Posts by Lollipop

Any waterfowl will dirty up a clean water supply in no time. Just normal stuff. Even a big pond will suffer in short order.......Pop

That Buggytown auction is pretty good size, but they don't get to the poultry until after everything else. I went one Friday night and finally threw in the towel about 9:45. They were still on other livestock. Too late for me. Never...

Had to be something that would carry the chicken, like a fox, or bobcat perhaps. Normal behavior is to have a big meal, sleep it off for a couple days, and return for another meal. Everybody that keeps fowl must have a trap and a...

Yup, I've had 3 in my lifetime. One was a battery hen, when I was a kid. Didn't lay for over a year, so I butchered her. She was full of eggs in various stages of developement and would have started in the next day or so. the next one,...

Molting usually occurs at the end of the first full summer, or early fall of that year. Last fall they would have been too young........Pop

Get yourself some geese. You will never want ducks again........Pop

Quote: Originally Posted by fowl farm  If we did get 2 dozen, how many do you think would live until the next year?    A lot depends on the predator population and type of predators you have. I...

Here's a riddle for ya. Grown kinda fond of it over the years........Pop   "If a man speaks in the woods and there's nobody else around, is he still wrong"?

Here's a pic of a fertile egg. Since your rooster is active, and surely even if you aren't watching, you can be reasonably sure of them being fertile. Candling is best done at days 7 and 14......Pop  

Hmmm, sometimes the stress of being moved catches up to them in about that time frame. Doubt if they're sick. For the messy butt, you can trim some feathers in that area. If there is a large buildup, it's called pasty butt and is a...