I have 4 "teenage" ducks up for adoption. They are NOT food, they are pets. The adoption fee is $3.00 per duck or 4 for $10.00. The Khaki Campbell has it's adult feathers and appears to be a girl, the Pekins still have yellow "fuzz" on them, but it is quickly going away. Please do your research...
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Ducks - I have 5 (more to come). They are Kaki Campbell (possibly mixed). 2 days old - $4.00 each.
Chicks - I have 2 (more to come). They are a mixed breed. Their momma is a beautiful white hen. About 2 week old - $2.00 each. **Just hatched some black and gray bantam chicks too...
Hey everyone! I am looking at getting some more laying hens. Looking for some suggestions as to what is the best white egg layer breed. I want birds that lay lots of eggs year round. What do u suggest?
Hey Everyone! I am looking to find someone local to butcher about 20 roosters I have. I have to cut down on my flock and I know they have to go. I am attached to them and cant do it myself. I should have done this a long time ago, but just didnt have the heart. Now they are hurting each other...
I got an incubator for Christmas and I am so excited to use it - life has been a little crazy - so i haven't tried it out yet. I am planning on using the the "mutt" eggs to try it out - but when spring comes i would like my hens to be broody and stay on their own eggs.
This is my first year...
Hello! I have been procrastinating on getting my rooster population cut back on my farm and i know I need to do something before spring comes and all they all get spring fever. The roosters are all about 8-9 months old (got them mother's day and after).
Couple questions:
1.) - how old is too...
The MSPCA, in Methuen, Mass, just took in over 200 ducks most of them pekins. The farm from which they were confiscated is being investigated for allegations of animal cruelty, but in the meanwhile these poor ducks need homes. There are lots and lots of Pekins,(some crested) some Mallards, about...
I am trying to add some plants to my chicken run since my chickens made the entire thing almost bare this year. I want to plant some plants for next year so they have something to "graze" on. I am planting strawberry plants, cherry tomatoes plants, and Jerusalem artichokes (can u tell i love...
Hi! I would like to take out some of my roosters and am not sure where to begin. Can u eat any breed of chicken?
I talked to my step dad and he said he would "chop their heads off" so i don't have to see that.. After that I am fine.. What do i do from there??
Any help would be appreciated...
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I have a beautiful white rooster that has all of a sudden become very aggressive toward humans. Even me!! I dont know what to do with him, I don't want to "take care of him", but I am running out of options. None of my other chicken/roosters do this. Is there anyway to teach him not...
I know it sounds silly.. but i went out this morning and saw my male goat "going to town" on my female sheep. And she was letting him...
Has anyone else had this happen?
I know it is an off question - and i don't think they can conceive, but i thought i would ask.
Any answers are appreciated!!
My boss just piled a bunch on my desk and I know I wont eat them all so i was just wondering if anyone knows if they can eat them? I was going to boil them up so they are soft for them.. Any thought?
Also thinking of planting it near their coupe.. Can they eat the plants?
Just wondering....
Hi Everyone! Well I just had to share my experience from this weekend!!
I was out and about yesterday cleaning up stuff in the yard and trying to get a little more organized for winter.
Well I was out by my chicken house and I kept hearing this high pitch "peep" "peep". I gotta be honest, i...
I have a large mix breed goat and he hurt his foot a few months ago.. He is able to walk on it.. but he is still favoring it. Does anyone have any suggestions how i can get it back to normal?
I thought about locking him in a small area so he can't use it.. but he will have a fit... so that is...
Hello! I have a baby pygmy goat and she is coughing.. it is getting worse and i was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions before I take her to the vet.
I have my feed store lady looking into if i can use the horse cough on her, since it appears my mini-horses have just started a slight...
Winter is a coming and I want to move my chickens into the barn. They free range all day long and go into their house before dark. Their house is quite old and my husband and I are actually stripping it down and making it much cleaner, newer, and easier to work with.
Are plan is to move the...
My chickens are laying finally! Granted i think the eggs are coming from my newest chickens and not the ones I have been waiting to lay since what seems like forever, but anyways.
I wanted to know - I am hoping to get some baby chicks from these girls that are laying.. but it seems they aren't...
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I am starting to get a little more organized on my farm which is making my life so much easier! Anywho - I have about 50 chickens now (started out with 12 or so) and I am trying to make sheets up on the chickens that includes their age, breed, name, etc. So I can keep track of all...
Alright I have had my chickens since May.. They are big, healthy, and active...... Now here is my dilemma.....
My chickens free Range from about 7 am till dark - which is now around 7 p.m. I constantly see them eating grass, bugs, etc. Well I feed them in the morning.. They eat till their...