Recent content by DrakeJake

Thanks very much griggy, adorable and they were incredibly active from 7 when i got them this morning until 12noon. I measured the stress aid wrong initially, they got 1 teaspoon to a quart of water instead of 1 teaspoon to a gallon, oops! tired stressed mamma here everyone is good though, the...

Thank you flock master and yes i did visit that section but I have been so stressed and now tired in getting ready i couldn't concentrate on any one. ( i needed to take the stress aid) with all the excitement i tried to lay down, couldnt sleep so i went to the local hardware store across the...

I was at the post office at 7am before the first girl arrived to open the door! I got my very first box of day old chicks and I know I was far more stressed then the chicks were. They were peeping up a storm from the moment I wrapped a nice blanket around the box (its snowing out and still cold)...

Oh so sad, I'm of no help other than to feel bad for you. I get my very first box of day old chicks march 7 so every ones adventure and experience is of interest to me. I really hope I don't have any problems, I am such a sap I'm sure it will break me.

oh thanks, i guess ive already been communicating with you about the name change, you must be my "personal moderator" ha ha. I did the search for the name and no one showed up so I guess it's good to go unless I didn't do my search in the right spot. Thanks for your help

I'm getting my first brood of day old chicks march 7. I am so nervous and worried to do things right and have been searching online for all the articles pertaining to this. I've read so much about the importance of the right temp for them and the adjustments that need to be made as they grow. My...

Thank you...Is this something that occurs in that chicken all the time, is it a bad thing or just a thing.

An earlier post stated that i was doing just that and wondered if anyone else had the same issues. my question now is, is this necessary to continue on till winters end... or not. when its warm enough out, i let them jump in the LARGE WATER DISH to bathe, otherwise it is half covered up. I was...

just what causes blood spots in chicken eggs.

i know now that others have poopy bum issues but now i would like to know if i have to keep bringing them in to clean them up or will it eventually fall or will the duck have problems pooping because it wont fall off. i wonder if the poop clump will just keep getting bigger everytime the ducks...

i wonder if my ducks have been laying and i mistook them for the chicken eggs since the chickens prefer to lay under the raised coup in the duck bedding. arent the duck eggs noticable larger. would the duck be sitting on the eggs even if she wasnt finished laying all eggs. what color should they...

no signs yet. well i guess i shouldnt say that but i havnt seen any mating going on when i go in the pen anyway, i also have chickens. what if any issues will there be when the ducks do start laying. im wondering if i can leave the duck eggs to hatch with mama or not. if yes how will the...

yuppers, ducks and peas, they looooove worms just as much. was digging them up daily when the ducks were babies, holy crap can they eat a worm faaaast. they soon grew to big for me to satisfy them plus the competition was on with the chickens, just couldnt treat everyone without it taking up 1/2...

Im in Thorsby, Alberta. any backyard farmer close to me

what age do ducks start breeding and producing eggs. i have 2 boys & 2 girl rouen 8 months old.