Recent content by Animal Quackers

Hens don't usually draw blood, so just reach under them and ignore the pecking.

I don't know if it works, but my mother used to un-broody a hen by taking her off the nest and hosing her down good with a garden hose. I was 5 or 6 when I watched this interesting method. I am now 77. Might be worth a try...

Actually a 12 ga. at 15 feet only spreads to about a 2 inch circle. You need to get farther away, say about 30 feet and then you will get a little spread to the shot pattern and no guts, just a little blood.

I think John Wayne played Rooster Cogburn, not Coburn. Ha

Change that to "Drake Soup".

They arre for sure runners' hard to tell the color from the pictures. Looks like you got 4 drakes and one duck. Duck soup????

Find the nearest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), ask if the Elders (young men on bicycles) need service hours. Tell them you don't want to join the church, just need a little help. They may not know too much about chicken coops, but you can get some free labor and meet...

I just got 2 hens and a drake Khaki Campbells as young adults. I have gathered 2 eggs a day since the 3rd day. They are afraid of people and I fear it will take a long time to get them to accept me. They are beautiful birds. The drake is much like a brown headed Roen or Mallard and the hens...

A few years ago, I had a peahen break her leg just below the knee. I managed to catch her and splinted the break using two pieces of 1/8" welding rod I (I am a welder) and wrapped the splints with duct tape. I caught her again 2 months later and removed the tape/rods. She just had a lump on...