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Hi Duck-lovers, I have a recently mature pair of Cayuga that I have raised since spring in a large enclosure w/water feature. I wanted to add some additional ducks and scored 2 Muscovy and 2 runners (12 wk old and beautiful) at a bird auction. They are healthy, and I tried to introduce them...

Hi BYC, I have 7 chickens in my coop/run. 2 D'anvers and 1 Silkie are of laying age and had been giving me an egg a day. The have not laid in 3-4 weeks. Not molting. My spring chickens are 21-22 weeks now. 1 BR, 1 RIR, 1 EE, and 1 BA. Their combs are red, they squat, I hear the occasional...

All of the golf balls I had in the nesting boxes to encourage the "almost ready" ladies to lay have been relocated under my Silkie. I got a month of eggs out of her and POOF she's broody. I keep checking under her, but all I find are more golf balls.... Uh oh... Maybe she has started laying...

Hello BYC, I have a mixed group in my coup. 3 banties that are of age and have been giving me eggs for a month or so, and 4 others (RIR, BR, BA, EE) that were hatched in late March. My three little girls have not been laying in the past week, although I just moved/rearranged the coop and they...

Hello all, I kept crossing my fingers, hoping it wouldn't happen. Silly, I know. But this morning I was greeting by droppings in both the chicken an duck runs, and what appeared to be temp nests in the straw as well. Haven't seen any, but they are definitely around. I live in an urban...

Hi there. In my current flock I have 5 9 week old chicks and 18 week D'anvers. The D'anvers have been laying now and again for the past week or so. For some reason, I had this vision of Farmwife Jane going out to the coop and collecting eggs in every morning, but that's wrong isn't it? Do...

Hi! I am brand spankin new to the urban farm scene and have happily torn up my yard, re-purposed my car port, started eating local and have a small flock of chickens, quail, and ducks. I have a few rabbits for breeding meat for the dogs, cats and the boy-friend, and I have starting fishing. I...

I purchased a polish pullet from a local farm. Punky is supposed to be from a 4/5/10 hatch and has remained much smaller than her similarly aged cousins the Americaunas, Rocks and Rhode Islands. I was holding out that she might be a banty, but now am concerned that she isn't a she at all...