They love watermelon once they get over being suspicious about it....and of course when the brave one of the group starts eventually every one will eat it..they will devour it down til the rhine is very thin and can be fun to watch them it it
I have gotten four chicks after i waited a certain amount of days tapped on egg while holding it to my ear to see if baby cheeping..one chick couldn't hear but when i started doing checking inside shell...I always start at the air cell end...she was peeping alot. ...I have found I should always...
If he is fine in the water and its a nutritional problem... over time it should be okay..... being in the water can be a kind if therapy for him ....of course this is just my opinion
My hens sit on shelves with ramps that go floor to shelf and then shelf to. The shelf on the other side. I opened the door just in time to see a chick fall out of the nest roll down the ramp miss the other ramp hit the ground and take off running.. About four feet from nest to ground..horrified...
I know that my grey drake is at least two years old..and my cousin gave the others too me when he moved.the white ones are a different breed .they all get along....I didnt know if that was a dominance thing or what
I have heard that you can tell by their legs hens have thinner legs..roosters have thick legs...my chickens are still young a lot with thick legs .So im waiting to see if this is correct
I have two male indian runners and two white females I am still trying to understand why the females will jump on the males back and grab their neck.Doesnt matter land or water they do this..even tho the runners are smaller....my duck went lame for a few months..possible step on by the pig...
I was nervous the first couple times i did this...l had a large nesting box under the heat lamp 19 chicks and two keets .they all grouped together when cold but when it got hot it was just the opposite .also i had three perches two lower at different levels. Mine started testing out the roosting...
When they reach a point where they are grown to be on their own perhaps relocating far away .From human population if youe able and they seem still wild enough...just a thought