I noticed one of my pekin hens has a swollen belly this morning. I haven't tried to catch her yet but i took a lot of pictures. She's not really standing any differnt to her sisters but she is a little slower than them. Besides the swollen belly she seems happy but i know birds are good at...
Hi, I was just wondering if it is possible my hen laid 3 eggs today? I found 3 soft shelled eggs in my coop today and only 1 hen is laying. I know hens are only supposed to lay 1 every 25 hours, but I was wondering if perhaps she laid all 3 because they were all soft shelled (and frozen solid)...
We are going to be butchering one of our Speckled Sussex Roosters for Christmas and I was wondering what has been your absolute hands down best recipe you have made with a farm chicken? I want to make something really nice :) They are currently 33 weeks old
Hi, I was just wondering how i can tell when I should leave the eggs under my hen for her to hatch. She has been laying 1 a day so far, I actually just watched her lay one this morning. She lays in the same spot for about half an hour after she has laid.
When can I tell that she is laying out an...
I recently got given 2 ducks (a call duck and a call duck/mallard cross). They are both fairly timid and are a lot smaller than the 2 Muscovy crosses that I have and my 10 chickens. The chickens don't bother them too much and the Muscovys are starting to get more friendly, but I am just worried...
I just picked up a Mallard Duck and a Call Duck and they are both relatively small. I am wondering how to integrate them into my flock? I have 10 chickens and 2 Muscovy ducks already. the chickens don't seem to mind them too much, but the drake Muscovy keeps biting hold of my call duck and...
So I recently discovered a few of my flock have bumblefoot. I looked up how to treat it, however I found that most websites called for surgery and that looked too horrific for me to try :(
I am instead opting for a natural treatment involving some natural essential oils and a papaw ointment.
I...
Hi, my name is Allysha Burns, I am 23 and I live on a little farm in Manitoba Canada.
I currently own 7 Specked Sussex chickens, 2 Dark Cornish chickens and 1 Black Jersey Giant. I also have 2 Muscovy x ducks, 2 horses and a dog.
I have always had chickens as I was growing up, however this is my...