hi all I recently had a duck go missing. This is my first time raising ducks. I have 30 chickens and now only 1 duck. My question is. Do I need to separate a new duck from my flock of chickens and my 1 duck. Donald( yes Donald is a girl lol). I would like to get her a new friend as all she does...
So back in May I ordered 4 chicks. 2 brahmas 1light 1 dark. and 2 Cochins 1 black and 1 partridge. Well one Cochin died and the light Brahma turned out to be a rooster. My question is which one is which.
Hi all I have decided to try my hands at ducks. My question is this. I got 6 duck eggs from my neighbor to put under my hen. The eggs are dirty. Do I keep them like that or do I clean them somehow.
hi my hen red is not moving very good. She’s 4 yrs old and has always been in good health. I couldn’t find anything wrong. No bumble foot no mites she looks good but she won’t move unless I go to pick her up. I live in NH. She wouldn’t even eat the treats I gave them. I did give them cottage...
Ok first this was totally my fault and I'm feeling like sh t about it but I need your opinions. My little ee got out last night and by the time I realized she wasn't in the coop I couldn't find her. She is black. So anyway I live in nh and this morning I found her. No head and her belly was...
i have 5 appenzeller spitzhaubens. They all grew up together and are 3 and a half months old. I put them in a coop that is 4x8 and a fenced in area with plenty of room. They cannot see the girls. They r on the opposite side of the yard. Do you all think they will get along in the coop and run...
Just a short story about today. so today I took my meat birds and 2 roosters to get processed from a man in my nearby town. I was debating if I wanted to try to give away the roosters or have them culled. Because they are only 5 months old and really pretty. They are not mean and very good to...
Ok so I noticed that some of my hens were missing feathers. Mostly on the front of the neck and I have one barred rock that has no head feathers. She looks kind of funny. I should name her kojack lol. But any way. I was out with my flock tonight and I seen my glw picking the feathers of my...
My son just went to close up the meat birds coop and he found one hobbling on this leg. They r 6 weeks old today. They r rangers is there anything I can do for her for now
So I put my 3 week old baby rangers outside in their own little coop tonight. I couldn't stand smelling them since they were right beneath my bedroom in the guest room. I'm very nervous only because this is the first time I have ever brooded outside with out a mama hen. I have a heat lamp out...
I have 5 chicks that have 3 mamas. They have all been in separate areas.
Here's my question. They are 4 weeks old today. Still with the mamas. Can I put them all together now in 1 pen without them killing each other or are they too old.
I would not be putting the mamas in with them.
So I went out to the coop today and heard little peeping. I was so excited, I had a baby chick hatch a day early. So I went inside to get my crate ready to bring mama and baby plus 1 egg inside only till this cold spell is over. I went out to check on them and I found a very cold chick on the...
Hi all this is day 16 for my 3 broody hens. When should I close off the nest to the other hens. I don't want to move the broodies as I had a bad experience with that last time. When do the Brodie's go into their own lockdown. I don't want to close it off too early so they can't get food and water