It looks like all 6 of my Royal Palm turkey poults have developed these eye tumors. Some are worse than this. Any thoughts or suggestions? This is a first, and my only theory is that I used a different starter feed this time.
I have a muscovy (mama) mallard (daddy) cross which I know makes her infertile. She lays tiny eggs, and she was so vicious the first time she went broody that I let her sit for a week until I was was sure that the eggs were not going to be viable. I found another nest of 13 eggs in a horse...
It's a long story, but my Pekin drake is drowning my Mallard drakes. Short of shooting or rehoming the Pekin drake, does anybody have any suggestions? Last week, I ended up in the pond at dusk rescuing a Mallard from the Pekin only to find a snapping turtle attached to the Mallard's foot :( I...
I have a Mallard hen sitting on 12 eggs in one of my horse stalls. She is due to hatch on April 22. Her regular routine has been to take her break from about 3:30 - 5:00 every afternoon. Thursday the 11th was the last time she left her nest. Is this common behavior... to stop leaving the...
I have a Mallard hen sitting on 12 eggs in one of my horse stalls. She is due to hatch on April 22. Her regular routine has been to take her break from about 3:30 - 5:00 every afternoon. Thursday the 11th was the last time she left her nest. Is this common behavior... to stop leaving the...
In December, my 7 month old muscovy hen, Bow, began laying. She sat 12 eggs on a nest of straw in my feed room under a heat lamp. By the last week, we were down to 6 viable eggs. I could hear chirping and a couple of the eggs had small chips but not through the membrane, and they never...