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  1. BarredRockGirls

    Ahhhh! What is going on?

    I thought I had 3 females ! I got 2 eggs a day .. Today I came home to very weird things happening In Our duck Pool. the 2 geese gah! I have NEVER. Seen this behavior before. So I just stared. In shock then I you tubed it hahah Lucy the aggressive female or so I had thought . Was ON TOP. Of...
  2. BarredRockGirls

    Ducklings w attitude?! Haha

    So I have what I think are almost 3 week old ducklings. - khaki and Pekin And yesturday it was nice out so I took them out and showed them the outside . My older girls 3 pekins and 2 geese. Met them too . It was interesting . The ducklings ran after the other ones w mouths open all weird ...
  3. BarredRockGirls

    First goose egg today!! Question?

    Yay!! She laid it right by the porch though? Not in the coop .. Will she always lay them there? I though she would lay them in the coop . I have 2 geese . One I'm sure now is a female -Lady and the other ... Still waiting. Will they lay in the same area? They share a coop w ducks and...
  4. BarredRockGirls

    My first goose egg? Or a double yolker duck?

    Patiently waiting. But found this in a totally different nest than the duck eggs Brown chicken egg , then duck egg then egg in question .
  5. BarredRockGirls

    my first winter w Chickens ....HELP!!!

    i have13 - 8 month old BRs. i feed 1 scoop FR and 1 scoop Layena plus oyster shell and all the table scraps they could possibly get or want - they hear the door open they runnnnnn haha . they were laying faithfully everyday . so much so that between them and my 3 ducks i have tons of egg...
  6. BarredRockGirls

    goose laying question???

    i realize we aren't to the laying season yet ... but these are my first geese and im trying to be prepared ... bear with me . OK my 2 ladies are 7 months old today... sleeping- they sleep in the chicken coop on the floor in a HUGE floor nest i made on one side of the coop with hay ... with...
  7. BarredRockGirls

    its cold - this means all new questions!!!

    ok sooooo my 3 pekin girls are lookin hideous , like super ragged ! is it just because they have stopped taking baths? ( the duck ponds are freezing) they used to be gorgeous pure white beings now they are dirty and their feathers are ragged ! ahhhh and one of them has 2 weepy eyes! is...
  8. BarredRockGirls

    Winter problems ?

    I have 12 BR hens 3 ducks & 2 Buff geese .. Since I just got them all as chicks in late February - April last year ... I'm good on chick raising but winging it ( literally ) w this cold weather creepin in ... They all share a coop . They like it . Chickens get the top roost - ducks and geese...
  9. BarredRockGirls

    Getting ready for winter ?

    I have 12 BR hens 3 ducks & 2 Buff geese .. Since I just got them all as chicks in late February - April last year ... I'm good on chick raising but winging it ( literally ) w this cold weather creepin in ... They all share a coop . They like it . Chickens get the top roost - ducks and geese...
  10. BarredRockGirls

    why is my Goose showing Aggression?

    hey all! so my Buff Pomeranian's are about 5 months old now ... Lady and Lucy if any of you remember them . Lucy has a lil Toulouse mixed in her too btw . but anyway i started babysitting some kids and the youngest is 3 a lil girl . well Lucy HATES this lil girl . any time this lil girl turns...
  11. BarredRockGirls

    2014 waiting list open for Sebbies near NE OHIO?

    ive been googling them for a week- after seeing some GORGEOUS ones show at our county Fair - im a 4-h advisor- i decided right then my husband was not going to like this but i MUST have a pair BUT trying to find breeders on BYC or the net in OHIO or within a fair drive and i just...
  12. BarredRockGirls

    One of my ducks has gone lame??!?!?!?

    Hellllp!! Ok so this particular duck has always had a issue w this leg since she fell at about 3 weeks old .. It took her a month to get better then she was perfect - 100% But now she just lays in the yard , takes lots of breaks - her sisters leave her - something they all used to freak out...
  13. BarredRockGirls

    I keep finding these ...

    I have 13. BRs .. They started at week 16 laying and now are 24 weeks. . So far I have 8 laying normally - I think! - another newbie or 2 as of today , that makes 9 or 10 and then the others - total 13 that haven't started yet . Along with 3 almost 5.5 month old female Ducks . I keep finding...
  14. BarredRockGirls

    I lost a hen ... And don't know why ;(

    Question 1 From another forum- "Try dying their vents with different colored food coloring : )" Does that really work? I'd love to know . I have 8 laying outta 13 as of today - we found one hen laying DOA under the coop in the shade tonight when we went out to make sure they were all in for...
  15. BarredRockGirls

    Need advice ! Combining flock....

    I have 14 barred rock chickens 18 weeks , 3 pekins 14 weeks and then my "baby" geese girls are now going on 5 weeks - baby is quoted cuz they are about as tall and wide as the pekins but weigh about as much as the BR hens . They are way too big for the homemade brooder I have them in...;( and...
  16. BarredRockGirls

    Ways to help my imprinted ducks Tolerate my new gosling

    Sooo i have 3 10 week old pekins that are imprinted - love love love ;) they fully free range all day . . well yesturday i got American Buff goslings eeeekkkk ! yay & TODAY took them out in the yard w the ducks and chickens To get some fresh air for the first time ... They are 4 days old ...
  17. BarredRockGirls

    Angel wing ? Help?!

    These are my first ducks so I have no idea as to what it starts out looking like ... They are on 20% flock raiser . This duck is almost 10 weeks and is a lil over 10lbs I have 2 others and they are all the same age . The other two are a lil over 9 lbs . But look the same as this one pretty...
  18. BarredRockGirls

    Are they supposed to eat this much??

    I have 13 Barred rock Pullets that are 13.5 weeks and 3 Pekin female ducks that are 9.5 weeks . The ducks are about 7 lbs each and the chickens are a good 5lbs now . Every 2 days or a bit less they go thru 13-15 lbs of Flock Raiser... That's about a bag a week now.... Omg! They are Fully Free...
  19. BarredRockGirls

    new to layers... need some advice!!!

    ok sooooo i know this is a bit early but i like to be prepared!! i have 13 Barred rock female pullets . - i lost 2 last week any ways they are 13.5 weeks old and i cant wait for them to start laying !!! few questions for the pros though! they start about 16-20 right ? eeek we are...
  20. BarredRockGirls

    thinking about getting a Goose... need advice!

    i have 3 Pekin females ( 9 weeks old ) and 13 Barred rock females ( 13 weeks old ) i just lost 2 . - no roos or Drakes ... All are Fully free ranged and i have a pool for my ducks. they only use the coop for sleeping at night . my only personal experience w geese or a whole flock of them for...
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