Recent content by 4thedawgies

So I got an adult hen from someone who had lost her eye in a fight well before I acquired her. I was told she was fine and didn't have any issues missing an eye. She's grown on me and I'm quite fond of her. Recently her eye (or rather eye socket) blew up like triple the size. The previous...

I didn't know they came in blue! Here are my blacks. Boy and a girl still growing their feathers in at 6 weeks : D

Oh yes as the sun is setting everyday they are in their kennel and I close it up. They stay in a 10x10 chain link dog kennel at night to keep them safe and inside it they stay in a plastic dog kennel to protect them from heavy rain (not that they care) and to hide in. It's located right next to...

I am SOO disappointed. I have 2 cayugas and 1 blue Swedish 6 weeks old. I have just started free ranging them on our 15 acres with a 3 acre big pond. I thought they would LOVE the pond and they were slowly adjusting to the change. However yesterday my blue Swedish went missing. I see no evidence...

I haven't thought of names yet. But I now am a mommy of three feathered or soon to be feathered baby ducklings! I got two Cayuga ducks and a Blue Swedish Starting with a small flock to see how I like it and I may grow into more ducks and/or more chickens I WAS going to get...

I would love to see pictures of your Cayuga ducks and learn about what they are like. I'm getting 1 or 2 next month

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! The count down is on! Just one more month until the hatch date for my babies! I can't even wait! I've decided to add some ducks in the mix. I have a Cayuga duck and a Blue Swedish duck coming as well :) I have a pond that's about 3 acres big so the...