I live in Texas and I have a large outdoor run for my ducks with a dirt floor. It use to be grass but they ate it all. We are in the rainy season right now and I need some ideas on how to keep the outdoor run (not the enclosed duck house and coop) from getting dirty and smelly.
I am looking...
I was looking for some advice on plumping up my Pekin. My male ducks are around one year old and weigh five pounds. The females are around 4.5. How do I plump them up? They are all well.
I know lots of you ladies and gentlemen have quail and I am looking for your expertise. I prefer to stay natural but am open to your suggestions I hate to cull unless necessary .
Could someone help me figure out what is wrong with my quail. I had been sick with Covid for about seven days. Today I went to check on my birds, the neighborhood kid was feeding and watering. This particular cage was out of food and water and this bird appears ill. He said he thought he had...
Good afternoon! I recently took in some quail from an exasperated homesteader. I know nothing about quail, I have many other animals.
There are some that look sick, maybe mites, maybe aggression (they don’t fight and appear docile when held)
Will you take a look and give me your expertise? I...
I purchased a Blue otter doe (without pedigree) and a black otter with a beautiful pedigree.
She finally kitted and I was so surprised when i looked into the nest box. I wanted thoughts on the kit colors because I’m not sure if I am correct. (Hence why a I am not declaring my speculation lol)
So, I am curious if anyone else has had this happen. Sunday I bread my 5-1/2 month old buck to my doe. He was in the cage with her about 10 minutes and I think he sucessfully mounthed her 9 or 10 times. I've never had a buck get soo involved. We left to go to a crawfish boil and when we came...