Help! I have a medical/health question about my male call duck. Would this be an ok place to post? I have a somewhat yucky picture that shows what's going on just need some opinions in what to do...
You always run the risk of losing birds to predators by free ranging. I for one do free range my laying flock (all large fowl) when we are home and haven't had a problem yet. That being said, I used to free range my bantams as well and lost my OEGB rooster to a hawk because of it so they stay in...
Went to Kris & Robert's beautiful place today! Inow NEED to have some coral blue guineas and I reallllly want a couple turkeys now!! My hubby is going to kill me one of these days!! lol! Kris, what was the breed of the darker colored turkeys again? It'd probably be a while but I think that's the...
That's good that you didn't see anymore! Maybe you knocked them out. It wont take the eggs any longer with a broody than an incubator. 21 days either way For whatever reason eggs seem to hatch around day 19 with my broody.
I'm not sure about the Sevin with baby chicks since I've never used it on or around little bitties. They say to try to keep from breathing in too much of the Sevin and to try not to your chickens breath it in so don't put tons of it around the face area or maybe use a wash cloth or something to...
I use Sevin Dust then use it again 7-10 days after the initial treatment. I've also used Ivermectin topically. Good luck!! I hope you can get rid of them!
Cynthia: here's Sam in his new home. Bless his heart, my little OEGB hens are not making it easy on him to fit in. I think it's just because he's still young and they think they can boss him around. I took the three of them out last night so he could have some peace. I put them in a large wire...
It was great meeting y'all! We love little Sam! He's not really sure what to think about all the excitement of the day but hopefully he'll settle in quickly!