I was given some broilers a few months ago, never have had broilers. Let them run with my flock for a couple of weeks and noticed one of them had lost a lot of weight. Before I knew it they had all died. I assumed it was the breed. My flock free ranges, broilers are big meat birds. I just...
I brought home a batch of chicks from a science hatch project in my husbands classroom. It is the first time we have hatched from our own hens. They are being kept on the upstairs part of our coop seperate from our flock. The hens were very interested of course. I was away for a weekend and when...
I have not fallen off the grid! I have been hard at work on critter projects. Here is the progress that we have made on the top floor of our coop. This is my youngest son. He was my only helper during the upstairs demo! Huge helper.
After demo clean up.... This is my oldest son. He has...
I just put an order in for 6 French Guineas at my local feed store. I've never had Guineas but I have chickens and ducks. We have had a really bad tick problem and I've read Guineas help control them naturally. We also have lots of snake issues. Just out of curiosity how big of an issue are...
I have questions about water solutions for ducks. I think I know the answer but I want to hear experienced answers. I have my 6 ducklings ranging from 1 month to 3 weeks in my chicken coop with my chickens. My plan is to give them their own space soon with a kiddy pool available to swim in. I...
Right now I have my ducks in the coop with my chickens. I have 6 and can see that they are going to need their own space pretty quickly for multiple reasons. Could y'all post pictures of your duck inclosures? Free range will not be an option where I live. I am in the country, but we have an...
I know this is a chicken forum but it seems like a lot of people have different kinds of poultry. I thought I would ask. I'm just getting my coop going and wanted a few ducks. Someone have me 3 ducklings. I am concerned about the Pekin duckling they gave me. It's bill and feet are very pale in...
Maybe this is a common occurrence. I have had chickens before but I has been a while and always free range. I recently was given some chicks from a local elementary school class hatch project and noticed that the Rhode Island red seems to have what I guess is a birth defect? The center toe on...
I have been putting back together my coop for the last coupe of weeks and have been buying some chicks here and there. I have taken my chances with pullets. 6 production Reds and 6 production mix. Those are two weeks and are now in my coop. Then I w[/IMG][/IMG]as given 10 Barred Plymouth Rock 1...