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Located in Mansfield, Texas These have been our "pet" ducks. They live in our pond and are locked up from predators at night. They are even trained to come when called! They are flightless and need a safe yard with a pond or kiddie pool to play in. The hen lays a nice big duck egg for us daily...

Every year we are visited by a predator. It's that season and the thing is back! I live in north central Texas. I've only ever seen: raccoon, possum, coyote, skunk and my neighbor's cat (but she's never threatened the chickens). Occasionally we have a naughty hen that will find a place to...

Very friendly to humans and trained to come when called! They are good at keeping the flock together and alerting them of danger. We are parting with them because they have fathered many of our hens that we have now. The White Leghorn is about 1 year old and the Cuckoo Maran is 7 months old (and...

I've gotten ok at gendering the leghorns and barred rocks that we've raised on our farm...but I am wanting to add some Ameraucana and Easter Eggers. I have been reading about them and sexing them seems near impossible. Does anyone have any tips?? I know when i sex our chicks, right off the bat...

These were in a bantam mix bin at Tractor Supply. One I could identify as a Silkie. Does anyone know his/her color? And this one was so teeny tiny...the smallest chick I've ever seen, but it's color and personality led me to buying it. Any ideas on the breed? Thanks guys!

So, I didn't know 3 day old chicks had these skills! We caught a bunch of grasshoppers and released them near the chicks. Momma showed them how to catch the grasshoppers one time and they were instant pros! (sorry for the blurry scenes, I didn't realize I had my camera on manual focus until...

I have always come to byc for answers, but this is the first time I couldn't find it just searching...so I finally officially "joined" byc! We got our chickens as chicks this past spring, the started laying this summer and then a month later one of our hens decides she's gonna be a mother...