One of my Pekin hens was badly limping. I separated her and noticed her joint (knee?) is swollen and warm. Her feet look a little suspicious. The one with the swollen joint has a small callus. The other foot has a larger one that could be a bumble. My feed store gave me two injections of...
Hi all! I would love your input on my set up! I have a mixed flock of layers (7 X 20 week olds and 10 X 2 week olds), ducks (2 adults and 12 ducklings) and 50 newly hatched meat birds (red Rangers). All the babies are in brooders inside and the mature fowl are in a large coop with an automatic...
Hi all! I would love your input on my set up! I have a mixed flock of layers (7 X 20 week olds and 10 X 2 week olds), ducks (2 adults and 12 ducklings) and 50 newly hatched meat birds (red Rangers). All the babies are in brooders inside and the mature fowl are in a large coop with an automatic...
Hi all, we just set up a new coop and I'm pretty excited about it. I'd love some feedback on how you think our set up is. Thanks!!
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We started off with 3 welsh harlequins (3 months old) and 8 chicks (4 weeks old, 2, Rhode Island reds, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 Easter Evers and 2 black sexlinks). Our pastured poultry project isn't working out quite like we had hoped. Saturday we added a section of the electric netting where some...
Hi! I'm new to raising ducks and chickens. We have 3 Welsh Harlequin ducks & 8 chicks. The ducks are about 3 months old and we are supposed to have 2 hens and one drake. Saturday we moved them to a new yard with some fresh sprouts growing and a bigger pool. The seemed to be having a blast in the...