Found this young black rat snake in the yard! Good thing he couldn't get in!!
I tell ya, just get some chickens and the snakes come runnin', or...uh...slitherin'!
We have 2 Swedish Cayuga ducklings about 4 weeks old, and they have apparently scratched or pecked a small hole near the bottom of our chicken pen between the wooden siding panels. Yesterday we came home and checked on them, and found one of our ducklings dead on the floor. After finding the...
Hello all! I am new to chickens, or farming in general. We got a couple of ducklings (based on pictures online, I believe they are Swedish Cayuga) a couple of weeks ago from a farm supply store, and ordered some chicks (27 altogether) from a hatchery which just arrived this past Monday. Our...