Recent content by iron

Thought I'd share my solution to clean water. Right now I have made these and use them for my ducks and quail. I was sick of ducks emptying every waterer i used in no time, and my quail kept filling thier bowls with shavings and feed..these now allow for cleaner water that lasts a lot longer. I...

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First i was given a feral that was rescued from a dog training session, then i was given another feral that was winged by shotgun from a local farm, this pigeons territory is where i live. I housed the two together, both healed and mated, 15 days later along comes junior...so now i have a...

Only one name comes to mind "SKITTLE MIX" (to bad im sure there would be legal issues)

Real quick question, quick backstory first. We are new to chickens, we had a broody hen who hatched 4 of her 12 eggs naturally, we incubated the rest. 2 of the 12 hatched, the first was 4 days later than the natural 4, the second was a week after the 4. We put the 2 late comers in with the rest...

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The little bugger has made it so far and seems to have been accepted by everyone just fine.

Well since writing this my wife introduced the new guy to mom, she was laying down quietly in her pen. Mom lifted a little and let the new guy snuggle in, the other chicks didnt bat an eye... fingers crossed, we'll see tomorrow how things went.

We are new to raising chickens, we bought 8 hens and a rooster from a friend a couple months back. One hen went broody and we decided to let nature take its course. Fast forward to my issue... our broody lady had 6 eggs the first time we checked, she only left the nest once a day for a few...