I had a flock of 23 Hens going into the winter and now am down to 20 with 2 more sick. The symptoms are weight loss (can feel it in their chest) lethargic, and then they get off balance. Once they show symptoms it has taken anywhere from a couple weeks to about 1 week to pass. I figured with...
I recently began placing rat traps at night by the coop. Started seeing holes around the coop and everything I kept reading it made sense to try and eradicate the potential problem. Especially since I am about to put out some more chicks soon, don't want to open them up to anything that could...
the babies were avenged!!!! caught the ******* fisher cat the next night and ended that chapter. Hate killing anything but it didn't have to wipe out all 14 in 1 night
My ducks are awesome khaki female and 2 white crested (male and female) but they don't love to be around humans. Once I hold them they chill but they enjoy keeping to themselves. What are your favorite ducks?
My raising chickens began last year when I visited a friend of mine. I got to his house and he had chickens running around his yard. I asked why the heck did he have chickens? He said they laid an egg everyday and they were great to have around the yard. I asked him how he trained them go...