I'm new to ducks, and so far, I've learned that different breeds can't mate, or the ducklings will be sterile. I have recently bought, what I'm pretty sure is a gold phase Welsh Harlequin drake, and possibly a silver phase Welsh Harlequin hen. Now for the dumb question, will the different color...
I fed my four week old chicks some freshly dug red worms, just a few, they went crazy over them. It was so funny. They would just grab one and start running around like crazy. I don't think they really knew what to do with it at first. They just knew it was something they needed to grab and run...
I have a black copper marans hen who went broody for the first time. All was going well until a couple of days ago. She started staying off the nest and the eggs would get cold before she would return, and last night she didn't get on the nest at all. Could this be because it's her first time...
Thank you all so very much. This is my first experience with a broody hen, so I'm really excited and proud for her. I'm going to risk moving her this evening. I figure the odds are better of her staying broody, than of me catching the snake, or whatever it is.
My BCM hen started sitting on five eggs about a week and a half ago. I checked on her this morning, and she only had three eggs left. Are there any possible reasons she would dispose of some of her eggs?
Someone recently gave me three beautiful black copper marans hens, and a black copper marans rooster. I absolutely love them. They didn't lay for the first few weeks after we got them, so I put a fake egg in their nest, and about a week later they started laying a couple of eggs every other day...
I recently purchased eight chickens called Bovans Browns from some FHA students. They each lay a large brown egg on a daily basis. I couldn't be more pleased. I know they are a hybrid, I just don't know what the parents are. I've tried looking this up, to no avail. Does anyone on here know what...
We can't let ours free range either. They have plenty of room, but no grass, so I feel like I need to add as much to their diet as I can. Thanks for all the food ideas. This site is so great for us new eggs.