandotte hen called Valentine) had sadly passed away sometime last night. Now the temps here have been leveling out in the 90s and upper 80s and I’ve been doing my best to keep everyone cool by...

This is the second time this has happened but for whatever reason the issue was slightly different both times. The first time, I received an alert that looked like this: And when I clicked that alert it brought me to this: Today, I received an alert that looked like this, that although did...

Piper is a Silver beige standard poodle. Ten weeks old (born on October 6th.) She has been puppy cultured and I’m really excited to train her. Her personality testing scores showed that she’s both intelligent and wants to please. I’ll be posting photos (LOTS of photos) and updates as she grows...

Duck went missing last night. Can't find her. No blood, feathers or signs of struggle. What animal would do that? I'm not sure what I should think.

I had been buying small eight pound bags of feed so I wouldn’t have to deal with the large fifty pound bags I had been buying before. I have only four ducks but they go through these eight pound bags of food in just under a day and a half which seems honestly quite hard to believe. Should they...

As time ticks on my impatience becomes more and more apparent. My ducks, hatched on or around April 13th of this year are still yet to produce even a single egg. I’m not sure how much longer I can wait on these slackers!

I'm working towards a goal of being able to bring my cat places with me. Leash training is something I had expected to take a rather long time, and perhaps not even work out, but my kitten has taken to the harness and leash quickly. She's already at the point where I can take her around outside...

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Happy Birthday @chickentrains 🥳 I hope you have an amazing day. I love you forever. 🥰

Somebody came home with a kitten this afternoon 😉 Im excited to be giving this little one a home. She’s a barrel of energy and the moment I opened the door of her crate at home she was running around the bathroom and making everything into her toys. I’m on edge as to whether or not I will...

...I want one that can hold 20-25 chickens comfortably. Who has pictures and examples of large chicken runs? My current one is pretty small, 9x20. I have 7 chickens in it. Free ranging is not an option here due to predators so I need a run that the chickens can be in most of them time.