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Hi All So we had an interesting situation early this fall. One of our hens surprised us with a poult. We free range our birds during the day time, and allow them to either roost in the evenings, or pen them up for protection from predators. One of our hens had gone missing sometime in early...

Hi All Quick question here: So my husband is a special education teacher at a local high school and he teaches a life skills science class. In May, they incubated a few of our turkey eggs. 5 of the 7 hatched early June and we kept two poults and gave the additional 3 to a farmer friend of ours...

Certainly a possibility. My only concern (as you noted) would be predators. We have farm cats nearby that roam around our property They aren't a threat to our mature birds, but I'd be concerned about the chicks. Certainly something to consider!

That's great news - ill definitely use them more in the garden then. We fertilize with their poop that we put into compost over winter, but I didnt realize the fresh stuff was ok

I would love a few tiny call ducks, just worried at how my larger drake would react. He's an amorous fella (to say the least), and I wouldn't want him to harm the little ladies when it comes time to breed!

I thought the nitrogen could still burn the leaves when fresh? No?

I hadn't thought about the scratching. Might be better then to just use my ducks!

Hi All - My husband and keep a pretty large garden each summer. Last year, we encountered a large amount of cucumber beetles. These nasty critters feast on any type of cucurbits in your garden (squash, melons, cucumbers). Our Zucchini and Cucumber crops were heavily damaged. While we have a...

Thank you! I appreciate the advice!

Hi there We currently have two hens and have been eager to get a Tom to breed them. I'm sure that the ladies will be a little bit territorial with the new guy, but do we have to worry about the same type of fighting exhibited between two males? Or will they adjust to him relatively quickly...

One more question while you're here! One of our existing ducks is brooding a clutch right now - the eggs are due to hatch this week. Should I also remove her and the ducklings from the drake after they hatch as well?

Will keep that in mind! Thank you!

Even with nights down in the high 40's on occasion? My next question for you: We hope to integrate them with our existing flock of 5 ducks. Our drake seems to be a bit aggressive with them. Is it safe to start keeping them in the duck run with the others? Or should we seperate them? The one...

great! Thank you!

Hi All - Quick question: I'm currently raising two ducklings in a brooder with a heating plate. They're in the basement of our garage, where they're protected from the elements and extreme temperature fluctuations. They're 4 weeks old this week, and I've found that, despite making the heating...

Just an update: The roosters were a success! The babies all survived (7 of them) and are happily being raised by the two hens. The hens are FINALLY up and moving around the pen again, eating, and vocalizing. So glad this worked out!

As for the Logs. Might have to try that if the "chick" option doesn't work out!

Excellent - that's the plan! We're gonna be slipping day old chicks under them on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Question - as it's gonna be dark when we do this (we've been told the best time to swap in the chicks will be at night), should we anticipate any retaliatory behavior from the...

Hi there! I definitely figured we would plan on eating the Roos - I don't want too many roosters as they're gonna be noisy. We live in the country on acreage, so it's not much of a problem, other than I'm not a fan of the noise! We get up early enough as it is with our two bird dogs and their...