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I didn't get muscovy because they're fliers so I heard. We have a creek border out property. Plus they're not prolific layers. I had Swedish but traded them for C.Rocks. I was not prepared for them. Ducks are very busy birds. Need a lot to keep them busy.

Because she hatched in winter. Below zero temps mind you. I brought her inside and put her in a bin with her two chicks. At one point I decided to move her back to the coop and take her chicks to put in a brooder. Well she flew up and into my face! Very good mother.

Oooh I had a Dom hen who went broody in the dead of winter. She hatched both her eggs and was terror of a momma. You did not want to mess with her kids.

My Dels don't go broody, but my EE's and Marans do. I have one Light Sussex hen who goes broody too. You only need a couple hens. I like my Lt. Sussex. Big Delores we call her. I expect a RIR rooster over a lt.. Sussex would be the same as a RIR rooster over a Delaware and give you sex...

I had some duck eggs under a broody once. A friend thought it would be funny. I thought they were EE eggs. I made her take the ducklings.

We currently are in a situation where the DD and hers were going to move in. We're older and I told them we're most likely going to leave them the house. He does construction so he could make some changes. Too we hope to travel part of the year. BUT they have their dream of moving out even...

If I were to get RIR's I'd get the Rosecomb variety. You being in AL could do the single combs. There are some very nice dark RIR's. Plus if you hatch your own, you can put him over a Delaware or other silver breed and get sex link chicks, that you can sell. I don't know what you'd do with...

Honey, we all have failed dreams. I was just reading a homesteading book. "Homesteading in the 21st Century" Jane Waterman. She says "It truly did seem like a good idea at the time. At age 30 with four children the youngest just 2, and a teenage foster son, I enrolled as a freshman at nearby...

Perhaps you can enlist the help of a family friend. Aunt o Uncle. If you pay rent then things should be a little more lenient or tell them you have to move out. I hope you have a happy birthday. Do you have a plan? You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a...

Are you a minor? Sometimes we have to wait to leave home to do some of the things we want. Though it can be hard for parents to realize they're kids have grown and are now adults and should be treated as such. Do you pay rent? I know it's hard for adults to sometimes realize kids should...

Gotta mark my spot. Razadia, I can't say. It looks like you have chickens is that true. Is this chickens for him? Does he say why? DW says she won't take care of the chickens so it's all on me. Though she will if I go south. When I'm here no. She def won't clean them.

Well I'm in NYS and we are frozen but not snowed in. Just a few inches so far this year. Chickens lay a few but not enough to satisfy me. I'm getting ready to set some eggs to hatch. I'm not big on Silkies but does anyone know Claudia and is she still keeping chickens? I've been bragging...

It is and you meet some nice people, make new friends, swap stories and eat and drink and buy and sell chickens and chicks and eggs and other stuff. We have the auction and folks put up stuff they made. The money from the tickets goes to the host/hostess to offset the cost of renting tables or...

Do you know we folks on the New York Chicken lovers thread have started to have a Chickenstock each year. Someone hosts and we all bring stuff and have a nice picnic. We have a Barbeque and auction type thing. It's really neat. My point being you could have a picnic and bring your...

If these are "shipped" chicks? I like to make their first few waterings with sugar water. This will pic them off a bit. Stress of shipping can cause problems. My motto is to move slowly when with your chickens and never chase or cause them to panic. Talk to them. They do get used to your...

Well now if you are new to brooding chicks, I feel it's only fair to warn you that they are very dusty. I brooded my first 25 in my office. I started with one Plastic bin and that grew to four. They came on Feb 22. I will never forget it. by the time I moved them to the back room I needed...

Well now it has been mentioned, wisely about heat. If you supply heat and your birds have not made the adjustment to the cold gradually and the electricity goes out, they will be cold. Here in NYS, it will be 30F Monday but go to 10F on Tuesday. I never stress if I get no eggs during the...

Well now imho, pretty birds that don't lay are like a pretty woman who can't cook. Fortunately I got both. A pretty woman and she can cook. I'm not into show anyhow. Folks who are work very hard to win a prize and ribbon. Can't eat ribbons. Well ribbon candy, but not much other types of...

Do you have Bantams. Been to a show once while visiting family. It was for Bantams. I have large fowl so our cats never bothered them. Norma Jean, my DD's cat got in the brooder and went to sleep under the heat light. Chicks were afraid but she just wanted to sleep under the light. She...

I understand Muscovy's are not prolific layers is that so?