that about said it all thay are rp 3 months old put them in pen last week but thay sleep on the ground how do you get them to go on roost i cut down a red coffie can to feed in thought i would nail it up after wile to cokes them to fly up but thay dont want to eat out of it i have to dump feed...
thay are 3 months old thay are in 6x10 chain lenk dog kennel we put chicken wire over the top to keep them from flying then a 4x6 tarp thay arent getting on the roost will thay figure that out or should i go out and put them on it other thing i hear turkeys will dround them selfs when it rains...
my ? is will thay cross i know we have two male mallards i dont know if we have any male pekings one of my mallard females is on a nest that has a mix clutch of eggs what are the odds of fertil peking eggs
i have 2 rp about 1 1/2 month old when i feed and water thay freek out and flap all over the pen dont try to atack just scared so how do you stop that what do you use for treats will that work to just hold feed in hand and try to wate them out
this title explaines it all i heve a peking duck that does not want to be with the other ducks how long do they live its 2 years old now.its staying by itself and panting like its overheating.
the problim is i have 1 hen that sits on nest till 4 days ago then another started to sit pushed first one to front of the box eggs started to hatch went out this morning one chick was out of the box both hens still on box tryed to put chick back the hen that had been siting started floging...
i have two that made it out of five that i ordered about a month ago thay have wight wing feathers and no change on body that i can see all the chicken babys i got at the same time have started to change in to there right coler first turkeys so how long do i have till i get the right coler
4 have hatched 5 eggs still not hatched i can hear them cherping and tapping on shell mom and 4 areon the ground my bater is full should i crack others and put them on ground or will she get back up thear
thay are supos to hatch in 4 days. my box is about 5 foot off the ground. ground is dirt floor. will thay jump ok? or do i need to make some way for them to climb down? also how will thay do in coop with mom and other chickens? do i have to prop a bord up to keep adult chickens from picking on them?
we are trying to find out if we can put them out in the coop before thay feather. we kept the last 4 we have in the brooder till thay wher fully feathered. but this time we have them in a smaller cage and thay are looking crouded. i have 13 chickens 2 mallard 2 peking. that are 1 year old...
i have a gunnsey female about 18 months and what i think is a jursey bull about the same age i have never seen him try to get on her i got them both at stock sale as bottle calvs when i got her there was another female that looked like her with consecutive number i have heard if she is a twin...
the first 3 days stayed at 99 then shot up to 110 but the eggs feel the same heat as when i get them shortley after hen lays them i am at day 6 tryed to candel but all i can see is thay are very dark did thay cook or is it that hard to see through a brown egg
i just went get eggs and i dont know what to say this was crazy this looked nuts it was shaped kind of like a liver it had a tube about like a coffie straw on one end and a short regular straw on the other end you could see the yolk through the soft shell and it was kind of chalkey this isent...
my question is will ducks lay eggs with no male? if not will the fertilized eggs hatch if the egg gets cold? we found first duck egg today. dont know if we have a male or not. have seen what lookes like mating but thay all look the same.no curled drake feathers on tail yet.thay are about 9...
now it is acting drunk is it going to dye i know they cant eat that its medicated i also need to know when the other ducklings can eat regular chicken food and do thay need grit like chickens or not thanks for any help
we have two 3 week and 3 two week old at what age do thay have to be to feed regular chicken feed and do you have to give them grit like a chicken can thay eventualy even eat full grone chicken food i know i cant feed ckick starter grower becaus its med im asking about layer feed frem the coop...