I just say a big ole coon walk right through my yard couple days ago. If I still had my chickens i have no doubt that he would have gone for them, so yes a daytime attack is possible. In fact when i lost my little flock it was still daylight yet, and i suspect that it may have been a raccoon...
My favorite banty hen, the one on my avitar has been acting very strange today. This morning when I fed my hens my little banty hardly seemed to care and practically ignored the food. Normally she greedily gobbles up all she can find. Throughout the day she stayed in _the shade or by the water...
I am likely going to be getting a couple of ducklings soon, I want hens but you never know for sure. I will probably only get two ducks. Will the ducks pick on or be picked on by my chickens? I have four RIR's and two banty's, all hens. Can they live in the same coop/run or will I have to build...
What breed do you recommend? Where should I get them? I saw some ducklings at tractor supply but they ran out now i think. Besides you had to buy four of them and I only want one or two. I have never had any ducks before, just chickens you see, so I just want to "try out" a duck or two and then...
Thank you very much Quacker Jack Farms! Very informative website! So I hope that the ducklings that I am considering getting are hinnys (meaning the mother is a muscovy and the father some other breed). If it is the other way around and the father is muscovy and the mother another breed they...
So you are saying that all of the domesticated duck breeds, except muscovies, are descended from mallards? So it does not matter what other breed you cross a muscovy with (unless it is another muscovy of course) the offspring will be sterile?
Are cross' between two Duck breeds sterile? I am considering getting some duckling from someone I know who has ducklings that are going to hatch soon. I believe the ducklings are a cross between Muscovies and I forget the other breed. Someone told me that they would be sterile, is that true...