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Thank you to all who responded. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one this has happened to. I have been feeding the duck eggs back to my mixed flock. I found a buyer for most of the ducks and will just keep a few as pets. Thanks again!

This is our first year with ducks. We love having them and they are laying great. Over the last 3-4 weeks every time I eat duck eggs, within an hour I feel nauseated and have actual pain in my stomach. They are always thoroughly cooked. It is now even happening with baked goods that I have...

What would make 1/2 of one feather turn/be white on my 11 month old Buckeye cockerel? It is up on his back, but mostly covered by other feathers. The white part is closest to his body. I only noticed it the other day when he had been out in the rain. He is one of my son's 4-H show birds. Is...

I started my BBB poults on FF right away.  I fed chick starter because I didn't want soy or GMO and all the game bird had both.  I supplemented to up the protein.  Mine did great.  They still eat FF broiler. [/quotes] Thank you to all who responded. I started my chicks on FF right away, so I...

Hi there. My kids are getting their first poults (BBW) for their 4-H projects next Monday. We've never had any turkeys before. We feed fermented feed to our chickens. Has anyone here started pullets with fermented feed or do you wait until a certain age to ferment their feed? I picked up...

So maybe these eggs are actually from the older hen that is going into molt? There was another one on the floor of the coop this morning that was even thinner, more like just a membrane with evidence of the white but no yolk. All three Buckeyes seem very healthy. They eat and drink well...

I actually already put ACV with "the mother" in my waterers. But I don't know if the Buckeyes were getting it before I got them. I also ferment my feed. Thanks for the suggestion though. Is it odd that the eggs were white? I always read that Buckeyes were brown egg layers.

Is it possible for Buckeye eggs to be white? I recently got my first Buckeyes. I bought a trio from a very reputable breeder. (We will be breeding them for dual purpose use on the farm and also for the kids to show in 4-H and maybe at some local shows.) I was told that the adult hen was...

We are looking to get dairy goats in the next couple of years. We are a family of 8 and go through about 1 - 1 1/2 gallons of milk per day right now. Can anyone give me an idea of how many goats I would need to produce enough milk for our family? I really like the idea of Nigerian Dwarfs...

We are first time chicken owners. This is our 8 week old Salmon Faverolle pullet. We got her from a hatchery with 18 others of assorted breeds. There is one other Salmon Faverolle and her toes do not look bent like this one's do. She eats and drinks fine, seems to be growing as well as the...

Thanks to those who answered the rabbit droppings question! We will continue composting them.

Does anyone know if I could put rabbit droppings/pine chips directly on the garden or does it have to be composted first?

Christian - Presbyterian

We are having our first garden since I was a kid. Hoping to have tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, pie pumpkins, and maybe some melons. It will be great to use my composted chicken poo next year too.

We raise them for all of the reasons listed in the poll. What got me interested though was wanting to have some control over my food source and knowing how the animals were raised and what they had been fed.

Thanks for the suggestions! I got a second heat lamp today so we'll see how it goes tonight.

I am a newbie to chickens, but have been researching and planning for a year. I have 20 chicks coming sometime between the 16th-18th. I have an 8' x 8' coop built out of a repurposed playhouse. I live in NE Ohio. The temperatures this week are supposed to be in the 70's during the day and...

Really a total newbie here, I don't even have chickens yet. I've just been lurking here and on some other threads trying to learn as much as I can for when I get chicks in the spring. I can't really answer the quiz, but I'm very interested reading the other answers. Thanks to all the OT's for...

Thanks for all the tips. I'll definitely check out the Buckeye blog!

Thanks for the update. I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I actually get chicks in the spring. I am trying to read through the Heritage Large Fowl Thread and the Old Timers thread. It'll probably take me until spring to finish those, LOL! But there's so much great info on here...