Recent content by duckychick

So one day when I gathered eggs, I noticed tiny bugs on the eggs, and then my arms, then my shirt and then I had a tiny freak out. So...now I am obviously worried that I have carried mites into my house and paranoid that my dog has them or will get them. Do they really "latch" onto dogs? Or...

So I went to let the chickens out this morning and saw one of my roosters standing on a hen, I thought he was maybe pinning her down and quickly realized she was dead. No feathers missing, no injuries that I could see. She hadn't been gone long, but I have no idea what happened and am scared she...

So I've had my ducks outside for a long while now, when they were in the brooder their poop was normal, they ate good and were healthy. Now I rarely see them eat, and their poop is ALWAYS runny! I have an all flock pellet food that I have been using for a while because they are with the...

Hey everyone! I've got seven ducks and I feel like they aren't happy in their current pen...it's always SOOO muddy and messy...I know they get water everywhere, haha that is a given. But I wanted to see some of your guys' duck pens so I can get an idea for a new one! They are in with the...

I don't have a separate place for them unless I keep the older ones locked up which I don't want to because it's a small space.

So I have two ducks currently that are about 10 weeks old. Just got 5 newbies that are a few weeks younger. I kept my bigger ducks in their coop and let the little ones run around and let them see and hear each other. When I took over a new one to my runner it started breathing heavy and puffing...

I've got a 5-6 week old chick that is pooping blood. I saw it in my coop a few days ago but didn't know which chicken it was. Today I saw it was my littlest guy. It is more blood than anything else, to me almost all blood. She is still eating and drinking fine. What could it be?? I'm new to...

About 7-8 weeks. I think...I was told they were 5 weeks when I bought them a couple weeks ago. But they could be older.

So..this year hasn't been my year for buying chicks. Out of my first seven 4 were roosters. I bought more pullets so I would have more eggs but these two are not looking like pullets to me...but I have seen some barred rock pullets that have a bigger comb. What do you guys think?

First, can anyone give me an idea as to how old my ducks are? And then is my runner a drake? To me it looks like the tail is starting to curl and it's quack is still high pitched.

Ok so here are a couple more pictures of the Welsummer.

So...I bought three Olive Eggers and I was told they were all pullets. Guess who started crowing? Yep one of the Olive Eggers! So I want to see if anyone thinks they are all Roos? I think I know the answer haha but I guess part of me is still hoping one might be a pullet. Also wonder what...

They haven't had anything other than the feed from the store. No veggies. I'm new to having ducks so I don't what is ok to give them.

Tonight I saw a minty/bright green poop in my ducks bedding. There are 3 ducks so I don't know which one it was for sure. What does it mean? Should I be worried?

What does the lime/mint green poop mean? I just saw it tonight in my ducks bedding, but I don't know which duck it was. Should I be worried??