So I saw some cute little bantam ducks at the state fair last year when showing chickens. I have been considering getting some. Does anyone have any idea of good breeds?? I am a chicken girl and have only every had a few ducks. So I dont know much about raising these small duckies. Any...
I want to get a dairy cow but don't know what type. I was thinking Jersey but not sure. It'd be nice if it was small, good producer, and cold-hardy. Please help.
We would like to start a hobby farm that would also bring us enough money to keep it going. We would like to have a dairy cow, pigs, turkeys, ducks, and either alpacas or goats. Along with our already existing chickens. I know quite a bite about poultry but nothing of cows, pigs, alpacas, or...
Yesterday, helpful folks on the forum suggested our bantam chickens may have Cocci. (reference CarlaS.) We went to the two local farm store co-ops and neither carry CORID. We were sold Duramycin-10 but I question this is the right medicine as there is no reference to Coccidosis. Does anyone...
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
We have 4 Bantam Belgian D'Anvers, 2 roosters and 2 hen,s 22-26 ounces approx weight, born February 21, 2011 from Pullorum Free stock
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
All 4 are listless, roosters are not crowing, they are drinking. They are barely...