Posts by Tinka

The chicken nipples are a great idea - for chickens since they don't like to play in the water.  I am wondering how long it would take the ducks to empty a system like that once they learn to hold the nipples open to get water,...

LOL, mine do that too. To me it looks like they are trying to find a cooler spot, but once it's hollowed out they all pile in; so much for cooling off. Sometimes they roll around in the dirt and kick up dust for a dust bath to get rid...

I wish you the best of luck. Know about those winters up north - that's why we are in the south now lol.

I have absolutely no ideas for keeping ducks and chickens together. We tried it. It didn't work no matter what we did. The day the ducks became territorial of the food dish and attacked a couple of the chickens for daring to come to...

I will definitely try some of these things. Thanks for all the suggestions.

My family and friends LOVE this one. We have pot luck dinner before karaoke on Fridays and when I being this it's always gone in a flash. Here's the way I make it:   I use half pound of breakfast sausage (used to use Italian...

Mold only grows where there is dampness. Make sure the feed you are giving them is not damp. The area the mold is growing in sounds like it is damp enough to start that mold growing also. What I would do is scrape off the surface mold...

Can anyone tell me if baby chicks like treats? and what kind? Seems kinda boring to be eating the same feed day in and day out. My babies are about a week old.

I see a mallard there sitting in front of the yellow duck.

I bought four brahma chicks from Tractor Supply last Thursday. Their weights were 42 grams and 44 grams. I figured they were a couple days old because they all still had their "egg tooth." This morning I noticed that the smallest one...