I've got a new baby it was born Friday May 8th we found it just cracked out on ground in our coop I don't know if one of my hens didn't want it or what (I have 2 hens sitting) so we brought it in & it's doing great. I'm unsure if any others will hatch & momma will kick them out is this natural...
I have a drake Muscovy can they become protective of other animals? I have chickens, turkeys & 2 other ducks(not Muscovy) & my Muscovy spends most of his time trying to mount my turkey & chasing my rooster away from the hens, when you walk in the pen he starts hissing & feathers stick up. I...
What can you do with an aggressive duck? I have 4 ducks, 2 turkeys, & 20 chickens, one of my ducks is aggressive to one of my roosters they grew up together & now my duck will chase him around pull his tail feathers & yesterday I caught him with the rooster in his mouth shaking him lik rag doll...
I put pink wound medicine on mine I got from vet it keeps the little vampires away until it wears off then they are back at it. I only have 2 that do it. All mine are great layers we get 18 to 30 eggs a day, I'll have to try the tuna see if it'll work on mine thanks
They don't eat the feathers they just peck at the butts until they bleed & make a hole, we give them layer crumbles, chicken scratch, scraps & oyster shell, we have about 20 in a 24 x 20 coop. We got them all at same time when they were babies.
I've only had my turkeys for about 2weeks I don't know how old they were when I got them but how old do they need to be before I put them outside & how can you really tell them apart?:/