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  1. Timbers Happy Hens

    Staggered hatch question

    I started a batch of eggs about a week ago, they are silkie and silkie mixes. With winter my roosters fertility has dropped quite a bit so out of 20 eggs I only ended up with 9 developing. The rest didn’t even start. I was hoping for a bigger hatch than that so my question is could I add more...
  2. M

    Does this chick look sick? Vent Gleet?

    Hello everyone! I’m new to raising chicks myself, but I’ve grown up around chicks so when one of my babies started getting pasty butt, I treated it with warm water like I was taught. A few of my chicks had pasty butt as well, and after being cleaned once or twice, it resolved itself. This one...
  3. Quail hatching day 16

    Quail hatching day 16

    Hello it’s day 17 and one of my quail hatched this could be because all of the temperatures are good as I said in my previous article a dry hatch a dry hatch is a great thing to do in my opinion definitely consider it explained more in other articles so if you have one quail that hatched expect...
  4. Sparrow-Song

    Whole Flock Sick, May Need to Start Over -- Advice Needed

    So, recently in this thread I made a post about one of our roosters, Cheeto, who was exhibiting symptoms of a respiratory illness. Well, we took him to the vet, and they said it was likely CRD. This was really heartbreaking, as he's one of my very favorites, a sweet and very handsome boy. But it...
  5. A

    Help/advice ASAPP

    Is anybody able to tell me what these bumps on my chicken are and how I’m able to treat it?I recently noticed that she had these bumps around her face and she’s been loosing a lot of feathers which I’m assuming its because she’s older than a year but she’s my only chicken with these weird bumps
  6. RossAcres

    The Hunt for Mystery Predator

    So I have had the occasional predator come through my electric fence and kill something. The first time it was something that came in and took off the heads of 6 quail. I realized it was because I left a tree standing that was accessible from the other side of the fence. I removed that tree and...
  7. Sljanik

    Bumble foot? Healed? Help?

    Hi yall! I had to take my girl Nugget to the vet for a blueing comb. While there, the vet said she had bumble foot. Sure fire sign of the ‘scab’ on her foot, also, sure enough, the rest of my flock has the scabs (we are switching to sand on the flooring tomorrow). So, I followed an article I...
  8. Sljanik

    Eggbound or just Fowl Pox?

    Hi all, I have 4 chickens, all who currently have chicken pox. The girl I have isolated, who was being very badly bullied, has not laid an egg since Friday. She typically lays every day. There was no irritation around her vent, she seems a bit tired and isn't moving a whole bunch, but she is...
  9. B

    chicken with crop issues - next steps

    I've been posting on here for about a week now. My 5-month-old buff initially had what I believe was an impacted crop. The vet gave us a medication to assist with motility, gave the last dose last night. I believe it turned sour. It feels balloon-like and full of air, when I massage it makes...
  10. B

    Mess free duck bedding?! What works?!

    I have my chickens in their own coop and I use construction sand and absolutely love it! It's not stinky and easy to clean. I currently have a waterproof mat with some pine shavings down for my ducks when I put them in my home for now. It gets really stinky and messy very quickly! I usually...
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  11. B

    Pool in the winter? How to?

    Hi! I'm new to raising ducks, to my understanding, ducks will still need a pond to swim in daily even in the winter. We can get some harsh winters and our irrigation is turned off during the winter. My ducks currently have a large kiddie pool to swim in that i fill up daily. It's not a...
    • Burkeeks
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    • advice ducks winter
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  12. Flutterbudget

    What on earth is this? Help!

    I’m pretty sure it came from one of my drakes but not 100%. I just saw him shaking his beak back and forth like he was attempting to dislodge something or wasn’t keen on what he’d eaten. He’s vocalising and breathing normally but seems hesitant to eat. Would not eat millet and has had only...
  13. CassieTheChickenTender

    Possible racoons in my garage

    For weeks we have been hearing some type of animal inside the wall of our garage. At first we thought mice but it sounds a lot bigger. I couldn't find any opening where an animal could get in until the other day. i realized... our doggy door to the garage 🤦‍♀️ it's opening it and climbing behind...
  14. K

    What should I price this hen at?

    I hatched her myself and was told she was an Ameraucana. She came out of a blue egg but she’s been free ranging so I have never actually seen her lay an egg to know what color she is laying or even if she is actually laying yet. But she should have blue eggs. I’m having to sell my whole flock...
  15. M

    Something lodged under eyelid?

    Hi chicken experts, I’d appreciate your advice about what to do for my poor chicken! She seems to have gotten something lodged between her eye and eyelid: I uploaded a short video of what I’m seeing. It looks to me like a foxtail or maybe even a feather, plus some pus around it? I wrapped her up...
  16. S

    Duck attacked by raccoon

    A raccoon got in my duck pen and killed my youngest duck and injured my other male. They have been moved but I don’t know what to do, I’ve only sprayed him down with silver spray. What steps do I need to take? His eye seems to be gone, but the other side of his head wasn’t harmed. I haven’t seen...
  17. ChickenFriends234

    Hey what is the best chick feed for a baby chick that is one week old??

    Last week I have hatched a baby chick from the incubator and I have been feeding the baby chick mullet and mealworms plus grubs. I am planning to buy feed and I don’t know where to start. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks!
  18. MinervaTheHen

    What should I do for my antisocial roosters? Are there any other types of bird that could provide better enrichment?

    Hello, I’m not sure if this is the right spot for this question but I figured it was my best bet. A while back I bought four straight run bantam chicks at my local feed store (complete impulse buy, they were very cute), and as luck would have it, all four ended up being roosters. I posted...
  19. Flutterbudget

    Fox attack, duck hasn’t pooped in over an hour?

    Hi all, This morning unfortunately we had a fox visit the garden but due to hearing it and my partner darting out, the fox dropped my precious poppet and scarpered. (5am). She has a puncture wound above her right wing and to her tummy. She’s had a bath, I’ve cleaned the wounds with vetericyn...
  20. Goose in the snake room

    HELP! Gosling with Infected feather follicle?

    I feel like my goslings are falling apart with my frequent post. But today I noticed my 7 week old Chinese gosling’s wing was red and swollen. Last week I treated him for Angel wing and this was not present at the time, and I haven’t noticed it until now so I believe this is new. The feathers...
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