Recent content by LabMama

thanks so much, do you think it would be to cold for them out there at nights though?

Ok so im still learning all about my chickens and ducks. My hen is sitting on her first batch of eggs (20). she has been sitting on them for a straight week only getting off rarely to eat and drink. I have a few questions. I do know they are fertile as I have seen her and our roo mate many...

i know we are lucky. Our ducks n chickens have been free ranging since the day we got them and not one has gotten snatched up. were not really close to the woods though and our ducks sleep right next to our house so they dont wander past the yard or from my grandmas next door. I take that back...

ok so I have 2 ducks a pekin and a khaki campbell. they free range 24/7 even at night and they NEVER get put up not even at night. we didnt have them last winter and im new at all this duck stuff. They wont let us touch them and even if I put something out there for them to get in they will not...

thanks so much yall!!! she was laying on them this morning when we got up

thanks you guys for the info like I said my husband and I are clueless and were worried sick about these little eggs lol. Do you think since they are mating that they are fertile? also thanks for the link its very helpful and looks easy

So we have a pair of ducks male and female about 6 months old. They have been mating, we discovered today that she has a nest full of eggs about 5 and was sitting on them. My question is can u get baby ducks now? Someone told me they wont hatch until spring & I read on google it only takes about...

yes there is a small indent in the ground where they were. I went out there today and they had kinda shriveled up like raisins. I give the chickens and ducks the same kinda of feed the non medicated pellets, I havent given them any oyster shells or anything. Do u suggest I do that? they free...

Ok so I live here in Va we just had a hurricane on saturday, while cleaning up the debris on sunday we found about 6 eggs. A few were smushed. They vary in size one is very small a little bigger than a pea the rest are mostly quarter size to 50 cent piece size. You can see right through them it...

ok so woke up this morning to find a dead duck and one with a broken wing. on her broken wing is an open wound. the flies are tearing her apart. tractor supply southern states and all of my local vets know nothing. please give me some advice!!!!! thanks!!!! also everything is closed now!!!! so...

ha ha my pekin is also very very very fat and she isnt very old. I was watching them yesterday & I think the mallard is just learning that her wings can make her go off the ground a little, like they said above I seen her kinda half fly over to the waterer to get first dibs yesterday I hope my...

Im in king & queen county...I dunno if its central or not I guess were kinda. Its near like tappahannock virginia. where r u

im also curious because I have 2 cochins & have no idea & im also in central va!

we have 7 unnamed chickens so far. a wyandonte rooster named pete 3 ducks. pekin- professor waddles khaki campbell- star mallard female- joe lol

that is just tooo cute lol