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I've been trying to find a heater base to use with my plastic 5 gallon waterers. I have two that are vacuum sealed and work great most of the year, but don't have the option of putting a deicer in them during freezing temperatures as it would prevent the vacuum seal. I thought I saw a metal...

I have two gorgeous Welsh Harlequin x Golden 300 Layer drakes I hatched out on April 10, getting close to full sized. The parents are from last spring's order from Metzer, and the 4 eggs I incubated (all of which hatched) gave me quite a surprise. The mother, a Golden 300, is various shades of...

I just started a duck pond with a 6' diameter x 2' deep (400+ gallons) stock tank with a 95 gallon stock tank that will be used as a Skippy filter. I had to put the output from the filter lower than I'd wanted due to the design of my Southern States (versus Rubbermaid) stock tank- the flat side...

I know there are countless threads on here for duck ponds and duckponics, but I've been having a hard time sorting through them all. I bought a 200 gallon stock tank to use as a duck pond a couple of years back, but had one of my chickens fall in and drown. (It's 2' deep x 6' circle.) I was...

I have a flock of 5 chickens of mixed breeds and ages(3-6 years), but all were obtained as day-old chicks and quarantined until laying age before being added to the flock. Within the last few months I noticed my 6th chicken, a Red Star, had a very prominent breast bone sticking out when I...

I ordered ducklings about a month ago from Metzer to split with my neighbor, to include two Welsh Harlequin drakes. She will be taking hers soon, but I get to pick who I want to keep. The drakes are so differently colored, and I don't know what is typical for month old drakes to look like. (The...

Hello all, I apologize if the answer to this can be found elsewhere on the site, but I was unable to find it. I have ordered a Welsh Harlequin hen and drake and two Golden 300 hens from Metzer's to be delivered in early May. I currently have two Welsh Harlequin hens who are about a year old...

I recently decided I want to add 2 or 3 Muscovy ducks to my little flock of 8 pet / laying hens. I have had the hardest time finding anyone who has any locally though! I'd prefer young adult ladies, so that I won't have to separate them from the hens until they're large enough to stand up for...

One of our easter eggers is exhibiting a strange issue this evening: she has bubbles being produced from the corners of her eyes. I wiped her face with a clean damp paper towel and got a little gunk out, but the "foaming" is continuing. She has this little dance she usually does when she's...

Last weekend we discovered our beloved Booth Feeds (ALL 6 LOCATIONS) had gone out of business with no warning! We have 6 backyard hens in Falls Church, Virginia and don't really have any idea of where to go to get Layena crumbles, wood shavings, scratch, and other necessities for the girls...

My husband and I have 5 backyard hens as pets and layers at our Northern Virginia home, and my youngest sister has decided she wants a couple of her own. After finally getting my mother to agree, I've found that the places we've gotten ours (mypetchicken.com and a local farm) are completely out...

We have 3 pullets who are almost 11 weeks old that we just moved outside in the last week due to the springtime temps staying in the upper 40s to 50s at night now. They include 2 easter eggers and 1 blue cochin. We also have 2 full-grown hens (easter egger and silver laced wyandotte), so we...