Planning a three sided coop/run in North Central Tx. I'm considering corrugated plastic sheet roofing over the whole thing. I was curious if anyone knew if having the run entirely shaded could affect the girls' egg production? And in the interest of mitigating the Texas summer heat as much as...
Okay so I picked up a few day old ducklings back in May for my poor overzealous broody Muscovy who unsuccessfully sat on 25 eggs in late winter. (I think she realized her mistake as she's currently attempting to hatch a clutch of just 1 lol). Anyway she ended up being the proud mother of three...
He's a good boy, we just dont have the girls for him. When he isn't trying to mate anything smaller than him, he's gentle, quiet, and just slightly standoffish. Unfortunately his desire to reproduce has him terrifying the rest of our yard.
So I bought some Bantams so my adopted stray bantam roo can hopefully have some girlfriends. (Not sure he gets what he wants from our full size hens lol). I didn't go looking for anything in particular other than kind of hoping I'd find a silkie. They're from an assorted bantam bin. The feed...
So is this a pip? I've got two eggs under a muscovy that look like this out of a clutch of 15-20 there's growth in the others as well. There's just two with what I think are pips. I haven't had eggs hatch since I was about 6 years old and I didn't expect this batch. I honestly thought mama duck...
I have looked it up a couple different ways and not found a straight answer. I have been trying to plan a coop build but before I can finalize any design I need to clarify one thing. Each adult standard size chicken needs a minimum of three square feet. Is that IN the coop itself (ie the...
I'm currently doing research for a new flock, I kept chickens throughout most of my childhood but it's certainly been a whole minute. I would like 8 chickens no more than 2 roos. I am thinking 3 EEs, at least one Dominique and one buff Orpington (for nostalgias sake they were my favorites as a...