I have a variety of birds,(chickens, ducks, guineas, a turkey and a goose) that free range. I am thinking of getting a pygmy goat this spring. Will the birds be okay if they get in the pen w/ the goat??
I have a Barred Rock , Buff Orp, Rhode Island Red, 2 white chickens ( white rocks, I think) and a all black chicken with a small comb.
I am getting ready to hatch out eggs but I dont know who lays what... Can anyone tell me who lays the dark brown eggs, the light brown and the ones that look...
I have a mallard and a runner that have been laying for a few months now. They even lay in the chicken nesting boxes.
Does anyone know if either of these breeds go broody?
If so do you have any problems with them being introduce into the flock. I know it is very difficult to bring new ducks...
What is a good number of eggs to put under a medium sized broody hen? With it getting cold out now I dont want to put too many for her to handle when they hatch.
So what would be a good number of eggs to put under her? Too many and she wont be able to keep them warm when they hatch and get a little bigger. She is a mixed hen and not real big like a orp more like a leghorn.
I do have a draft free coop but the door is open during the day for the other chickens, ducks, guineas, and pig to come and go. should I lock the mom and babies in a cage so she has to keep them in? I could put staw bales around the cage so it would be warmer.
I just found a new mom w/ 5 babies the other day. I had no idea I even had a hen missing. Anyways they are less then a week old and it is already started getting cold. Down to the 30's at night. Will they make it thru the winter with just mom doing her job?
Another question... I have a broody...
This is only the 2nd time I have had a broody hen. (It's been the same one both times) With her first hatch she brought the chicks out within 4 or 5 days after they had a chase to fluff out. It's been a week now and she is still keeping them inside. Is it because it is colder this time? How long...
I have a little girl I hatched out in July. She was raised with a few bantam chicks and is free range w/ the rest of the poultry. She has become very tame. Do you think she will become wild when she gets bigger? I really want her to stick around but if she sees a flock of her own kind do you...
I have nesting boxes about 3 feet from the floor for my hens. I was starting to find an occasional duck egg in the boxes and I tought it was my oldest son find the eggs on the ground and putting them in there. But he said it wasnt him and now it's almost an everyday thing. Does anyone else have...
Well everything worked out great. I let the chicks hatch out in the bator, dry and fluff out and then over a 24 hour period put 2 chicks under her at a time. It's been a week now and they are all very happy and healthy looking.
Im glad chickens cant count. 9 chicks from 2 golf balls would be...
When she first starting sitting she was in one of the nesting boxes. She was sitting on 2 eggs and 2 golf balls. She did great for the first week and then she started getting confused on what box "her" eggs were in and she would sit on new eggs. So when I got home and checked on her the eggs had...
I had a hen go broody on golf balls so that night I put eggs in the incubator. When should I put them under her? I know to do it at night but do I let them hatch under her? They are on day 18 tonight. Or do I wait until they hatch out and fluff up?
I was given a few chickens the other day and this mama and chicks came with them. She is super protective but she is finally getting used to me.
Is she an OEG?