Recent content by happyfarmer325

We had to drive from Bend, too! It would be great to have a swap around here!! I wonder if there would be enough interest to try to start one... Awesome that you found eggs, hatching is even more fun than bringing them home! Let us know how the hatch goes!

Hello, fellow poultry-lovers! I am giving an informative speech about keeping backyard flocks. I would love to hear anything and everything you would say to potential enthusiasts or even to those neighbors who don't understand the passion. Anything you can share about your personal experience...

Our Runner got a gosling friend! Not my first choice, but I love everything with feathers, so it works! They are getting along wonderfully, very snuggly! 7 Muscovey hatches last night! A little too late for the single runner, but so happy to have a solid group of babies now!! Pictures soon...

Hero is his name and he is happy and healthy, just thought I would update this.

I did check that out and unfortunately none are immediately accessable. We did find some mallards nearby, which were not my first choice, but worth it for the lonely little guy. Thank you for the information about the chicks/poults, I was a little concerned with the potential pecking. We will...

Thank you, that is what we were thinking. We had one lone hatch last season but it was outside with a momma and several other adolescents so he did great. If we are unable to find Indian Runner ducklings, do you think we could use other ducks? Or, last night he spent some time with a turkey...

We have one lone Indian Runner duckling that hatched in the incubator inside. Now he has no fellow peepers, which seems terribly sad.. We give him a lot of attention and love but wonder if we need to try to purchase some buddies for him. He has learned how to eat and drink and behaves normally...

We were so happy to attend our first poultry swap yesterday in Canby! I would love to know who organizes this event and how it is accomplished, it was truly a joy to attend. After only two hours we walked away with 3 gorgeous new birds, tons of jam, honey, artwork and more! We are somewhat new...

So our most recent chick just hatched right on time, albeit quite slow after a pip on the wrong end. 24+ hours after a LOT of zip progress had been made but MANY hours of inactivity and fewer and fewer peeps and gasps - the boyfriend opted to assist. He simply cracked through the remainder of...

Thanks everyone! Holderread is absolutely the place to go, we got our 4 top-o'-the-line silkies there and 2 show quality breeding pairs of Indian Runners (maybe my second favorite ). We are collecting fertilized eggs and will start incubating soon!

You guys are awesome, thank you! It is hard not to spoil them already, but we'll give it some more time - the oldest is 5 days today, I think. I shall refrain for now, haha. They are good little eaters and drinkers! So cute and healthy-looking! The man of the house is leaving town for the...

So sorry for your loss, and I can relate to wanting to give up, but try not to! I got extremely discouraged when we had an extremely unlucky week with predators and did not want to keep a flock of birds if I could not keep them relatively safe. My boyfriend would not hear of giving up, so his...

Thank you, that is super helpful!