I have a 1 year old red star hen who the past 2 days has been laying down a lot more then normal, tail is being carried down and seems to be walking with a stiff gait (Like uncomfortable). She is still eating and still going out to forage with the other girls (who are all acting fine!) but she...
So this past May we brought home 4 ducklings from my daughters school which they hatched from eggs....a indian runner, a blue swede and 2 mallards. About a week ago we started having problems with Quackers who is the only male and the Indian Runner. My daughter was pulling weeds and shushed him...
Looking to buy 3-4 Silkies or EE Pulletts from some one near Pfafftown, NC (King, Winston Salem, Greensboro, etc). We would like to obviously pick up locally. Willing to neg price. Thank you for your time!
So...I posted before as we had got an assorted set of duckling from my daughters 2nd grade class. We knew they were all purebred as they came from a hatchery just didnt know what breeds we got out of the hatching eggs. The one we were sure was a peking due to coloring...all yellow ducking with...
Not sure what to do for her... :( I had our Six 8 week old pullets out in our back yard free ranging as I have done every morning and had something happen inside and NOT THINKING AT ALL...let two of our dogs out back...Realized after the dogs did that the chickens were out...By the time I was...
We have cilantro growing crazy in our front garden as well as parsley, dill and sweet basil in pots on our porch. I was just curious if it was safe to give to the ducks and chickens to munch on? If so I thought of planting some on the outside of their pens but wasn't sure if this was a good idea...
My daughter's second grade class whom I volunteer for hatched out an assorted duckling egg batch. I brought them home with me today and they are about 1 week old. Was hoping some idea on what more experienced people may think they are.. There are 4 total and all approx the same size. Here are...
Our little ones are going on 2 weeks old now and had a nice little 20 minute outdoor session while I was cleaning out their brooder. The definitely seemed to enjoy it.
This is Allie...AKA Alpha who we believe to be a red sex link...whom I interrupted while she was attempting to dust bath on...
Hey there everyone!
Definitely a newbie here in every way. We got our first chicks ever about 3 days ago...3 buff orp and 3 reds. We have em set up in the brooder and being handled quite frequently by myself and our 8 and 16 yr old. Finally coming around to being held...which is nice. Going to...