Recent content by Wallarobba Ali

He’s in a seperate coop now. We will give him some pain relief and TLC he is a beautiful rooster.

Hi, I have a 12 month old copper Maran rooster who has started to be pecked at by the hens. He seems submissive, and they are pecking at his neck and comb, he is squatting and allowing them to do this. Any ideas on why this is happening? He is still crowing and mating with the hens. Thanks for...

Thanks for advice. He’s in a crate in our bathroom, so we will keep him here until he’s healed up enough to keep the flies off. We have him on antibiotic creams and antiseptic sprays. I’ve given him some tramadol for the pain. I thought he might be fretting for his ladies. One of the girls got...

Hi All, One of my poor drakes was attacked by a goanna (very large lizard- 6 foot) yesterday. I have taken him to the vet and we have isolated him inside and are applying ointment and antibacterial spray, twice daily. He was mainly injured under his wing. Couldn’t stitch as the wound are...

I have two roosters (I get confused when you call them “Roos” as I live in rural Australia and therefore roos are completely different animals). They have around 5 acres to free range, yet they hang out with each other a lot of the time. They have their occasional “handbaggers” (fighting like...

It’s midsummer here in Australia, it was usually cool until last week- 65F when it’s usually minimum 77F. Yesterday temperatures were back to normal for Christmas 89F. This came today. What is going on?

They are Chinese Browns. The breeder I got the eggs from said that she has two bloodlines- one is a lighter and one is darker- looks like I have one of both. They have lovely little personalities already.

Squeak, the smaller gosling wasn’t doing amazing for a week or two, but after a trip to the vet- needed antibiotics for a repiratory infection, but is now growing strong.

I’m struggling with this too, and te gosling is a bit smelly. Thanks for the answers above.

Ah we all have a Diva!

Thank you for this wonderful article on the joys of keeping these beautiful golden girls in their twilight years.

Yes, both egg types should be fertile.

Hi, I need some advice. I’m a novice to chickens and ducks. One of my Muscovy ducks has decided to set on Pekin duck eggs, and I’m guessing a few of hers. I know that Muscovy eggs take 35 days to hatch and Pekins 28. Is this going to be a problem? Will she abandon the Muscovy eggs once the...

Day 3. I’m a bit lost, some places say humidity needs to be 65% for ducks, then 85% last 3 days. I thought the preset settings were for chickens?