#help

Hi! So I have a broody hen that I'm planning on putting duck eggs under for hatching once I have enough(in about a day, I'd say). She is currently sitting in a nest out in the fenced in outdoor area of their coop. But the other flockmates can get to her and often do disturb her. I was thinking...

I was given a decent flock of chickens and 3 full grown broad breasted turkeys my toms bottom is a big black ring around his bottom an seems swollen I will add a picture but if you’re sensitive to blood don’t look at it I have them separated from the chickens I just have been spraying bluekote...

I know tomato leaves and raw tomatoes could be dangerous for chickens but mine are still chicks and ate around 6 small newer leaves and I'm scared because they've never had this much before, only a few nibbles but nothing much but today they managed to get in and eat a ton. They eat other leaf...

To cut straight to the point, I have this little pullet I love dearly, she’s the sweetest chicken I have ever owned so far. Recently however she hasn’t been doing so good, first I realised she’d tip over a bit when walking fast. however now it’s to the point where she can’t even stand up...

Hello! So I’m hoping someone can give me some advice/answers or has had an experience with this. A few weeks ago we bought some ducklings 2 of which are Rouen. For some background we did get them from tractor supply against my better judgment/experience, after some research into the hatchery...

please help! I was hanging out with my girls today and I noticed one of my hens had 2 different eye colors. One is dark brown the other is yellowish-gold. I also noticed her eyes are sunken and weird looking. Both of them. Her eyes have always looked funky after previous eye injuries (that were...

I have searched online for hours and no one seems to have a similar issue. The turkey is about 2 1/2 months old, and has grown well sense the beginning and is always pale and when you pick it up is always shaky. We’ve tried high protein, different feed, electrolytes, probiotics, nothing works...

I’m posting about my Porcelain D’uccle Bantam Hen. Her name is Irish, she just turned 3 years old and I love her to death. Last Tuesday (3-4 days ago) I noticed she was making a face and standing weird. She also retreated and refused to come to me like she usually does. I knew this wasn’t a good...

Help! We have two 4 week old Dutch bantams and we are unsure if we have a rooster. The one on the right (the one closest to the camera) is larger and has a comb coming in, aswell as a more grey and white, with darker browns and blacks compared to the other smaller Dutch bantam which is mostly...

Help!! We have three sebright bantams but we are unsure if one is a roo, two of the three are smaller in size and have almost no comb at all, while the third one, (the one furthest right) is larger then the other two and has a comb already coming in. Is it too early to tell or are their signs of...

Hello everyone, I just woke up this morning to let my 3 chickens out and they were all completely fine. Then, in the afternoon, my 2 year & 10 month old female easter egger, started to have her tail down, eye closed but she still wanted to eat and could peck. But whenever she peck she would...

I need some help, I have these two 4 week old barred rock chicks. I can’t figure out if they’re both males or if one them is male and one is female. Please help me out!!

Okay so I walked out into my chicken coop to check up on the girls and I see my hen is tripping over everything looks like she’s trying to lay an egg tail down her butt is full of dried poop head down comb looks purple-Ish and is not at all bright red like it should be she keeps laying down and...

So I thought I had 3 hens (Silkie Seramas) and one Roo (smooth serama) but just today two of the one I thought were hens crowed! I know hens will sometimes crow but I am worried that I just have all Roos now (I can’t have Roos because of where I live). Can everyone please let me know based on...

Hi I’m new to keeping quail. This morning my dog got out and tried to jump on the quail cage. Unfortunately one of my quails was injured. She seems to be walking around ok I have her in a cardboard box in the bathroom. Her foot looks swollen. There was blood on the cage but I wasn’t able to see...

Hello everyone, I need your help right now, my 2 year & 10 month old leghorn hen started laying soft shelled eggs a month ago. I started to feed her 1 calcium tablet (600mg) daily for 4 days but didn't see her lay an egg anymore, so I stopped with the tablets. At that time, she was still acting...

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I've just hatched a bundle of silkies, some from my hens and some bought. The ones that are not from my hens have hatched and I've got one with wry neck, one with curled toes. The one with wry neck is not doing well. My question is, they are on medicated chick starter with added selenium (its...

I have a pair of mandarins that I got last winter. They didn’t lay last year and they haven’t started laying this year. They have a relatively large pen, a big bowl of water I clean out once a day, I feed them Mazuri food, and I have a wood duck box for them to lay in. What could be causing her...

I'm making a second post as I'm not sure who will see my response in my first. I was staggering a few batches of silkie eggs. Batch one hatched beautifully and I have a bundle of lovely floofs. The day after my Mom had a stroke. I've been back and forth frequently, but I've also had my neighbor...