My girls hatched around April last year and still haven't started laying eggs. We got them a boyfriend but he is a butthead. They are buffs and very healthy.
Our Theo had gotten into a fight with another rooster a while back. He lost horribly and I had to nurse a hurt wing and swollen shut eye from the ordeal. Those seem to be fine but now he has these bands of scabs around his neck. They only are from the side to side and not around the front. I...
My favorite rooster got into a fight with another rooster. He hurt his wing and tore a piece of his waddle off. His whole face on that side is swollen and the eye has swollen shut. I checked on him this morning and the eye on the other side is swelling too. Since the girls aren't picking on him...
We have two sweet female Indian Runner ducks. They aren't extremely social with us though. Most of the time they run away. I think my Boyfriend was hoping for friendlier birds. Is this just their normal attitude? Will getting a male help them to be more bold?They are only 3 months old or so. Any...
Here we are at day 19 of hatching. We are impatiently waiting for the chicks to hatch and my kids feel the need to check on the eggs every hour. What in the world will help me to keep their attention elsewhere? By checking I mean that they just look through the top windows. We have 24 eggs in...
We are new to chickens but my kids really want to do 4h and I really wanted some birds. Lol. Daddy got out voted. My daughters are enjoying the process of learning all about them and their life cycles. We currently have some eggs in the incubator that a friend generously gave us. I can't wait to...