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Good morning, everyone! So, one of my girls has been sitting on three silky eggs. Sadly, two of the three did not survive, but the third is happy and healthy :). Here's my conundrum and I'm looking for some thoughts. Lucy hatched the baby in an upper level nesting bucket inside the coop...

Approximately one year ago, three little day (or two) old mallards were orphaned at a condo I manage. After attempts at finding a wildlife rehab for them, they simply stayed with me. They have grown up with our chickens, free ranging in our yard. We have never stopped them from going...

OMG guys...so I finally let our insanely broody silky, Betty White, sit on eggs (first time letting a broody hatch). I figured that if she was gonna sit in the corner of the coop for days on end, she may as well make herself useful Here's my sweet girl :) Earlier this week, I walked into...

My Leroy is a jerk, but gosh, I love the guy LOL.

My flock gets uber excited when Abby (barred rock) lays an egg. They get happy about others, but when it's Abby, they rejoice !! This is my daily dose of happiness. It never fails to make me smile.

After what seems like years and years, my girls have finally begun laying. So far, only two of the girls, but we're there!! Anyway, two days ago, the girls were squawking up a storm and I got SO excited I nearly tripped halfway down to the coop . Sure enough, I got down there and found...

So someone told me that feeding cracked corn to your chickens makes them overheat. I've looked but have not found anything to substantiate this. However...the ducks LOVE cracked corn, but I've purposely not fed it because a) they are together and b) it's like death valley in MD right now and...

So...we upgraded the ducks to a larger pool a few days ago. That same day and the next two, they spent nearly all of their time floating, swimming, and had a blast. Two days ago, I drained it and filled it back up. Ducks have not gone in. I put one in today, the other two jumped in shortly...

Hey all - So...my chickens free range every evening from about 5:30 PM until dusk, when they put themselves to bed. There are several water stations in their run, but I don't have any out in the yard when they are out. Should I? Or, if they are thirsty, will they go find it and drink...

We've had an unusually hot summer here in Maryland, it's been brutal! The humidity has been higher than any year I can remember. The girls and Leroy are doing really well but I'm always concerned about them getting overheated. Their run is fully covered by trees, and only snippets of sun...

Hey all. A friend of mine in California has a sick roo. She took him to the ER vet last evening, I think she said he's on Clavamox and also a pain med, for an injury. Vet wasn't hopeful he would make it through the night but he did. He's sitting up today, took a little bread but nothing...

I have three wild, orphaned mallards that are approximately 9 weeks old. My best guesstimate is that they were only 2-3 days old when we brought them in. When they were about 3-4 weeks (give or take), we put them in the run with the chickens. We have predators at night so for the first couple...

Good morning! We currently have 11 hens and a roo. The chickens are (I think) approximately 13-14 weeks, though maybe I should post pics so you guys can confirm :). Anyway, we have about 16,000 sq. ft of space in the backyard that is fenced inside a 6 ft. high chain link fence. I really...

Hi all - My name is Aimee Darling and I live in Southern Maryland, near the Chesapeake Bay. I have been lurking here for some time now, simply finding some answers to questions doing a Google search. I finally decided that I should probably just join, since it would be so much easier lol...