Recent content by TacticalChickenDad

Wife and I just got 5 ducks that we plan on having in with our chickens (they're still separated as of now). We have a rouen, Cayuga, 2 Welsh harlequins and a khaki campbell/Pekin cross. We were told all 5 were hens, but the Rouen (named Rosie) is starting to look like a Roy at about 3 and a...

Seemed like she did a number on herself and had air pockets all over. I used a 22g needle and poked where the bubbles were biggest, just getting under the skin and letting the air out slowly

Poked her with a needle and she deflated! All air, so the wife was right.

We have a Serama hen (not sure of age, but over 2 according to the previous owner) that my wife just discovered is bloated like a balloon. Her entire abdomen (not just her crop) is swollen and distended and she has some raspy breathing going on. We looked into waterbelly, but my wife is...

Picked up 2 6 week old turkey poults yesterday. Put out 3 feeders and a waterer for them, but have not observed them eating or drinking and feed/water levels look the same. How can I get them to eat and drink? I know turkeys can be dumb, but as these are my first ones I'm not sure how to help...

Today we found a lone wild turkey chick all aloke on our property. No clue where mom is. We're going to keep her and raise her with some TSC chicks. They're all currently in a brooder and generally getting along. She's only a few days old. We've raised plenty of chicken chicks successfully, any...

Yes, multiple cases in poultry farms in my county

With Avian Influenza being at the front of the mind lately, just wanted some advice about this situation and if there's anything we can do to manage exposure. My wife had the chickens free ranging today and while my son was out playing in the yard found what looks like a brewers blackbird that...

One of my more productive silkie hens went broody a little while ago, we broke her, and since she's been back in the coop with everyone else she's been acting normal but hasn't laid. Yesterday my wife noticed that she wasn't acting normal, very lethargic, and not eating or drinking. We moved her...

This one is a bit watery obviously but they're not all like this, lots of normal ones with a few of these (around 10 poops with this stuff in it through 4 chickens)

My wife got 4 new silkies a couple weeks ago. They had been fine up until 3-4 days ago when we started noticing some bloody poops. They're 3.5 months old, and otherwise healthy and normal. (Eating, drinking, generally happy). The amount of these poops has increased over the past few days so we...

Awesome, thank you so much. Outside humidity was around 75-80%. There is a cosy coop heating panel in there near the floor where the silkies bundle up at night,with another one that I have to install. All the windows only open at the bottom but are all screened.

My wife and I are pretty new chicken owners. We inherited a coop from the previous owners of the house we just moved into. It's an old ice fishing house, about 8' by 12'. We have 9 chickens living in it currently, 3 golden comets and 6 silkies. We're worried about ventilation, the coop is...

I have 6 silkies and 3 golden comets. We had another golden comet that was laying daily, but unfortunately ended up having calcium issues and broke her femur so she had to be euthanized. What should we be feeding everyone to ensure that the comets get the calcium they need with their high egg...

My wife and I just got our first chickens! She has her 6 silkies and I have my 4 golden comets. They’re all 3-4 months old. They’re currently in separate coops but able to see each other as we’re trying to socialize/integrate them. When my wife let her silkies out to free range yesterday, we...