I have about a dozen ducks. 6 of them are runners. The oldest one is a White 3 month old female who in the last day or two began acting "quiet". I let the birds out to free range, but she now prefers to stay in the pen. she keeps her bill tucked close to her heaved chest. she walks around with...
Colorado got a pretty big snow storm yesterday. I notice during the storm one of the hens was missing. I figured she just hunkered down in an evergreen or somewhere and I'd see her at sundown at the chicken coop. Roost time came and went and no chicken. I thought when the sun comes up she would...
I have 2 Pekin hens. During the Winter I would get an occasional egg, but about a month ago even the occasional egg stopped. I look around the pen every day and there are no duck eggs. I have 4 Easter Egger hens and their nest box is in the same pen. I don't notice any missing or partially eaten...
I don't have them yet, but I want to be prepared.
Turkey Chick Brooder Temps.
I have chickens and ducks and know there is quite a difference in temp needs between them. What temperatures, and how long do Turkeys need to be in a temperature controlled environment?
Narragansetts Roost. How...
I have 4 24 week old EE hens. I let them out during the day, so maybe they've laid their 1st egg and I just haven't stumbled across it. so, I'm working on the premise that my chickens haven't laid any eggs.
I suspect I should make a nest box, but I don't know the 1st thing about what one...
Every morning I let my Pekin Ducks and Chickens out to run around and eat bugs and plants. This afternoon while giving them pieces of tomato, I noticed one of my female ducks was limping up to me. She doesn't have a wound. She's not bleeding. Nothing seems broken or even swollen. She just limps...
Stats involved in issue
4 Pekin Ducks 2 Drakes 2 hens 18 weeks
4 Easter Egger hens 18 weeks
1 Easter Egger Rooster 18 weeks old
3 Easter Egger hens 9 to 13 weeks old
All of the 18 week old birds were purchased at a few days old, at the same place, and all raised together. The 3 younger...
Does anybody know anything about a modified round drinkers ‘AquaDuc T’ for Pekin Ducks?
http://www.worldpoultry.net/Other-Poultry-Species/Ducks/2012/12/Animal-friendly-watering-system-for-Pekin-ducks-1124235W/
I bought EE pullets, but I'm 95% sure this one isn't. He is the same size as the others, but he often acts differently than the others. He's the Last to go to bed, he is more aggressive in personality, etc. Anyone want to confirm or deny his gender?