about 10 days ago my older Cuckoo Maran hen hatched out 2 bantam chicks. One I found dead under her--I think she stepped on it. The other was OK. This hen has mothered other chicks (and ducklings) and has been a good mother. But she has seemed restless and because she is large I worry about the...
We are in the country, have a mixed, free-range flock--full size and bantam chickens and ducks. A friend n town has a nesting mallard in her yard and the mother seems to have left with two hatched ducklings. If she has left, I would like to candle the remaining eggs and put those that are viable...
1) Yesterday evening we found the foreleg of a very small deer on the front sidewalk. This morning it was gone.
2) This morning the chickens' large metal feeder had been tipped over and moved about 15 feet from where I left it.
3) A couple of days ago a 6 wk old pullet "disappeared".
4) In the...
Two weeks ago, a small mink (trapped later) killed 10 of our chickens and 2 ducks. A Welsh Harlequin--Athena-- was badly hurt with some kind of neurological damage--two bite marks on her neck and she cannot straighten her neck. I was able to get her to a vet 4 days after and b/c she kept...
I just checked her and used lubricant--I can feel an egg. She is eating and drinking ok. Getting a warm bath ready. What's a comfortable "warm" water temp for a duck?
We have 5 Welsh Harlequin ducks (4 female 1 male), 6 months old. In the last couple of weeks, I've found 4 eggs but don't know from which ducks. Today, one female seems to be in some distress--standing alone--seems she may be trying to lay an egg. I watched her for awhile and saw some clear...
agree. I always make my own. HUbby picked up the red stuff b/c someone at the store told him the birds "love it". I tried it--no takers. then put out one feeder with red stuff and one with my sugar water. Sugar water was gone in 2 days. No one touched the red stuff.
My husband bought hummingbird nectar for the bird feeder and the hummingbirds want nothing to do with it (back to making my own). The commercial nectar has added vitamins etc. Would it be ok to add some to the chickens' waterer?
We have a mixed flock of chickens and 5 Welsh Harlequin ducks (5 months). All birds are together in the barn (two rooms, no door between them) and night and free range during the day, though ducks and chickens sleep in separate rooms. I have pine shavings in the chicken area and cut grass in the...
So far so good! 5 are Mille Fleur d'Uccles and 2 Porcelain d'Uccles. We have had Milles Fleurs (adopted) and they fit in well to a mixed flock. Eventually, they will be in the barn at night.
I like your Bible verse!