After a few nights she caught on and decided on her own to go in every night. I finally decided she cost me $4 and I'd rather hit myself with a hammer than chase her all over the property just to put her into a coop she didn't seem to want to go into. She could obviously fly so maybe she'd get...
Thanks - the ducks all seem to get along fine together. The female duck is VERY nasty towards any chicken that gets too close. The males all seem to be upset with me whenever I handle the female... I guess they all think she is theirs and I'm competition or something at that point. They never...
1st-year raising birds - 14 layer hens and 4 muscovies. Brooded in the house in a kiddie pool and the "plan" was to build them a coop and move them straight into it. Hoped for 3 females and one male duck but it turned out the other way round. LOL
A lot of "life" happened this year and as...
This is my 1st year with chickens. Cornish X I think they said.
In the house for 3 weeks then out in a tractor, moved every morning. Full access to food 24/7 as I didn't know any better. "starter" for the 1st 5 weeks then "grower" for the next 4, based on input from my local Co-Op...
