Recent content by GooGooGaChoob

Several years ago I had a couple of ducklings drown, so I'm very careful since that was sad.

By the way, based on past results - and the rest of this present bevy - night time temps in San Diego are warm enough this time of year (especially this year). Likewise, I have nine roos the same age doing well in the same circumstances.

Feathers missing from the wings and the back, if I remember accurately. If not for the missing feathers, my guess'd be drowning, too. A few years ago a friend gave me several RIR X Leghorn crosses she'd hatched. One of them was a congenital mess. As a result, the roos all picked on each...

I had five (four ducks, one drake) seven-week old Campbell's in about a 20-square-foot grow out cage until one died. A few evenings ago I noticed missing feathers on one of them, but nothing signifying an immediate emergency. I made a mental note to isolate that bird the next morning. When I...

Just for fun, here's a coturnix egg next to a Chinese goose egg.

Forget I said anything. Before I could cut up a birdhouse gourd, they started laying. The irony is today I planned to slaughter a few. Now there's a motivator.

I plan to attempt using birdhouse gourds as nesting boxes, but I think my 70-lb. German Shepherd puppy and my Tom cat may be slowing down the process.

I keep trios of 11-week old coturnix in wire cages of about 20"x20". They do not have nesting boxes, but do have trays of soil for dust baths. Each cage is roofed, they are fed 21% protein game feed, have food and water around the clock, but still no eggs. What's wrong with this setup...

Not the mites' legs - my eyes aren't that good - but the chickens.

I got rid of mine by covering their legs with vegetable oil.

I'd like a small flock of these birds if anyone has them.