Recent content by budimwe

We raised chicks and Runner ducklings together, and all were perfectly healthy. However, even though we have a nice pond only 25 yards from the coop, the ducks would never go there on their own. They thought they were chickens! I would herd them down to the pond where they would enjoy splashing...

I had a similar situation once where the hen killed two chicks and I rescued the last one. I raised him by himself and he wasn't introduced to other chickens until he was several months old. I have to say, while he was fun to have around, he didn't fit in well with the other chickens. He never...

My first hatch ever was due on April 24. All the eggs that I gathered were laid on the same day. My first two chicks (which looked like Barred Rocks) hatched on day 21. Three more chicks (possibly Leghorns) hatched on day 22. On day 23, two more chicks hatched (I think Welsummers), and this...