Posts by callahanfarmgirl

My Bloodhound "Hambone"

Pullet

Please keep us posted of the progress!!  As a new duck mommie, I am just curious what will happen when the ducklings are drawn to water & broody hen has a fit calling them away from playing in it.

My 17 chickens & 4 ducks live happily together!!! Same coop at night but they are free range from dawn to dusk.

Very pretty!!!

I have a mallard hen that built a nest outside the coop & has somehow convinced the other 3 hens to lay in her nest & she is broody. By the time I realized what was going on she had 18 eggs under her. The first few days...

I would try putting the chicks on the roost at night and see how things go the next morning!! I also just had 2 broodies at the same time & both of mine separated themselves from the flock. They have both recently abandoned their...

Along with the size of your chicks compared to your adults, it would depend on how much they have already socialized with the adults. I usually put my chicks in a dog crate inside the coop. It allows everyone to see each other but...

I'm really not the one to be giving advice, as I am a new mom to 4. But I will tell you what I have done so far. I took a large rubbermaid container & placed it on its side and put some hay in it. They won't sleep in it but have...

You didn't say how old yours are but here is one of my BO's at 6 weeks.