Recent content by tofumama

Shay, thank you for letting me know! I am so glad they are doing well and in good hands :)

I don't have mine in the same coop as ducks tend to stink more and be more messy whereas chickens don't stink and are somewhat neater. I find that the duck house requires FAR more upkeep in order to keep the poop-stink down whereas the chicken coop needs either a new layer of shavings or a...

Just found this thread again! :) I will say after some struggle, we FINALLY have a successful gang of free-range ducks. Sadly it took 3 go-rounds to get to this point. :( Our first ducks were taken by something during the night, not sure what. We then got (unbeknownst to us) 3 geese to keep our...

Shay, I did not know that :) I will try to come down today probably before lunchtime...I may have found another roo...sigh. Might just have you check them. Thank you!

Oh Shay that would be great! I can bring them by your house, just let me know when a good time is...

I am not a member of NEAS(not even sure what it is...) but can I come if I have chickens to GIVE away? I have a few d'Uccles and a silkie roo that need a new home(too many roos here!) I have my NPIP for the rest of my flock, tested this Spring, these roos are only 13 weeks old(or so)...please...

I would like to know this as well... :)

I have 2 13 week old Mille de Fleur roosters as well as 1 black and grey bantam Silkie rooster all in need of new homes. I have too many roosters! We are keeping 2 but cannot have this many. They are free range currently and are healthy and living amongst a NPIP tested flock. I would like them...

If your chickens were in your NEIGHBOR's yard then and the dog attacked then...I am sorry. This is not the case. Pretty sure if an animal is a threat to your livestock you can shoot it with no repercussions. I hate tying dogs, but CLEARLY this dog needs to be penned or tied....or one of the...

Well, since no one here replied I did do some more intense investigating and what I found is that dehydration can cause that weak neck condion. I have had 3 chicks with this now, and all 3 recovered after being separated, given their own food and water with electrolytes. Perked up within a few...

This is the second *case* of this in about 2 weeks. I have a flock of d'Uccles that are about 2.5mo old. All seem healthy, active and look good. About 2 weeks ago, one of them was sort of laying on the ground near the coop and could not lift her head at all. SHe did not appear to be in pain, but...

This is slightly off topic but....I am looking for an old kids playhouse(the plastic kind) to use as a duck house. We remodeled one for our chickens and it worked out great(thanks to someone on here who gave us their old one!) Does anyone have an old kids playhouse they are no longer using that...

Thanks for all the advice! We are hopefully picking up 2 or 3 more ducks today so *Lucky* has some friends...then they can stick together. I am definitely going to keep them penned for a while though, as I don't want to lose any more! Can I put the new ducks in with Lucky right away? The new...

I am a newbie duck owner and I have got the feeding down...but wat about treats and foods to supplement their diets? I am especially interested in treats as we need to *train* our duck to go in his house at night...

I have a KC duck with the exact same thing. Just white fuzz. :) I didn't think anything of it. Mine is only about 5 weeks old so he/she still has some fuzz anyways, but the rest is brown.