Hello all! I woke up this morning to let my 6 ducks out. 3 of the ducks are still ducklings at 8 and 7 weeks. The other 3 are adult pekins. Well, underneath the baby ducklings was this tiny egg! I don't think my adult birds laid it...could one of the ducklings have laid it?
We have 2 Rouen Ducklings that are close to 9 weeks old. Not sure of their sex, although one seems to be making a raspier sound. We bought them from Tractor Supply. Our duck area is too small for the 6 that we have now. The 2 Rouens are on chick grower, lettuce treats, and are able to free range...
Hello all. I have a 5 week old Pekin duckling that has thrashed 3 times, in about 19 hours. We will hear her in the brooder, and when we get there she is laying, thrashing her wings, her neck in a strange position. Is it a lack in her nutrition? She is on starter/ grower, with added yeast flakes...
Hello! I have 5 hens that are now 21 months old. Two of them molted this past December and are back to their beautiful feathery selves:) The other 3 haven't yet. Is this a cause for concern, or will the girls molt in their own time? I have a string of rope lights that turn on in their coop...
I have a 13 week old Buff Orpington roo who is as big as my year and 3 month old hens. My roo has 7 of "his" hens that he was grown up with. They are all his same age, and he treats them as a roo should. My two flocks ( the 5 older hens and the roo with his 7 younger hens) are separated in a...