I've always been an animal lover/rescuer. My first words were all the sounds of the farm animals I grew up around. We were always rescuing something or other.
When my husband and I moved into our first home together, a dilapidated farm house from the 1800's, someone had abandoned a few...
About 7 weeks ago, I came out to the coop to find one of my Barred Rocks setting ruffled up on the coop floor. She was very lethargic and had runny, yellow droppings. I brought her in, gave her probiotics, oregano tea, acv & electrolytes. We kept her warm etc. She would eat if food was...
I have a couple questions about our new baby ducklings. Yay babies!
1. They are in a large enclosure with about 13 chickens and 8 other ducks. Do I have to worry about the ducklings safety regarding the other birds in the pen? The birds do get free range during the day, but Mama Duck has...
Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I figured it may take some length of time in order for them to feel comfortable laying again. The ducks are a wide assortment of breeds, they all look different! However the new ducks we just acquired from a neighbor are laying an egg a day, so we were curious if...
Cluck cluck y'all!
Please help! We recently moved into a farm where the 7 ducks and 3 chickens had basically been abandoned in a large enclosure with a stream through it and a large chicken/duck house. They have about an acre of predator proof fencing that they appeared to fending for...