Recent content by critterkeeper83

I've always identified male duck by the curly tail feather (I'm assuming that's what your calling the drake feather). But where the voice is concerned it may be physical defect. As you said some see it as a blessing. I have a roo that sounds like somebody is strangling him when he crows...

I love our chicken tractor! So long as you have a small flock then a tractor is the way to go! I have only had one predator manage to infiltrate one of our tractors and that possum did not leave the tractor alive. Still not sure how it got in since it couldn't get back out. BUt we've since built...

That's something my daughter had to work through with our roo too. (and I'm sure I had to work through it when I was young too. Except I learned dealing with cows. Much harder being confident and assertive when your opponent out weighs you by 1000lbs!) On a funny note one roo that failed failed...

I was able to get my hen to adopt three chicks that I hatched in an incubator the same time hers hatched. So I'd say no they do not recognize their own chicks. But they can count! We took her and the babies out of the tractor (because the babies would fall out of the bottom if we tried to move...

Sorry for your loss:( We lost one of our easter eggers last week too. She was about 3 years old and perfectly healthy. Acting completely normal the day before. But when my daughter went out to feed them the next morning she was dead in the coop. :hit No damage or obvious stress. She looked like...

Sadly trapping and/or killing it is your only real option. We have a large sounding (I've never seen the whole pack but you can hear them late at night) pack that runs the woods near my house. They stay away from our houses because my neighbor has taught them that any coyote who trespasses gets...

If he's a roo you want to keep try this before dropping the hatchet: I've had success with this twice but I've also failed in a couple who would not be deterred. It sounds silly but when he charges or attacks pick him up and cuddle him and baby talk him for a few minutes. A little banny roo I...

Puffy the bully