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  1. ChickenCanoe

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    Silkies are true bantams, not diminutive, so they have no large fowl counterpart. Some show people have tended to select for larger size (contrary to the SOP for the ABA) in recent years, but they're all still bantams. I did some of that too. Vets are so common here, there seems to be one on...
  2. What should I do with that old trampoline?

    What should I do with that old trampoline?

    This one is easy! We had an old trampoline frame in the back yard. We just reconfigured the pieces into the frame and added a few cheap items to make the coolest chicken coop ever. Our 10 chickens and 13 ducks have lots of room, especially with the attached chicken yard. Before: (ok this...
  3. ChickenCanoe

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    I don't think my chickens are very fond either but they're doing fine. 2 hens in separate buildings decided to sleep in the nest tonight. I can't blame them. They like this sub freezing weather way better than mid summer though. Chickens are most comfortable under 70F. Given the right temp...
  4. Lynzi777

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Morning everyone, Happy Valentines Day! We got a good foot or more of snow overnight. Shoveled the driveway with DH this morning, only takes us 10 mins surprisingly. Brought my son to school, only had a 2 hr delay. Came back home and began shoveling paths to the ducks, chickens and rabbits. By...
  5. Lucy Duck

    5 week old Indian Runner lacking enough niacin? Also one year old Pekin male injured foot, not bumbl

    hi out there folks. I have a 4 week old Indian runner duckling. yesterday morning my husband called me into the bathroom where the ducklings are kept and he noticed something wrong with our 4 week old Indian runner duck. she looked at him and then fell over, stiff, and didn't move. I quickly...
  6. ChickenCanoe

    EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

    Never saw it. How about, 'You might be a redneck if you were born in Alaska, moved to Washington and finally to the Ozark foothills in SW MO and singlehandedly built a farm'. I'm sure I'll come up with something. All I have to do is look around me. Jeff Foxwothy was my brother's favorite...
  7. gojira

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I am not sure how many Buff Orpingtons you have seen, or what their breeding was, but not all Buff Orpingtons are the same (just as not all White Plymouth Rocks are the same). I agree that Buff Orpingtons are loose feathered, and White Plymouth Rocks are closer to a hard feathered breed (though...
  8. rancher hicks

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    See now here's the thing. A SNOWBLOWER is not a want it's a NECESSITY. Get yourself and electric start and you're good to go. Just cleaned out the end of the drive. No way could I have done it with a shovel. My shoulders hurt from wrassling that snowblower around the yard and all. It...
  9. sferle

    Seizures

    Since no one knows the cause .. this I found on here which describes everything the duck has gone through.. before I could get any pedialite in him , he died just now https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/678722/dehydration-symptoms-cure-and-prevention How to Recognize Dehydration: -Before...
  10. Amiga

    Duck hepatitis

    Thank you for taking the little in. This may not be DVH. It may be a niacin deficiency caused by feeding chick starter. Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks says to start on 100 to 150 mg niacin (from a capsule - do not use timed release or no-flush kind, just plain niacin) in each gallon of...
  11. perchie.girl

    The Front Porch Swing

  12. Miss Lydia

    Seizures

    So very sorry, what do you think caused the dehydration?
  13. Beekissed

    Deep litter method

    That's great! Will shed the rain like a duck's back now. You'll be able to live in that coop and run before it's all finished! Bless your dear husband for being such a good man!
  14. G

    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I have never seen a chicken that was not instinctively wary of things overhead. No training necessary, regardless of how they were raised.
  15. wsmith

    How big is your pop-hole?

    The chicken door needs to be wide enough for at least one adult chicken of you biggest breed, and tall enough that their backs clear the top without crouching. They can/will duck their heads when going through. I have American Dominiques; the roosters weigh up to about 8 1/2 lbs and the hens...
  16. L

    Oregon

    I love the way this was done very much and I'm stealing the idea for my ducks! I was thinking I can prep individual panels with the layers of wire by standing them on edge and leaning them against something ... then IF I can ever get someone to pound the stakes for me we can set them up...
  17. ladyfeather

    Injured 6 week old duckling- bad legs (Pic included)

    Sad update :( We checked on it several times over the night and all seemed well- near the water and able to drink well. We checked on it around 9am and all seemed well. At 930 it was flailing, neck arched back hard against his spine. He barely made a sound, wings flapping and body tense and...
  18. thebirdguy

    Ancona Duck eggs

    I put this in the wrong forum... moved it to other breeds hatching eggs.. I have Ancona duck eggs for sale.. $42 for a six quack which includes priority shipping. These ducks are pretty quiet and have been lots of fun. I have both cream/white and green/blue eggs. We all know the PO...
  19. Cailly_Sighs

    brand new baby duck abandoned

    Thank you I am def reporting this, especially after looking up diseases, it seems it was/is this: Duck Virus Hepatitis. Duck virus hepatitis (DVH) is a highly fatal contagious disease of young ducklings, 1-28 days of age. Ducklings are most susceptible at the younger ages and gradually...
  20. thebirdguy

    Ancona Duck eggs

    I have Pasture raised Ancona duck eggs for sale.. Our ducks are descendants of original Holderread Waterfowl Farm & Preservation Center stock. These are pretty quiet birds and have been lots of fun. We have a mixed flock and you could get Chocolate, Black, Silver, Lavendar, Blue, Lilac, Rust...
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