My hen has a respitory infection I can't go into town to get VetRx until Tuesday though. I need a fix to help hold her over until Tuesday, right now I have some ACV( apple cider vinegar) in her water. Any solutions are helpful!! Thank you!!
I recently got 13 button quail eggs in the mail I candled them all and almost all of them had saddle air cells and a few of them had detatched aircells so here is my plan, incubate them upright in a carton for 7 days candle them and see if anything can go back on their side and if they can't...
Today I finally received 14 button quail eggs in the mail! They are going in the incubator tomorrow morning, I am giving them 12 hours to rest. This is my first time ever hatching buttons, I'm very excited! Any tips will be helpful, I am keeping the temp 99.5-100.00 degrees and humidity 50%...
I have 5 little D'Uccles, 2 boys and 3 girls, and I am about ready to move them into a very large area but it is not covered, it is at least 2,000 sq.ft they will be with all my other chickens but will have tons of room to escape them and avoid them. With all of this space and room will they...
About 3 weeks ago I bought 5 ducklings from tsc. I bought 2 black ones thinking they might be cayugas, 2 yellow ones with dark brown tails and diamonds on their heads think maybe SA, and then one brown not sure of the breed. Now they are 3 weeks old and they are all getting their first feathers...
About 3 weeks ago I bought 5 ducklings from tsc. I bought 2 black ones thinking they might be cayugas, 2 yellow ones with dark brown tails and diamonds on their heads think maybe SA, and then one brown not sure of the breed. Now they are 3 weeks old and they are all getting their first feathers...
I am getting 2 mini rexs in about a month. I am building a hutch with an outdoor area. Is there any tips on what should be put in the run and hutch to make it fun and safe. I already plan on putting wire a fence down under the ground and on the bottom under the soil so they can't dig out. All...
I recently bought 5 ducklings from tractor supply the other 3 i'm pretty sure I know the breeds Cayugas and maybe a golden 300 hybrid but the other 2 I have no idea I've looked up breeds that look like them and I've come up with silver Apple yards maybe Welsh HarliQuinn's (or however you spell...
I just got ducks and I'm going to be putting them on my chickens layer feed once they are old enough and I'm going to supplement with either brewers yeast or nutritional yeast, I've heard either one works but which one is better or do you think is best, I've heard more brewers yeast but I just...
I know it may be a little early to tell but I bought 6 California whites and they were all labeled pullets but they all have suspiciously larger Combs and the rest of my chicks and I didn't know if that was because California whites have generally bigger Combs even as pullets so I didn't know if...
I bought 6 bantams from TS about a week ago, 5 look to be the same breed, feather footed. One is clean legged and different, I juts need some help IDing them. Chick one ( all the others look like chick 1
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So this is bumblebee who was being raised with her mother hen. I went out this morning to check on them and she was laying down not moving I think it was one of my SS hens because she is not very nice to all of the chicks. So she is now in my house and I just need ideas that could help her leg...
So I have had chickens for a while and heard of the Rhodebars and I want to breed some myself. What breeds of chickens would make Rhodebars and how many generations would it take to get them.
About 2 days ago I noticed a lump a few inches under the vent of my barred rock hen, when I hold her with her head angled downward the lump goes into her abdomen, it does not hurt when it is touched. I've had chickens for a good 5 or 6 years and have never seen this.she acts fine and runs...
I have a rooster which lost both of his legs to frostbite he can kind of move around on his nubs but not very well he still eats and drinks he still looks happy he crows is there any suggestions on how to make prosthetics or should I just cull him I would feel bad to cull him though because he...