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Hi all! I recently opened an etsy shop with some chicken art! My sister knows how much I love chickens and as a gift she drew me a chicken breeds poster! I thought it was so cute that she should make prints of it! I also draw chickens but don't think I am good enough to post yet :) Check it...

I really would love some advice. My quail chick which is about a week old had splayed legs. I used a rubber band on her legs to help with this problem as I did with about 4 other chicks. The 4 other chicks are walking perfectly now but I took her band off and she is walking on her hocks and one...

Hello! I really would love some advice. My quail chick which is about a week old had splayed legs. I used a rubber band on her legs to help with this problem as I did with about 4 other chicks. The 4 other chicks are walking perfectly now but I took her band off and she is walking on her hocks...

I have a quail that is just keeping the tip of its beak outside of the egg however it has made no progress in the last 24 hours. I see its beak moving but I am getting worried! At what point do you step in, especially since it has pipped on the narrow end of the egg?

Hello! I have about 40 quail eggs in the incubator that were collected over a couple of days. Yesterday evening I noticed only one had an external pip but it was on the wrong end. By the time I went to bed it had made the whole slightly bigger but no progress overnight. Will this little guy...

Hello! I have about 40 quail eggs in the incubator that were collected over a couple of days. Yesterday evening I noticed only one had an external pip but it was on the wrong end. By the time I went to bed it had made the whole slightly bigger but no progress overnight. Will this little guy...

Hello! I know that people have mallards and I found what looks to be a mallard egg in my backyard. I looked all around for a nest but don't see one anywhere! Would I be allowed to incubate it and give it to a wildlife center if it hatches?

Hello! I just was on my neighbourhood website and there is a post about a wild mallard who has 3 ducklings and looks to have been beat up pretty badly (she had 11 ducklings before). Her bill is missing and she has other injuries but she can still fly. I imagine she has not had food or water for...

Hi all, I found an egret egg in my backyard with no nest around and have been incubating it but I think it is a dud. Would love any advice about the pictures that anyone has! Day 3 after finding it: Day 5 after finding it:

Hi all! There is a dove's nest by my neighbours' front door and the parents have not been back all night and day. There are 3 dead brand new baby birds in there and one egg. Last year, at the same nest, all the babies died. I took the remaining egg and put it in an incubator but I candled it...

Hello! I live on the water and we have mostly mallard and egrets here. I was going for a kayak yesterday and found a turquoise egg on the corner of my dock! I looked all around for a nest in my backyard but had no luck finding one. I have taken the egg and put it in an incubator that I borrowed...

My hen who is 8 years old has been unable to put any weight on one of her legs for a couple days now. She has had a limp for about a year now however, it never really affected her like this. Right under where the feathers start on her leg, her skin is very green. She just lays down all day and I...

My hen is 8 years old and about a year ago she got a small limp but it didn't seem to affect her. This morning she didn't leave the coop and can barely walk on the leg. She is also hanging her butt low to the ground and has poop on her feathers. Is this a healthy poop or can it tell me if...

My hen is 8 years old and about a year ago we think a raccoon grabbed her leg because she had a small limp. This morning she didn't leave the coop and can barely walk on the leg. She is also hanging her butt low to the ground and when she poops it gets on her feathers. Please help me! She is my...

I raised 4 chickens and 3 have died of old age after living a fabulous life! My favorite "Zen-chicken" is left. She seems so lonely, often just standing at our back door during the day, but happily interacts with everyone in our family. I kept reading how chickens need company and belong with...

6 years ago I watched a documentary that told about chickens having personalities and I laughed. I never thought that chickens could be special. A year later I found myself with four two-day old chicks and today I had to say goodbye to the first. She was the meanest, most in charge, toughest...

Im going to give her a bath but it seems like there is another issue. Please help!

I found a chick on the street by my house and have no idea what kind it is. We live on brackish water by a bird sanctuary and it has roughly 4 inch legs and a light grey body with white down on the bottom of its body. Any ideas?[/IMG]

I found a chick on the road (actually my dog did) while walking and I couldn't see a nest so i picked it up and it is now in a box with a towel and heating pad on low. It started opening its mouth so I dont know if it's panting or hungry. I have no idea what kind of bird it is so I dont know...

Hey! This hen is a couple years old and I was wondering what kind she is. She lays almost everyday except in the winter and she is the boss! She has black at the end of her feathers on her neck and on her tail.