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I've had some ducklings hatch under a broody runner on the weekend. I came back from a party on Sunday to find the ducklings in the pond, 4 of them afloat and 3 of them drowned. The mother was on the shore not helping at all, just going spastic when I go there to help them out of the pond. I...

I had a flock of chickens that started eating their own eggs. I would find dried up egg yolk in their nesting boxes and sometimes empty shells. I killed all my chickens in that flock except for one which I hoped wasn't doing it because I was seeing it's eggs. So I had one chicken from my old...

Pretty neat eh? The hose is connected to the outlet of the bath tub, which can be used to 'fertigate' trees/crops with fertile irrigation water! got the idea from here https://goodlifepermaculture.com.au/fertigation/ I lost the plug to the bath tub and had to improvise that's why the hose is...

Currently have 8 chicks being raised by 2 mothers. They are locked away separately in a small triangular frame chicken tractor. When I can supervise them I let them out to free-range with the other 3 chickens. It's a pain though having to refill separate food and water. Because it's a small...

Just wondering what the best breed would be for the average backyard chicken raiser without acerage assuming they can have a rooster. I'm thinking it would probably be a particular breed that has a high sale price and is high in demand. It would have to generate the most amount of money on a...

Just curious to know what production animals people are raising in their backyards and what for. And also what you plan on getting in the future. At the moment I have: * Chickens - 5 hens and 1 rooster raising for eggs * Quails coturnix - 12 hens and 2 roosters, split into two cages one for...

I've raised up 14 quail from my own eggs and from purchased day olds. They are now about 3-4 months old and have not laid a single egg between them. I have raised quail for about 3 years now, but I'm new to brooding/hatching so I haven't had this problem before. I have been feeding them my usual...

I can't tell is this chicken poop caused by bad digestion or is this dog/cat crap?

Just finished the lid opening on this quail cage that I'd been working on. It was made almost completely from broken down pallets. The only things I purchased was the hinges, plywood, hardware cloth and components for the watering system. The wood is bent and there's gaps but hey it can...

I've got a large surplus of quail eggs that have been collected over some time which I now want to pickle. To check if they are still good is the egg floating test accurate? I recently done the test on my chicken eggs and I ended throwing out almost all of them because they all floated. I...

I put 6 fertile eggs (3x Olive Egg, 3x French Maran) that I bought under my broody hen 21 days ago. Two of them have hatched today and the hen has seemed to be abandon the other eggs to tend to the chicks. It's been a few hours now since I seen her off the eggs. It's been very hot today she...

I've finally made a start on a new chicken coop, my current one only holds 2-3 chickens so this will be a big upgrade. I started with obtaining 4 of the most lightweight pallets I could find and I removed most of the slats so that they were lighter but still strong. Then I obtained 2x 3.6m...

I've got two fairly large sized areas sectioned off for free-ranging poultry in my yard. Currently I'm not taking advantage of the space as I only have 2 chickens. The reason I have poultry is to have sustainable source of meat and eggs also for ferteliser and bug control. The one thing that's...

I've got some 3 day old quail chicks. This morning when I got up to check them they were all zipping around except for 2 of them. They were just laying there, wings splayed, eyes shut and barely moving. Why is that happening and what do I need to do to save them, if possible and stop it...

About 16-18 days ago I put at least 4 quail eggs under a broody bantam and today I found only 2 quail eggs and about 10 chicken eggs under her. One of the quail eggs was partially hatched but squashed and dead, the other one wasn't hatched. I removed all the chicken eggs and replaced with more...

I acquired 2 Aracauna hens last year (around September), they were less than a year old according to the seller. They use to lay quite frequently, I was impressed considering that I was used to Australorps which lay very frequently. Anyway a little bit later I thought it would be a good idea to...

I built this cage from a dissasembled pallet and a left over fence sheet. I had to pay for screws, staples and hardware cloth/aviary netting. The watering system I built from beaktime lubbing cups, 15mm pvc pipe, 15mm pvc end cap, 15mm pvc valve socket male thread, a irrigation female thread to...

I just got a black copper maran chick that's 3 weeks old. I was told it needs 2 weeks of heat so I have it in a small makeshift brooder with some heat lamps at 32oC (is that ok?). But I don't have any chick start right now only gamebird starter from when I used to have quails. Is it ok to use...

I'm from Australia and I've just got these two, sold to me as 2 laying Aracauna's. But one of them looks different and I've only ever seen one egg at a time so far, so I'm suspecting the one in the back of these photo's is a rooster? Also are these Aracauna's or EE's and how can you tell the...

Today I came home early from work to discover my Australorp dead near the corner of his paddock next to the fence. The body had openings in it where the insides are clearly visible. Next to the body was a small pile of what looks like crushed or cracked wheat or barley which I can't explain how...