Recent content by Wetzlersmith

Inside where they nest I put the pine shavings like for hamsters. It works well, I'm guessing it's much like the pellets you are refering to once you've hosed them down. I have laid a bunch of straw on the wire floor of the rest of their cage and I think/hope it is helping. Put a fresh layer...

:o( Frustration. Thanks for your response DotDog. Guess we will keep plugging along.

I will have to feel it again to pay attention to the size. They eat flockraiser and then veggies, chicken scratch, meal worm, koi pellets. I give them oyster shell too. No light at night. She is wandering around "talking", hanging with her drake, swimming, and letting him mate so she seems...

My Pekin is 2 1/2 and has been an excellent egg layer,5 or so a week since she started. I seem to recall that MAYBE in the summer months (we live in AZ so it's HOT) she may have stopped laying but I'm not completely sure. That being said, this past summer we had a bout of bumble foot that I...

He may be imprinted on you. I have a male runner that did that with me in the beggining too. Once I learned not to be afraid of the biting and actually moved toward the bite to pet him, it stopped hurting as much and fixed my fears. He may simply be trying to tell you he loves you. This is...

I have 5 ducks (2 runners, 1 pekin, 1 swedish, 1 cayuga). The swedish and cayuga had bumble foot this summer. My vet and I worked VERY hard to heal it. My vet is not an exotic vet and she went out of her way contacting other vets to try and help me. They spent over a month inside in big dog...

I have been wrapping my month old Cayuga duckling with the stretchy tape and even put a piece of cut panty hose around her and she is still wiggling her wings out of the wrap. Any advice on how to wrap it better? Also what should I feed her and the others in addition to the flock raiser to...

Do you have any insight about how my lone rooster will TEND to act now that he is alone? I'm new to chickens and the very first two I get both end up roosters. The mean one has been relocated which leaves this one with no hens to watch over, just a male and female duck of the same age. He has...

Thanks for the great info! As I stated the only two chicks I had and both are Roos, the mean one has been relocated, so now my question is, will this other rooster do ok with no hens to be with? It's just him and my two ducks now (a boy and a girl). Will there be an issue with him and either...

Thanks for the info, what are the chances he will be aggressive/mean too? Is it a breed known for that, etc..? What luck, first 2 chicks ever and both roosters! Bummer.

that's what I'm afraid of, dang it!

I have barred rocks. I had two, one turned out to be a Rooster. He had a big comb yellow feet and a long tail, and he crowed. He was easy to tell. He was very aggressive and after attacking my 3 kids as well as us he had to go bye bye. My concern now is the one I have left. I think she's a...