Hi I’m new to keeping quail. This morning my dog got out and tried to jump on the quail cage. Unfortunately one of my quails was injured. She seems to be walking around ok I have her in a cardboard box in the bathroom. Her foot looks swollen. There was blood on the cage but I wasn’t able to see...
Hello all, My hen has once again gotten sick, None of my other hens have gotten sick so I’m not as experienced as most of you when it comes to diagnosing but so far I’ve noticed she’s been avoiding eating, her crop was soft and squishy when I took her out this morning, she’s been pooping as...
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I have a 1 year and 8 month old Easter Egger rooster and I have been recently seeing these small little white dots on his comb and it looks like some sort of Favus. I did some research and few people said to use Anti Fungal Cream, but I don't have any so I found a bottle of MP...
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Im the proud owner of a hybrid chinese x canada goose (whom i hot from a farm as a egg & have confirmed to be legal). After a LOOOONG search and wait i am finally getting some Canada Goose eggs from a legal breeder. Now, with all the effort & $ i have put into finding these guys, i am...
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So today I just bought a 40 lb bag of food grade diatomaceous earth for my chickens. I recently just had a mite infestation, so I am using it to prevent them from coming back. I also was wondering is it okay to add into their food? I heard that it can...
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So this year we hatched some chicks, four to be exact. We have two hens and two roosters from the hatch. I love all of them dearly!:love
We have seven adult hens that are mixed ages. I have run into a little dilemma though. :barnie I am afraid if I...
I have searched high and low for started pullets that can come at the times that I need (every link on 10 pages of google) but have come up empty handed. I would LOVE to raise chicks, but am concerned about getting them because of my cat. He has a reputation for giving lovely gifts of dead (or...
Hi everyone! I am new to chickens and would love to get some advice on a few questions. So I have my run and coops in my back yard, the majority of the back yard is a pool and a hillside with lots of plants that people have said are poisonous to chickens. Like irises, hydrangeas, hosta's, old...
hello. I have a female pekin duck, we got her this spring as a ducking. Yesterday I noticed when she would preen she’d continually fall back on her butt, but she would still walk. Today she can’t walk at all. She is completely off balance. It’s like her equilibrium is off. She is still eating...