Recent content by Blackberry18

I recently had my entire flock of four Khaki Campbell ducks taken and killed by a predator. There were absolutely no remains, not even a feather, and it was like they just disappeared. Two of my ducks were taken on the same day. My poor final duck I kept locked up in a fenced area, where it...

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING! Help: I have no idea what predator is ravaging my flocks. Two weeks ago, I had 4 Khaki Campbell ducks, 7 young pullets, and then my flock of full-grown hens and roosters (they haven't been affected though. The ducks are in a huge area with a pool and 6-7 foot tall...

I recently got three Red Sex-Link pullets, all but one have been debeaked, which is normal. I'm just wondering why the third one wasn't debeaked. I want to show two of them, one of the debeaked ones and the other not, in a show that's in a couple months, but I'm worried because the beaks look...

I have some sweet 6 - 7 week old Welsummer cockerels, all very nice boys. Unfortunately, I can't keep all of them, so I'm selling for $5 a bird. I'm located north of the metro area in east central MN. Message for additional information, and let me know if you're interested!

Hi, so I bought White Leghorn and Welsummers to show at a fair in four months. I realize I didn't give myself enough time to raise them, the family I ordered with wanted them in March. Fortunately, the fair is just 4-H and doesn't really care if the birds are laying, more on maturity and...

Yes, I will post them as soon as I can.

I just got some Welsummers in and was trying to sex them by their down, but I'm not an expert so I want to know your opinion. I was sent 3 males and 2 females (hatchery screwed up my order of 3 females and 2 males), so did they get it right?

I have four Khaki Campbells, three ducks and one drake. Starting this morning, one of the girls just started quaking constantly and very loud. She kept nibbling at the outside of the coop and quaking. I thought maybe she was going to lay an egg or couldn't find the others so I went outside and...

Yes, by mature I meant laying, but also in the fact that they "look" mature, fully grown waddles, combs, size, etc.

I want to get Welsummers to show at a fair, but due to the delivery dates, I'd get them later than I'd like. So how fast do they mature? Slow or quickly? I'm getting Leghorns with them, so those mature pretty fast.

I had two chicken casualties in the course of two weeks. I'm not really sure if they're related or not, but it's possible. The first death was Light Brahma rooster. I had been letting the chickens free range for a while, and when I went up to check on them at around one or two in the afternoon...

Thanks everyone for your interest. He seems to be fine, but the prolapse hasn't gotten much better. I've been treating him daily though. I was cleared by the show supervisors and the vet to show him, and just explained to the judge that it had only happened a day or two before the show. He just...

Thanks! This sounds very similar to the treatment I use for blowouts in chickens, but I've never tried the Orajel before. What kind should I use? Ones for infants, severe, maximum, any particular kind? I usually separate my chickens with prolapsed vent; is that necessary for him? They are not...

I've found several articles on ducks losing their penises each year and then regrowing them, so I can't imagine its completely false. Perhaps it only applies to wild, not domesticated ducks.

I just researched it. Drakes naturally lose their penis each season like an umbilical cord, and it regrows at the start of the new one. Wondering if this is just it falling out...