I picked up some awesome showgirls a roo & a hen. My first ones a young pair! Pictures coming soon. I have had them in quarantine. But today I shall introduce them to some of the other chicks.
Accepting any tips & ideas for all to get along. I have 11 chicks hatched late fall they are fully...
Hi my ducks have been laying eggs like crazy this past month & one I cracked was actually "fertile" as it had a tiny duck smaller then a dime in the egg.
So I placed a box down to try & help the ducks. I have never had ducks breed. I have chickens, chicken eggs must stay clean. I think it is...
Ok my neighbor had an incident at his house so his rabbits, dog, & guineas came to my front porch. I looked in the cage at the Guineas as I have never had any. There were 6 & they were all huddled together. They were sporting fancy feathers all 6 were different colors.
Well I went to check on...
Hello I am looking for tips on keeping rodents away from my hens, and after last night my bunnies as well. We pour poison down any holes & close them off.
I also put the garden hose down the holes & turn it on the Pitts make a game of trying to catch them pop out of other holes.
However I...
I asked this question in the chicken area & was asked to move it to duck forum I am new so I was glad to hear there was a duck area as well. I have a couple flocks of chickens & one day I woke up to see with my young hens a duckling. He was not a small duckling but still a duckling. He has...
His tail is a dark green he is very pretty standard size but I am getting LOTS of breeds for this guy he seems pretty calm compared to my golden comet roo
Sorry I know this is chicken forum but one duck I thought was mallard is small he is just about 1 yr old. "Appeared in my yard as a big chick" (I'm sure some one helped him)
I want to get him a mate as he is in love with a Marin hen, & I know this can not happen. So I am not a big duck person...
Hello I have hatched eggs with incubators & recently left the eggs under a broody hen then when I saw other eggs from other hens that I liked I pushed them under the broody hen she hatched 25 chicks in all of all different types she had a Cochin hen who went broody & was helping too but she lost...
Hello I was wondering if anyone herd the same report I did on the radio saying chickens in the city have been found to carry lead & in their eggs as well. I am in the city so I am concerned. Please let me know if anyone knows why this happens? Do they peck lead paint chips in the soil? How do...
I have had chickens for about 11 years now. I have city chickens. I got my chickens due to someone ordering chickens & being told to get rid of them due to bird flu he gifted me 50 chicks
I have about 30 pullets & 25 chicks 4 roosters. I have Cochins, barred rocks, black & red stars, EE, golden...