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How much do you pay your pet sitter per visit on average? I know there’s not a one size fits all answer so feel free to leave a reply with the number and types of animals you have and any random special needs or considerations. Does your sitter charge more for other random services? What do...

Looking for clever names for my new chicken trio. One male, 2 females. If it helps with inspiration the rooster is an EE, one hen is an EE that lays green eggs, the other hen is a blue laced red Wyandotte. The last 3 girls I got together were named after the powepuff girls.

Spring is coming and my drake is short on hens this year after a few losses. I’m looking for two duck hens to add to my flock, no call ducks, no Muscovy, but open to most other varieties. I prefer full grown ducks for their own safety with my drake. Anyone have ducks available in Colorado...

I’m starting this thread as a place for us to share and reflect on 2020! Please share both something bad (rain cloud) and something good (silver lining) related to your flock this past year and also just general life if you’d like. 2020 was a bit of a mess in a lot of ways for many of us, but...

I know I’m generally active on here and I know I’ve been MIA and that’s because I’ve been incubating this little chickie and she’s finally here! Meet Raven.

When I locked up my ducks two nights ago one of my girls stumbled and hurt her leg on the way in. She couldn't stand. She wouldn't use her leg at all. I put her in the straw in her house and decided I'd give her a more thorough exam the next day, while it was light out. I was devastated and...

I've never been in the position before and I know every dog is different, but wondering if some of you can share your experiences. I had two dogs. The elder dog recently passed away. Now I have only one dog. This dog has lived with the elder dog for 8 years, since she was a 6 week old pup...

This morning I found my first spring eggs! I was not expecting the winter laying strike to end so soon as days are still quite short and temps have been in the single digits. We actually bought eggs at the store about a week ago because despite my egg hoarding in fall we did not make it...

I feel the need to share because I am always telling other BYC members that chickens can do just fine in quite a harsh climate. Today I lost a chicken to cold. This would be the 4th winter this flock of chickens ha spent in the mountains of Colorado in their coop together. I feel we’ve gotten...

For those of you that were successful at sneaking chicks under a broody, how long was she sitting first?

As you know, I love my drake, and he is generally very good to his ladies. Unfortunately, my smallest duck is his favorite. She looks terrible in terms of feather condition, in a way that is almost alarming, however she eats and drinks and acts like all the other ducks, for the most part; she...

How do you bookmark something, forum post or article, on BYC? Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Share photos of your flock protectors here! Have a guard donkey or goose or working dog. Let’s celebrate their good work here. My roommate sent me a photo of the dogs lounging by the coop after they chased off the fox for the second time this week. The fox has been trying to figure out how...

My dog and my roommate's dog got in a fight. My roommate and my dog both sustained a few puncture wounds which we washed up and put triple antibiotic ointment on. No one needs stitches, both dogs and people involved are relatively ok. Since it is a bite wound would you get antibiotics from...

It’s officially official, tonight I swapped the infertile chicken eggs under my extremely large and broody Delaware hen for 5 somewhat carefully selected fertile duck eggs from my flock. With any luck in 28 days there will be pirate ducklings taking over the chicken coop. Dela happily and...

The title says it. My chicken has been broody for a week. She went broody 3-4 times last summer, so I know she’s serious about sitting. Pros? Cons? How many eggs do I give her? How many quitters are typical? I’d hate to have her sit a month and have nothing to show for it, but I really am...

I’ve read through a few threads and would like some input from those of you that feed your flock spent grains. I’ve been fortunate to make friends with the owners of a small batch distillery a mile from my house. They are happy to deliver me a quantity of spent grains on a regular basis...

I often think it would be nice if on the home page, where it lists recent discussions, it included which section of the forum the discussion originates in. This is the page as it appears now. See the second discussion down... Only once I click into it do I see this, that the discussion...

It's that time of year when some days it feels like spring is here, and others, like today, it's snowing again and I sit and dream of my garden to be. What was your biggest success in your garden last year? What are you thinking of trying/planting new this year?

Today is March 16. I was out of town February 23 - March 2. When I returned home there were 4 eggs from one chicken (same size/color). 4 eggs in a week seems pretty good/average, especially since laying is just starting up again. I had maybe 2-3 from her before I went out of town as well...