Hey everyone long time since my last post... so today I decided to clean the stalls in the barn. To my surprise I found a nest of duck eggs. Now my only female duck which is a Pekin, hasn't been laying the past 2 months, I assumed it was because of some stress from a recent raccoon raid(lost my...
Hi everyone! I need some help identifying the sex of one of my chicks! So this is Bean he/she is just about 8 weeks old nicest chicken I had in awhile, so the coloration of the feathers leads me to think he's a he but he's so small and his legs are so thin, not like the other young roosters I...
What I do if my feed store doesn't have the right protein percentage is, I go out and buy some dry cat food and the highest protein Gamebirds food I can find and put both in the blender and turn it into powder. They will eat it right up. I also would recommend wood shavings, you would just need...
Ok I guess I should probably correct myself, I'm 99.99% sure they are females. When I got them with their original mates the males had different color heads. One with a blueish-black color and another with a dark brown color, again only on their heads the wrest of there body is all white. The...
Hello everyone I'm fairly new to pigeons I got 2 pairs last year in the spring. The man I got them from said they were already paired up and I saw that when I put them in the coop. They both made nests and a lot of kissing went on. I never have seen them mate but my dad said he's seen them...
Hi All!!! Haven't posted is a long while, but I got another question for anyone who cares to give input. So I have 4 chicks, all from eggs that were laid a few days before my favorite girl got snatched up by a fox. I was hoping to get at least one hen out of the 4. My question is that they all...
One of my Tumbler pairs. They have two babies and are in the living room due to the cold Temps outside. And surprisingly... No! they do not smell, but they do make a mess of their food. Which is ok with me because I just bring the chickens inside to clean it up.
...the chicks mother has gone missing as well. Hopefully she just got scared off and will comeback but I've looked everywhere :(
Is it legal to shoot a hawk in Wisconsin? Because this little s*** already got 3 of my ee chicks and 2 of my RIR Pullets oh and not to mention the countless pigeons!!!
Hi everyone I got another question for ya today!
I'm just so stuck on sexing my lil EE chick and I was wondering if any of you could hell me out? And here he/she is...
Alright everyone I got some news. So Stoughton WI is having its first ever poultry swap this up coming summer of 2015. The date it will be held on is July 11th. So if your interested Please look us up on facebook at - Stoughton WI Summer Poultry Swap - give us a like and hope to see you there!
Well everyone it's official!!! The city of Stoughton WI is having its 1st annual Poultry swap in July of 2015!!! It took me a while but I did it!!! I'm so excited!
Hi everyone I've been reading a lot about a swap in Portage this coming Saturday could anyone fill me in on some more details or point me to their wbesite?
Hi everyone I was wondering if any of you know what papers/license I would need to start a poultry swap here in stoughton WI. I'm planning on doing this the summer of 2015 because I just don't have time to drive 3 hours to the closest swap so why not bring it to me and all my friends? Lol so if...