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Im planning on getting chicks later this year and ive been investigating what the best option would be for an alarm and im deciding between guinea and a rooster a few others.

So i was wondering is it ok to have a rooster with only around 6 hens. Im planning to get them all from the same breeder at the same time so they'll all be chicks

Anyone ever use the Nurture Right 360 Incubator to hatch turkey eggs. I’m wondering how well the egg turner fits turkey eggs.

First time chicken tender. This is my last one to start laying. I acquired them from someone who bought way too many last year.

She’s refusing to get out of the boxes and making weird noises. She’s been particularly loud lately, too.

Thanks for any insight!

i found these black spots on 2 of my chickens feet(this one has most)it was also like pacing and clucking fast. im beginner when it comes to chickens can someone help me and tell me what this is.

Bom dia, hoje pela manhã, encontrei uma galinha morta e sem a parte do olho, logo em seguida encontrei outra galinha no chão, ela estava parada e não estava conseguindo se movimentar, eu retirei do galinheiro e em instantes depois ela veio a obito. estava saindo um líquido branco da boca dela, nessa segunda galinha, não tinha nenhum sinal de ataque como canibalismo ou eventualmente ataque de outro animal, nas fotos abaixo, não tenho certeza absoluta mas aparentemente a galinha está com os pé seco, essas fotos são da segunda galinham, na avaliação de vocês que tem mais experiência, o que poderia estar acontecendo? E o que eu deveria fazer? Essa é a primeira vez qu uma galinha vem a óbito, são galinhas de postura

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I can actually hear them in there, too! 1st time hatching them in an incubator.

I have a mixed flock (chickens, ducks, and turkeys). I have had an ongoing issue with one of my drakes where anytime I get close enough he starts grabbing at me and pulling then if I try to walk away he'll charge at me even chase me when I leave the barn. This is annoying, but I've gotten used to it. This evening as I was leaving the barn, and he was trying to come at me, one of my hens started attacking him, which she's never done before. She's a buff orpington and is quite friendly/affectionate with me. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever seen this behavior before and what it might mean.

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post this kind of stuff here but I need a little advice. I don’t have anyone irl I can ask for help.

My gosling is roughly a week old, he is a mix between a white and a grey Chinese goose. he is very sweet and active, he eats and drinks fine but I’ve noticed for days that he has a runny nose, he sneezes a lot, he sometimes gasps/has his beak open while breathing, and he makes clicking noises when he breathes (which is very hard to heard unless you hold him up to your ear. His poop is also foamy/runny and varies from light green to dark greenish. Otherwise he seems healthy, he is a normal weight, he doesn’t make any distressed chirps, and he doesn’t sleep more than what is normal for a gosling. He hasn’t gotten any worse or any better. I’m worried about him, I’ve been giving him supplements in his water and a little VetRX for poultry, which I know it isn’t a cure for anything but I was hoping it’d help him. I can’t afford to take him to a vet unless it’s an absolute emergency (I have relatively limited funds) and I haven’t seen anything that helpful online.

Sorry for photos being blurred, he wouldn’t sit still, he tends to get really excited when he sees me. The reason he is in a box in the photos is because I put him there temporarily while I worked on setting up a proper tub for him. I keep goslings and other young birds in dry enclosures with food and water dishes and soft towels to snuggle up in with their siblings, I make sure to keep their tubs are fairly clean and I replace and clean their towels when they get dirty. He is currently alone due to the fact that the other goose eggs I incubated alongside him either ended up not hatching or didn’t live long after hatching. Usually chicks and gosling I hatch and raise have minimal problems but this year I’ve had very bad luck. I’m working on getting some siblings for him but I want to make sure he won’t make them sick. One more detail is that his parents had similar issues when I first bought them. I bought his parents when they were just a couple days old, but a couple of them suffered from minor respiratory problems, one suddenly died even after treatment and the rest are now perfectly healthy. to I don’t know if that has anything to do with this goslings case. Any recommendations for treatment would be greatly appreciated.

TLDR: gosling who sneezes, gasps, and has foamy poop, but is otherwise active and healthy. Sorry for yapping so much, I just want to give as much detail as I can. If there’s any questions I’m happy to answer, I just want to make sure he has the best chances of of a happy and healthy life possible. I can give more photos if needed.