Posts by Where The Wild Things Are

Thank you   they can always bring a smile to my face.

This my first year with chickens. I live in residential area of a rural suburb (did that make sense). We are not zoned for roosters in my development so I just have hens. They make a LOT more noise then I thought they would. They go...

Well my 2 Rouen Drakes (Elliot and Oliver) have seen temps down to -6 so far this winter. They have a duck hut loaded with dry leaves and straw, (no heat) but they sleep in either their pond or pool. I have given up trying to figure them...

P.S. I have only heated my coop 3 days thus far, we had several days of sub zero temps. I have a wireless thermometer in the coop  now, and have stopped heating it. I don't like using heat, but I like having the option. I'm glad I...

Just a few photos of my coop...the "Quack Shack"Woke up to 14" of snow a few days before Thanksgiving (before and after)Since the "big snow", I have skirted the bottom of the coop to make a "duck hut"...

And after dark

Happy Holidays from the "Quack Shack"!

What a beautiful Pekin. I'm sorry you had to give it up.

Oh let me count the ways. I would make it larger. I would NOT elevate it (no ramp, so the ducks could use it for shelter). I would make it tall enough for me to stand in. And it would have a closet in it for storage (food, bedding, rake...

I would love a couple Pekin drakes. I want a couple friends for the 2 Rouen drakes I have. I want a little bachelor flock, I have no desire for eggs or chicks. My chickens give me more eggs than I can eat, and I don't have the time to...