Posts by furbabymum

Ellisandra Raven born 4-26-13 @ 1:31 a.m. Almost had her at home. Contractions went from 20 mins apart to OMG I HAVE TO PUSH in no time. Our 2 year old is less than pleased about it. He still dislikes her.

Mine are on the coop floor right now. My brooder is technically a table that I keep in the coop/barn with all the other poultry. There are older guineas in it in this pic but right now I have 18 3 week chicks in it. They've been in...

Earlier this month we had 3 chicks hatch from our very first incubator experience. 1 drowned and I've since fixed that from happening again. The other 2 died inexplicably. 1 of them at 3 days and the other at a week. I've got more eggs...

My ducks are in with my chickens, guineas and peacocks. It probably depends on coop size and flooring and such. I use a barn and it has a dirt floor. It's a massive area. I leave water out 24/7. I've always left my ducks with...

I always just use a super large dog kennel to brood everything. Course I brood ours out in the barn.

Well as someone who lost a crap ton of birds to a breeding pair of owls I'd say your first item of business is making sure this doesn't happen again. Owls kill by ripping their prey's head off. We had one chicken survive an attempted...

Quote: Originally Posted by zazouse  Sounds like they got board and pecked them off of each other, mine molt then a few at a time never all at once.  They will grow back in time, try hanging a head of...

Quote: Originally Posted by chickenlver2013  that to me sounds like animal abuse. Why would you want to throw him to the dogs? You are teaching your dogs to kill chickens. I had to laugh. Teaching them to kill...

3 of my 4 peacocks have lost their crowns. We were the eye of the most recent snowstorm and we got A LOT of snow. It wasn't all that cold though. I'm wondering if they froze off or if this is normal. Will they grow back???

Quote: Originally Posted by gamebirdsonly  If you don't want babies just get rid of the drakes. They usually don't get less rough. That's all I needed to know. Thanks!