Well, I just went out to get my sweet girl to bring her in and unfortunately she had died sometime this morning.. thanks for all the help but I was just too late
I do have another question, yall have helped me out so greatly and nicely. I went out this morning to give fresh water and my ducks are usually very talkative to me in the mornings, my 2 drakes are fine but my 1 female was in her house and when came out she was slow goin and wont talk to me, she...
Thank you, this does help me alot! I'm call my feed store today and see if I can get them on something better! And no I just free range my chickens, my ducks are very skittish and hard to catch so I'm afraid they may venture off to the road. They have a very large fenced in area in the yard though.
They also get, cottage cheese, yogurt, bananas, grapes, oats, lettuce, scrambled chicken eggs, and meal worms... Just depends on what's on hand for the day on snacks. But the crush corn is what I get for their feed. I can get it at 5% 12% or 14% protien. I feed the chicken the 12% protien and...
she laid her first 2 eggs last week and not another till today and I know new layers can lay soft eggs or shelless eggs BUT is this a normal no shell egg?? It was slimey and has this thing attached!
i am having the same problem with one of my hens, bottom looks like your hens but now she is starting to loose those feathers. she only gives me an egg every other day 9somethimes I get lucky and get one every day. but here lately they are cracked when I get them out of her nest box. otherwise...
I meant about 3 months.. not 5 sorry!
I do not know how old the older hens are, a friend's mother had a stroke and couldn't care for them any more so we took the 3 that was left. And yes they are bossy, o have no idea how old my big ladies are or what breed, they lay blue//green eggs and brown...