Recent content by loofa
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Ducks Fighting; very distressing
hi, yes, entire front yard about 1/2 acre, is fenced, and for 9 years it kept the coyotes out successfully - and we have a LOT of coyotes around here (we love them too, just don't want them eating our friends). But a section that was hidden behind some blackberry bushes was compromised and we... -
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Cold Wet Frizzle - What to do?
yes, the new coop will have an ability for me to put a little heater of some sort in there. And yeah, he doesn't seem to have the brains to just go one of the MANY sheltered places around the yard when it rains. Gads I love this little fool.- loofa
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Ducks Fighting; very distressing
I appreciate the idea. I actually just ordered the Contrpest rat birth control system as we are a no kill property (it has come down in price btw; I had looked into it in the past but it cost too much). And I think that with the secure new coop and run we are building I'll move to them eating... -
Cold Wet Frizzle - What to do?
Hi, he's doing fine so far, but last night I put a heating pad in his sleeping crate (we are in process building a new coop, so for a little bit he's sleeping in a crate). I bought him a chicken sweater, but I haven't used it because well, we live in the PNW and it's so rainy it will just get...- loofa
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Ducks Fighting; very distressing
They are varied breeds (1 khaki hen, 2 Swedish blue hens, 1 magpie hen and one saxony), they have been together for several years, they stopped laying pretty much right after my drake died, he died of an injury - it was a long process as I tried very hard to save him. I honestly should have had... -
Ducks Fighting; very distressing
this is reassuring - I have not seen any injuries, but it looks so dramatic the way sometimes two will grab ahold of another's neck and just hang on, with everyone quacking upsettingly. But it is true, so far it hasn't seemed to cause any real damage. We put the food in a covered bin at night... -
Ducks Fighting; very distressing
They free range on about half an acre in the daytime but are in a fairly small coop at night. We are actually building them a better coop right now that will be done within a week. I've got a new theory - we have just realized that rats have gotten into their coop. I'm wondering if night stress... -
Ducks Fighting; very distressing
Hi all, I have 5 duck hens, all of them are about 5 years old. Something has gotten into them and they are suddenly fighting all the time. It's been going on for several weeks. There have been a couple other times when it's like they all just suddenly go crazy aggressive, but this time it's... -
Cold Wet Frizzle - What to do?
I want to add that searching for sweaters, jackets for bantam chickens, almost everything I find is full sized hen saddles. The few sweaters just look like something that will get water soaked, and almost nothing is for little banties. If anyone has links to products, I'm sorry, I don't knit or...- loofa
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Cold Wet Frizzle - What to do?
I have a little banty frizzle rooster who I rescued a couple of months ago from a bad situation. He is going into his first winter and the poor thing is just not made for Pacific Northwest rain. Despite a covered porch he could retreat to he has been huddling under a tree that is not keeping...- loofa
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Lost Muscovy in Parking Lot in Portland OR
Oh, I've never heard of feral muscovies around here (didn't know that was a thing anywhere). I suspect it's a lost pet as it's in a residential neighborhood. A friend messaged me about it because of course they know I'm a duck person, but I've just had shoulder surgery so could not drive it. -
Lost Muscovy in Parking Lot in Portland OR
I am unable to go rescue this duck, but it was last seen at 5:30pm Monday September 15th in the parking lot of Harmony Montessori school at 17630 SE Main St, Portland. Please let me know if anyone claims it or takes it in. I'm posting in the PNW backyard duck FB group as well. -
Best Rooster Food?
Hi everyone, TLDR: ISO a delicious varied feed for a rooster with no hens, available in the US. I've taken in a little rescue bantam rooster. I don't have any chicken hens, just a few ducks, with whom he has integrated beautifully. I'm looking for a nutritious food for him that he will love as...- loofa
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Feathered Roo's Red Legs (normal?)
ah, gotcha, thank you- loofa
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures