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    Ended 2021 Chicken Gift-Ideas Giveaway - Over $500 In Gifts Up To $35 Each!

    When I realized my daughter was only allergic to eggs from animals that had consumed soy products, getting laying hens was a no brainer. That's why my hens enjoy this soyfree feed!
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    Show me your duck ladders!

    Hello fellow backyard fowlers! My smallest duck, but ironically second oldest, is having trouble getting out of the 120 gal stock tank that I use as their pond. It's almost level with the ground, but Lorna is still having trouble getting out and I have to keep an eye on her that she doesn't get...
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    Small success! Female hanging with ducklings

    She's a cayuga.
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    Small success! Female hanging with ducklings

    Hey all! Just wanted to share a small success. I had two 16 wk drakes and one hen when I got a few more babies last week. The drakes werent letting the babies eat or drink and kept chasing them. Had the drakes processed yesterday morning and the hen has been guarding/warming the babies (5 wks-10...
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    Waterlogged 5 wk chick - add'l steps?

    So one of my 5 week chicks managed to get in the covered water dish (smh) and when I went to tend to them this am she was completely waterlogged. I cleaned and dried her, separated into a different box with a lamp for just herself, and gave clean food and (much smaller) water. Anything else I...
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    Culling drakes question

    Perfect! Thank you! Thank you! I had planned on using a hatchet for a quick dispatch, but my husband feels squeemish about having the duck butchered at home and would rather I take it to a butcher in town for processing. I appreciate your reply!
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    Culling drakes question

    Perfect! Thank you!
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    Culling drakes question

    No. So the cayuga hen and the runner drake will remain, and I'm getting 5 more runner ducklings today- currently unsexed.
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    Culling drakes question

    Right... I should've been clearer. I meant timing wise to not stress the 2 he grew up with. Or does it not matter?
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    Culling drakes question

    Yes. sorry - did I use the wrong term?
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    Culling drakes question

    Hello! I'm New here and was wondering about culling my drakes. I have 2 cayugas and 1 Indian Runner that are about 12 weeks (came together from the farm @ 4 wks- they were the last ducklings they had) The runner and 1 cayuga got their drake feathers and I had planned on keeping the ducks for...
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