What a lovely pair of Rhea chicks 😍
u/ResearchAlert7033 — 3 days ago
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Did I end up with 3 drakes?
Hey! First time duck owner here, I decided to get 3 straight run pekins from TS (I know, I know) and I love them so much. They are so fun to watch and interact with. They’re 6 1/2 weeks old now, and I’m starting to think I ended up with all males? I was looking forward to duck eggs for baking, but I do have 10 chickens so not too upset about that. Just hoping at this point that I don’t have a 2/3 drake to hen ratio. Any thoughts??
u/Tangerinemama — 7 days ago
gosling with leg issue
Was just given a gosling that can’t put weight on one leg. It seems like the joint is stuck in place and i’m not sure what to do the get it to be able to walk again. Vet is out of the option
u/No-Peanut-4913 — 6 days ago
Small Hallux Irritation/ Injury
Context: I have a small free range flock (three ducks and one goose) for egg laying, but they're mostly just beloved pets.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my khaki campbells (Zuma) had a little bit of blood around the nail on her hallux and had some minor swelling, so I cleaned it up with warm soapy water and let her rejoin the group since she wasn't limping. This morning I popped into the coop to let them out and she's now got a limp even though the toe looks less swollen. She let me scoop her up for a closer look so she's not avoiding me/ touch but I'm struggling with the best way to treat her.
The nail is still very firmly attached so no issues there and there isn't really any redness so I don't want to mess with it too much since it seems very minor but I do need to get it clean and keep it clean until it heals. My plan was to use a povidone iodine swab on the area just to get it nice and disinfected and then separate her (essentially in a single brooder set up) from the other three for the day so they could roam outside and she could have food and water to herself in a slightly less wet/ messy environment...
Well, she let me scoop her up and put her into the nice cozy first aid box and then she started to freak out when she realized the plan was to separate her from the flock. She was gearing up for a jail break and I didn't want her to tweak her foot even worse so I've temporarily returned her to the group and she seems to mostly be fine, just laying down while everyone else puts around. Is my best course of action just to leave her with the group, keep everyone inside, and apply iodine as needed?
I don't want to stress her out over a minor injury but none of my girls have been injured before and I also don't want it to develop into something worse.
Thank you!!!
u/southerncalifornian — 7 days ago
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Failed turkey incubation
This is our first attempt at incubating turkeys, we are trying to figure out at what stage the poults failed. I appreciate any information that anyone can give us on what stage you think they are. Thank you so much I appreciate it more than you know.
Edit we bought a new incubator 👍 Hopefully in about a month I can give you guys a nice update.
u/Godisgood000777 — 12 days ago
Help My Babies!!!
This is my second go with chicks. My first flock was 3 years old and was not laying, so we had to put them down.😭😭
I got 33 chicks a couple weeks ago, and I put them in a big walk in cage that we had them in until this afternoon. I noticed that some of the chicks were bleeding by their tail feathers. The other chicks were picking on them, and once it started bleeding, they just keep pecking at it.
So I moved them out into my outdoor coop because I think they were bored in the other coop. They were out there for an hour and they weren’t pecking. Just now, I went out and they were pecking again!!!!😡😡 How can I stop them from pecking?!?!?
u/nora12113 — 14 days ago
First time incubating and this is where the gosling externally pipped. But the air cell is traced with pencil up top.
Can someone help me with what I should do, if anything? I’m afraid it’s not okay because it’s not in the air cell area.
u/Tasty_Hospital6151 — 14 days ago
Question
My chickens go to my neighbors' property(they are fine with this and love them actually), but I guess their friend's kid tried to pick up the hens, and my rooster ran after him and scratched him. My roo doesn't have spurs. But the parents aren't happy.. Could they get me in trouble legally for this?
u/Zestyclose_Lemon_647 — 13 days ago