Posts by annroberts54

I have a 2 week old runner duckling who has been struggling to make it since hatching.  She was smaller and weaker when she arrived from the hatchery and it seemed like her one eye was going to stay fused shut.  At the...

Update on Buttercup.  She seems to be making slow but steady progress.  I got the Brewer's yeast in powdered form, with no additives of any sort.  I sprinkle that on all their food.  I am still using the electrolyte...

Thanks for the suggestions.  I have used electrolytes from the very beginning.  But didn't know about the niacin or brewer's yeast.  I will get some when I go out today and start immediately.  I will try gently...

2 days ago I received a shipment of straight run Runner Ducklings.  1 was DOA and I saw immediately that 1 was not doing all that well.  It was a bit smaller and less able to get up on its legs and move forward.  So I...

I have 3 hens that I raised up last summer, along with 1 rooster.  Then this spring I raised up 4 more girls.  It was such a warm spring that I started putting the new hens outside at about 8 weeks.  It seemed that...

I asked this same question recently myself.  I had 2 out of 3 of my laying age hens go broody at the same time.  They stayed broody for over a month.  Then took about 2 weeks to finally start laying again.  Patience...

2 of my 3 Red Wyandotte's went broody and I was unable to break them so they pretty much sat on their nests for almost a month.  Once a day I would remove them from the next and close up the coop so that they would go out and do...

And does anybody know if separating my shyest girl is a good idea and for how long should I keep them apart?   I know, probably all silly questions but this is my first flock and I have learned to love them all so much....

I have been told that 2 roosters were too many for 3 hens.  But they seemed to all be doing so well and I will be adding the 4 new girls soon and thought that would help with the ratio.     But now, how would I...

I have 2 roosters and 3 hens.  Red Wyandotte's that were born last spring.  They have a nice large safe coop at night, a run they really don't use much and the great outdoors to roam in most of the day.  The hens are...