I have Chocolate Runner Ducks and...Well they are loud. When they want out in the morning they call out, When I flash the light on the duck house at night to check on all they call out. They are a very social bird for sure. We also breed black indies and although they can be loud they don't...
Well we have ducks, chickens and kinder goats and I've found that only the coyotes and wolves stay at bay. Our big shephard pees and poohs everywhere even beyond our boundries in the bush that surrounds our place. As for the other pests dog pooh does'nt do it. Electric fences seem to be the...
well we had a small run in, but not at the coop.. Thank goodness just at the feed shed where I found out we had a problem. By accident the freezer I keep feed in was left open and A coon got trapped inside AND well boy the mess he made was YUCK!! coon scat right on my new gloves. Now we are...
I'm really glad you wrote about these ten commandment, they really will help new chicken owners including myself. just a good overview to good management. thank you. jen:)aka lil roo
bought indian runners 2 drakes by accident and a duck she layed eggs straight for a week and stop laying. I bought another duck same breeder and she has never layed. I've fed them proper and lots of water, good housing. It's been to long without eggs. does someone have any ideas?
hi Adri_San27, I had layer hen hatch out my indian runner ducks this summer, some were gush too and the breeder i bought ducks from believed those eggs had not been fertile so out of 6 eggs i have two beautiful ducklings. My guess that during the incubation time the others started to develop but...
bought new ducks june 14/09 two drakesand 1 duck she was laying just fine for a week then stopped. Now i have another new duck from same previous owner and still no eggs. I know their age, i've been feeding them properly with oystershell and layer lots of water.I think I doing ok. but no eggs...