Posts by quesad00dle

My husbands recent 4 month hiatus from work due to a mystery Illness that landed him in hospital and the subsequent down turn In our finances has got me thinking about growing my own chicken Feed crop. Does anyone form Ontario. Canada...

Went to duck house to check and see if all hatchlings were with mother duck and Found an egg with baby duck hatching out. Can I return the egg or duckling to Mother duck tonight or should I raise the youngster my self ? C

I have been keeping an eye on my oldest and broodiest duck Since spring when she started setting a rather large clutch of eggs. She is a Buff Opington and her mate is a Cayuga( a last minute Replacement for my Buff Drake who was stolen...

Hi I am not sure what age the bird is, but none of my birds are older than 2 years of age. could this problem be related to diet?

Collected eggs this morning and one of the eggs seemed really light and the outside of shell was rough like that "non slip" stuff people paint on the their steps. I cracked the egg and found it didn't contain either a yolk or a white....

Went in to the nursery this morning to find one of my Buff ducklings on her back and her feet shaking uncontrollably. I put her upright but she just flops over on her head. What if anything should I be doing? She is in the brooder with...

My Drake has been gone since last night. We arrived home after dark and my son locked the duck house up thinking they were both inside. When I opened them up this morning I discovered there was only the Duck in there. She has been...

--Went to open up my Duckhouse this morning and found the Drake was not there. The duck is now going around quacking frantically. I guess what I need to know is will she fly off to find a new mate, or will she just pine herself to...

My two Dominique chicks are now 6 weeks old and doing fine but I am not sure if they are boys or girls. Opinions would be appreciated. Sorry I dont know how to upload pictures to the post butif you can access my uploads you can see the...

Not sure if it is by prescription only from the vet Dawg...but if it is then it may not be an option as I would have the take the birds in to the vet. Our local vet is not a bird vet his area of expertise is Equine and he was involved in...