Recent content by NormaTheChicken

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    Lost my favorite Duck tonight 👎😢

    Just wanted to thank everyone for your kindness and helpful information!! I kept all my birds locked up for a couple days and now we are transitioning back to free ranging. I've been making sure everyone is locked up and safe in their houses well before dark though. Also, I've been letting my...
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    Lost my favorite Duck tonight 👎😢

    Hi everyone... I lost my favorite Duck who's name was rubber duckie tonight. All that was left of her was her feathers floating on the pond. I realized something was wrong when one of her buddies was standing in a foot of snow next to their house not moving because she was scared. I picked her...
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    Limestone Dust??

    It's basically crushed into fine gravel and is used for making a base that will pack in when tamped down. It will more than likely be covered by straw too lol being that the chickens like to kick the straw out of their house all of the time!
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    Limestone Dust??

    So I purchased a few tons of limestone dust this summer to fix up a walkway in my backyard. Shortly after starting the project, I realized it wasn't going to work out. I now have a big pile of limestone dust(really small limestone gravel) in my yard. Also, the floor of my chicken run is in need...
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    Neighbor's dogs

    DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE LITTLE!! LITTLE DOGS ARE CHICKEN KILLERS. My neighbor found that out when she got a cute little fluffy miniature labradoodle and it ate three of her chickens
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    Rat Problem

    I recently had a rat infestation in my chicken coop. I was shooting them and trapping them and they just kept coming. One night I snuck down there and 9 rats were in the run eating leftover food on the ground from the feeders. I was even seeing them during the day. Unfortunately I had no other...
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    Chicken eye sealed shut

    Is that her only symptom? If so she probably got pecked or poked in the eye with something. This happened to one of my hens this summer. Kept her separated from the others and it was better in a couple days!
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    Pekin Duck in need of new home

    Where in PA are you heading to?
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    Are these Swedish ducks?

    Thank you! They are hilarious to watch trying to keep up with the runners lol! Happy I got them by mistake.
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    Are these Swedish ducks?

    Thank you Duckiemum!!! I appreciate it
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    Are these Swedish ducks?

    Hello everyone and thank you for any help you can give! I am new here but I've had a lot of questions answered about my chickens on backyard chickens. I decided to add to my backyard poultry this year and get four indian runners. Well... I ended up with two runners and two of what I think are...
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