I did in fact find a hole underneath the coop floor, which is just the dirt ground with hardware cloth covering overhead.
And I know many may end up getting upset but I poured a bunch of water into the opening of the hole to flush it back where it leads.
The floor had 2 layers of the 1/4" sized...
Last night while locking the birds up, my soul basically left my body when I saw a rat running through the backyard.
Now today I'm going to be spending lots of time to ensure there aren't any spots for the rat to get into their coop or yard.
As much as I would like to avoid feed stores for ducklings, I'm might have to get some from there.
A few breeders I keep talking to keep ghosting me and it's getting harder to find close enough breeders for the breeds I want.
Most are either up close to the border by Canada or all the way East...
29 today and already got asked by a complete stranger about when I'll be having kids as the time is running out.
Not sure if I've mentioned here but I don't plan on having kids at all and if for some reason I changed my mind to have 1 kid, it's going to be me using both a donor and a surrogate...
@allosaurusrock From your other birds, are you going to have any hatching eggs available this year?
I'm sure I already asked before but there's too many posts in this thread to find it if I did or not lol
I got tricked by our Serama hen. She made me believe she was going broody 🤣
Since I've started keeping everyone locked up the past couple days, she's been sitting in the nesting box for most of the day.
I had gotten excited thinking that I'd be able to get some bantam chicks from a breeder...
Everyone else is doing better than she is. Completely fine.
Yes the ducks live with them all the time.
They free range everyday under my supervision(for the most part)
One of our runner ducks lost weight over the past couple weeks but she's been eating and drinking completely fine. She even becomes a glutton when it comes to food. I've checked her crop and it's full at night. For the past week, she's been inside the house so I can monitor her.
I feed the flock...
Okay then it is wrong of me to feel this way.
I've already talked with my family and they haven't given me an actual answer, just keep saying "We want to wait"