Hi All,
I have a problem with my ducks and I'm hoping someone with a better understanding of duck breeding behavior can help.
I have a khaki girl who is constantly under attack by my drakes. Gang rape big time. This started roughly two weeks ago.
We are heading into fall here so I'm...
Hi All,
I am interested in getting some mature duck hens that are close to laying age or already laying. I am in North GA and will happily pay for shipping.
I am getting some adult ducks that are already laying.
What should I do about nesting boxes for them? My hen boxes are off the ground and I have the impression that ducks will want something closer to the ground???
I have heard ducks don't like to go backwards ?? so that the box needs to...
Hi Everyone,
We are getting ready to build a new coop.
Clearly we need to protect the wood from rain and other moisture but we don't want to use a toxic treatment.
What are some safe options for treating wood considering that chickens will try and eat everything around them.
Thanks!
I have had two egg bound hens in the last 2 1/2 weeks. They are getting calcium in the form of free choice oyster shell. They also get eggs w/ the egg shells and raw dairy.
They are getting plenty of sunlight so they should be getting enough vitamin D to utilize the calcium they are getting...
Hi,
I have a hen that is sick. She is a young hen.
A couple of days ago she was limping but when I caught her and looked at her leg/foot there were no obvious signs of something being wrong and it seemed to get better.
I just went out to the chickens though and she was lying in the shade...