Thank you so much for your advice! I’d love to get hens but yes, I’d need a larger set up. They are such jerks but they are so entertaining (when they aren’t being aggressive!)
I have three Appleyard drakes. This is our first spring. They are inseparable and have so much to say. The problem is… they bite me and family members nonstop whenever we walk away from them. But now they are bitting each other in the neck. Sometimes they seem like nibbles but sometimes they are...
Help! I have three silver apple yard drakes (wanted hens but here I am..) and now that winter has set in, they are so aggressive. Attacking each other, attacking me, chasing my son, attacking my dog, and my chickens. I’m wondering what to do! Someone needs to guide me here please! I’ve read and...
Thank you! They do have a fenced run connected to their house but I let them roam the yard during the day. They startle delivery drivers but a second later the drivers smile and seem to get a kick out them. I foolishly put a water feature in my front garden at the same time I got the ducks so...
I have three apple yard drakes that were supposed to be three hens. I got them in the spring and this is their first fall. They absolutely hate my sweet old Labrador (who came from champion duck dogs which is hilarious) and they rush over to her and start biting her. She either ignores it or...
I am new (first winter) with 6 chickens in one coop and 3 noisy little lawn ornament drakes in another, and I’m a research analyst by day. I also have the hydrometer and app as I am into the numbers myself!!! I’d sure love to hear if you have an update or things you learned since yur last post!!!