Posts by Birch Run Farm

Very nice!  Love the eared, they are sweet birds.  Good to see your daughter starting out young with the wildfowl.

Hatched under a chicken so I am hand raising it.  Very tame and perpetually underfoot, it is also quite 'talkative'.               My young Swinhoe's hen is due to hatch...

Medicated feed protects birds from Coccidiosis, nothing more.  It will not harm game birds nor waterfowl.  I use it for babies and have never had a problem.  Feed it as a wet mash.

My Swinhoe hen has layed some fairly dark brown eggs.

Congrats on the hatch!

Well?  How is she?   Where do you have her for the time being?  

He may be aggressive with her so be prepared.  Ideally, I have been told to remove the male for awhile.  If you can't then make sure there is a lot of thick, heavy cover if you can't take your male out for...

Temm's seem to tame down readily.  My guy is so fun.  The Swinhoe's I have in with him are starting to notice and are allowing me to see them and get close.