I live in the foothills of Colorado and have super durable cold weather chickens so I usually don’t worry about my girls and the cold. However, they are currently molting and we’re getting a huge snow storm and a temp shift down to 2 degrees. I have a large dog cage (plenty big enough for 5...
I have a Cuckoo Maran and she has been laying for a week. Everyday. However, only one egg has been usable. Most have been broken. Sometimes she lays an egg and a half shell? They are also different colors, one was a beautiful speckled like cuckoos are supposed to lay, the good egg was a...
My buff duck just hatched 7 babies. Her mate is a crested. The babies don’t look like either. Some are a darker yellow, others are brown with stripes. None seem to have crests, though it is day 1 so it’s possible we just can’t make them out yet.
Does anyone have any pictures of grown buff +...
My drake, Don, died about a week ago. We’ve had a terrible time with a bear. We even added hot wire, but Don thought he was a hero and must have stuck his head out of the fence to try and get it because it got ripped off. We added fine mesh fencing so we think we’re secure now, that’s not the...
I have a year old crested drake and a year old buff duck. They were raised together and are best friends. Whenever I change the pond water the drake tries to get busy, but... it doesn’t seem like he is completing the job. Sometimes she gets annoyed and just gets out of the pool. I’ve heard ducks...