We live in the city 1 week ago our 2 silkies got ripped out of the chicken coop by a raccoon. I bought a set of Dukes dog proof trap & I love this trap. Gonna go start digging a bigger hole!
2 hours after we set the traps we got one
Dh reset the trap the next morning...
Huge...
I let the broody duck out this morning & when I went to check on her there was a racoon standing about 10 feet away from her. This happened about 9:45 am. I screamed really loud & the coon took off he didnt appear sick-he was a fat one. Probably the same coon that ate my silkies.
When I unlocked the silkies out from the duck pen this morning they were gone. I looked all around and I see no dig marks or anything. All I saw was this...
It's not as nice as some of the coops here but it works
DD 7 named the coop Adobo (Filipino chicken dish)
the duck coop is underneath
DD named the duck coop Balut (Filipino duck egg snack)
Total cost $50.00
The playhouse was oldest DDs when she was 2 she's 15 now. Since none of the...
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Are these duck eggs?
I found these on top of a tarp covered in leaves.. I am not sure what they are we are new to ducks please help..
they are about the size of a chicken egg. I have never seen a duck egg lol...
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I have a breeding pair of muscovies we bought them about 2-3 weeks ago. I know nothing about ducks these are my first ducks ! Everyday I see mama duck in the nesting box she sits in it for about an hour. But she hasn't layed an egg, I am getting impatient here!!! Is everything...
After reading all these threads about racoons, it got me scared. So I decided to "racoon proof" my coop. Now I am having a hard time getting in myself LMAO!!! It's now taking me 10 minutes to get in the coop
I was so sick an tired of the baby chicks kicking litter all over there food or knocking it over. I was wasting more money throwing it out. So I made this it is out of a small plastic container & the top of a mt dew bottle.
I cut a hole on the bottom of the plastic container then I cut the...
There's poop poop everywhere! I can't keep them off the back deck, I slipped on duck poop last night ugh .
Atm we only have 5 chickens and 2 ducks and since our run is so small (we free range all day) I have decided to build them a bigger run in the east side of the house. We will still let them...