We had two hens hatch chicks about three weeks ago. We have kept the hens separate from each other and the other two hens and one rooster, with their chicks. They could all see each other through fences. In general, our chickens are free range during the day, in the coop at night, and we have...
We have a "pair" of ducks, on Mallard female, one Runner male - they are about a year old. The female just hatched 15 ducklings in the last couple of days. We have a large irrigation pond, where they swim every day. They took the babies to the pond today for their first swim, and we noticed...