Hi I live in the pacific northwest and we get some pretty cold weather. This is my first year with ducks. I have 2 cayugas. I was wondering if anyone has tried using greenhouse seed heating mats? They are water proof and are supposed to raise the floor temp 10 to 20 degrees. I was thinking about...
Hi everyone I have 8 girls about 1 1/2 yr old.
For the last 3 or 4 days I have noticed one of the buff orps (Peaches) has been staying away from everybody else. She stands in the shade with her tail down or just lays there all day. She does go into the roost at nite and I have seen her kind of...
Hi this afternoon I noticed a small puddle of clear but milky white stuff in the run. I have had my hens for a year now and have never seen this what could it be? also this is my first molt and the girls are taking a long time to regrow feathers. I don't see any pin feathers yet it started a...
Hi I have 8 girls
2 buff orpingtons
2 black astralorps
2 speckled sussex
2 silver laced wyandottes
They are about 1 year old and I have been getting lots of wonderful eggs. Around xmas time I noticed Lucy one of the black aus. started losing back feather soon she had a bare back and still...