Been registered awhile, figured I better say hello since I finally posted a duck related question after seeing so many of you folks over at BYH.
Currently, no fowl here at all other than the wild ones-- buzzards, hawks, doves and about 90 million noisy "We-gonna-eat-all-your-melons-and-corn" crows.
I currently have no domesticated fowl at all, but we do have a large farm pond, and I was thinking about gettiing some ducks for it. Problem is so many predators out here in the boonies--all different kinds, but thought if I could anchor a refuge for them to roost in at night they would probably...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Sort of--been around them most of my life, tho I currently don't have any. Plan on getting some next spring and hose them in a no longer used 12 X12 covered dogpen, fenced with 6' chainlink. Also have a pretty large garden area with...