I had to rehome my pekin over the weekend, he was trying to mate with my chickens and it was brutal. I am so sad! Anyone know how I can get just one female pekin duckling?
That is a great idea, i put a board across the well part, but they laid on the board! Tomorrow I will drape the fencing over it, thanks so much for the idea!
i wish i had an answer for you, but all of a sudden i am trouble with my chickens going in the coop at night! we let them free range during the day and two days ago they have discovered a new place to roost, on top of a wishing well! oow they seem to think they can sleep outside of the coop...
Hi! Quackers has also devolped quite a love for grapes, she will literally run over the other hens to get the grapes. It is frustrating that she won't let me pet her or pick her up, but she does stay a few feet from me, and we dig for worms together also, and wild raspberries! How do you handle...
I would like to be addded to the duck club, Im have a 12 wweek old Pekin, named Quackers, he is quite a character, but even thoughh i handled her a lot as a duckling, she doesn't follow me around, she quacks at me, but otherwise she has two rhode island chicks that she brooded with, and they...
Chickens are actually very smart, they know where they should stay they just enjoy free ranging, they come to the back door for treats, and at night go in their coop area, then i close the gate. Try it and see, I have clipped two of their wings, and it is very simple, and does not hurt them at...
hi susan:
we have about half of our yard fenced in they love/ it. we used plastic fencing three ft high they never try to fly over it, i dalso have a secure area for them to roost in.
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,I too have a Pekin duck and six chickens, she/he was brooded with two rhode islancd chicks, and they are now inseperable. I have been feeding it start and grow also, but since she has been outside, she loves worms, puffed wheat, peas, whatever it can find in the yard. so, i don't know...
Hi Everyone:
just started raising chickens, got my first pullets on March 20th, and then brought in 2 more and a Pekin duck on April 11th! I have one red hen, 2 titi-tins(they are a mixture between a leghorn and a red hen), one broiler chicken(who turned out to be a rooster,oh my) and 2 rhode...