I'm so excited !!! I got my call ducks last Saturday & they have settled in nicely . I have got 5 eggs so far . They are breeding so I guess I will see if I get any babies ;)
(I'm trying to add pics to this post & don't know how . I got them uploaded just can't get them to this!!!)
I have a question.. When the female becomes gravid will she act sluggish & look plump? She just seems super tired... She has been restless too , laying on the back side of the water dish( not in the water) & in & out of their moist moss container .. Than over on to the heat mat.... She is just...
I think my roo has leg mites .. They are red & a little swollen .. I put vasolline on them but what else can I do? He acts like it hurts, he is a Cochin so he has feathers also . I have 13 others that are fine he is the only one???
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I do know for a fact she is a she .. She has layed eggs .. A soft one right in front of me when I brought her home &
she has raised 2 sets of babies .. She hears peeping she is stealing them .. Loves to be a mommy
Hi I am not sure if I'm in the right place or not , but I was wondering
How much a trio of seramas is a good price? I'm not looking for show quality buy any
means.. I'm in Ohio ,west central,
I would like to buy two Mille Fluer Cochin bantams
hens in the west central ohio area.
I am not looking for show quality just some
boring old pets.
** only looking to spend $5.00-10.00 each
*** edited to state that I am looking for bantams**
Ok I think I killed may rooster today ..
Well not to death but dang close!!!
I was holding him & checking his spurs..
Well I have no idea what happened but his whole head..
Waddles & comb turned so purple they looked like plums!!! I layed him on the ground
& shook him lol his color came back...
ok so what i would like to know is:
1. should i find a way to some how slow down the wind that comes in to my coop thru the pop door , the pop door is facing the south & we usuall have a west wind
2.what should i use to slow the wind down? plastic strips like you see on cooler doors , burlap...
i have six 4 week old bantam cochins for sale .i just had a baby & dont have time to bond with them as i would like. i have one that is a black frizzle & one that looks like its going to be a light lavendar color . im not quite sure on the colors as they just have wing feathers & leg feathers. i...
well i have this hen that went broody. she sat like a champ & about a week - week & a half ago ( hatch day is the 26th) 3 of my other hens went broody so i had 2 hens in each nest box. the original hen got booted off her eggs. so i went out today to check on them & i had one chick , i threw out...