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have a 3 yr old Narragansett tom who is not doing well. Thought it was gapeworm, not responding to treatment. Symptoms are swollen snood, lethargic, extending his neck often, standing upright (for lack of a better term), darker head, not gobbling, watery droppings Please help

I have a 3 yr old Narragansett tom who is not doing well. Thought it was gapeworm, not responding to treatment. Symptoms are swollen snood, lethargic, extending his neck often, standing upright (for lack of a better term), darker head, not gobbling, watery droppings Please help

We have about a flock of eight 10 week old turkey poults (with hen) that are very energetic. Yesterday one poult developed a symptom of drooping wings and what appears to be muscle tremors in the wings. It is eating, drinking, energetic, etc. I have isolated it from the others. Is this early...

So I have I believe one older hen who is pecking the chest feathers off of two other hens of her same age. What is the best way to stop this from happening? I don't want to rid the flock of her as we just had to get rid of the cockerels. Also with the cold weather we have, I'm thinking of...

i've noticed in my 1+ yr old RIR's a few are having episodes of diareah. this seems to happen when we have a stretch of high heat and humidity. I was thinking that maybe it was due to drinking more water during these periods? also have a new batch or RIR's which have integrated very well, but in...

This youngin' was in a batch of four hatched by my sons class, she/he is now about 8 weeks old. I have no idea what breed this one is. size is smaller than the other three she/he came with (two what I believe are NH reds and one all white bird). Just noticed today the extra toe protruding off...

Yesterday morning, went out about 6:30/7:00 am to let our 6 RIR's out. as usual they all were anxious to roam in their enclosed run and came storming out. They've been molting I believe so we're down to about 4 eggs a day, food was full, water was full and clean. went back to check on them a few...

we're getting an egg a day from each bird, rir's. they started early by about two months by our basic count. we've always had one bird which lays larger eggs than the rest, but this mornings collection uncovered a monster. can't get over the size of this one, larger than the rest she's layed...

First off, thanks for having me. Just joined up with chicks on the way. I run/own a wildlife damage control company up here in southern Maine, so if there are any questions regarding pest issues, feel free to ask away. Always here to help. Anyway, I've seen the posts about burying wire fencing...