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I have 10 chickens and 3 ducks, all different makes and models. The chickens are 18 months old and the Ducks 6 months old. I was surprised at how dominant the ducks can be. Not in the way of fighting, but if they want to get at some food, the chickens pretty much acquiesce. I agree with Aunt...

Actually you do or should drink the brine from sauerkraut. Now let me say that if it’s a high quality non pasteurized sauerkraut. Sauerkraut shots are loaded with probiotics. Very popular here in California at the Farmers markets, they also sell them at Whole Foods and other organic grocery stores.

Was curious if your girls slow way down on their egg production when they are molting. Mine seem too, or at I think that’s what’s happening. All the best

So when the kids got back from vacation, I had them scour the back yard for more eggs. Sure enough they found a few dozen in the duck house nesting boxes. Ducks are quite old enough to start laying, about another month. Problem solved.

We call meal worms crack. Our chicks will come running from their nesting boxes when they realize that there are meal worms to be had. It’s quite the scene.

Use it as mulch around trees. Keeps the soil moist longer.

They are all about 16-18 months. Four of them are Polish, not big egg layers to begin with. It hasn’t been that hot. Nothing in the triple digits yet. I gotta say, the ducks are messy, water needs to be changed on a daily instead of every other or every third day, wondering if that was part of...

Reading through some of the posts on lower egg production, I noticed stress was a major factor. We have 10 mixed breed chickens, all see very healthy. We had been getting 6-8 eggs a day. About 6 weeks ago we introduced 3 duck hens to the backyard. They seem to get along fairly well. Fairly well...

Ok that makes sense

So you’re saying no bedding at all, no straw or anything which will hopefully cure them of their broodiiness. I have a pretty large run which I can section an area off for the two of them. It has a touch of straw, not much mostly dirt. Should I clear all the straw out of that area? Or should I...

As a follow on question is there a website that lists rare breeds of chickens, ducks, and geese? You peaked my interest. Thanks.

Thank you again.

Thank you so much, sounds like great advice I’ll definitely give it a try. Can two hens be put in the same cage?

My searching skills maybe lacking so if this question has been answered sorry for the repeat. I have 10 hens, and yesterday 2 of them started to brooding literally at the same time. My question is how does one cure them of this behavior? There’s no rooster, and wasn’t planning on having anymore...