I have a very broody Hen, she is laying on my fake egg and won't get off. I don't have a rooster to mate with the hens, but I do have Muscovy ducks, the male is mating often with the females and we get an egg every few days. However, I don't find them right away, Muscovy hens not broody at...
I went out to feed my Muscovy ducks and one of the females didn't move. I thought she might be egg bound and walked up to her, she tried to get away and that is when I saw the injury on her back - just at her tail. I picked her up and put her in a sink full of water, I could tell she wasn't...
My neighbor had a feral chicken lead her 7 chicks into her old coop. They didn't want them but she couldn't chase the mom and her chicks away. The mom found a safe place and didn't want to give it up. She was afraid her husband was going to take matters into his own hands. So she asked if I...
We have some feral chicks but feel we need a mother hen for them to stay out in the yard. We fear to put any of our other hens with the chicks in case they don't accept the chicks, and I wouldn't know which hen to choose either. I've heard that Silkies are the more nurturing type of chickens -...
I have some feral chickens that come into my yard and look for food. One, I call Hoppy, because she only has use of one leg, is one I would love to catch and keep in my coop with the rest of my flock. She has a difficult time scratching for food, she is so skittish that the doves will scare...
I found a goose on the road today - it seemed out of sorts, very wet and wobbling around, it couldn't fly and wouldn't run. I was able to catch it and get it off the road. I brought it home and put it into my extra chicken coop space by itself. I just don't know what to feed it. Is it...
I have a backyard chicken coop and have been googling questions I have and have found some answers on the threads here. I have a variety of chickens, most are older and I think are aging out of laying very much. We have purchased our chickens from people around the island so we have quite a...