I found a young 3-4 week old crested pekin that was dropped off at the park. I was able to catch him and have a coworker holding him until I can find him a home located in Cape Girardeau Mo
So It's been a few months since my other post. My chickens got infested with lice at the beginning of summer and I had to treat my whole flock for it. When that happened I had noticed their backs were bare. At that time I had 5 hens and 2 roosters (one rooster grew up and didn't know it was a...
So my beautiful favorite Polish chicken died last night. Im not sure how, but I held her as she took her last breaths. I'm pretty sure she had a blockage in her intestines, but this post isn't about how she died it's about her offspring. I quickly ran to the coop this morning and gathered all...
I am assuming this is lice, but I haven't noticed my chickens showing any symptoms. Honestly, the only way I found out of these bugs/eggs on them was because my rooster started mounting my hens more and they were losing feathers on their back so I was putting saddles on them. In their vent area...
I know 2 different parks near me that have a bunch of domestic ducks, peking, some cayuga and other breeds I know aren't able to fly. Theres a TON of Muscovy ducks but I read online they can fly. Will these other breeds be okay during the winter if they cant fly away? If all the muscovy ducks...
I have a Barred Ameraucana Cross Rooster, (I'm making this post late at night and don't have a picture so I looked it up) -- which this image is from cackle hatchery and it's classifying this as a Black Sex Link. My two hens are Ameraucana purebreds and I wondered what I'd get if I crossed them...
So I'm new to BYC and I have a post already going about my Twin duck egg over here : https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/twin-ducklings-in-1-egg-what-should-i-expect.1419696/ which is included in this clutch of hatch-a-long ducks :) I will be updating this top original post with the...
Does anyone have any experience on hatching twins? My duck laid a twin egg that has already passed it’s estimated survival milestone and they are due to hatch in a week and a half. I know that hatching with twins in the egg is extremely dangerous. One is currently positioned on the big side of...
I am currently incubating 14 duck eggs at my house, and they should be available starting on October 8th. This is my first set of duck eggs to sell after incubation and my parents are worried I will have all of these ducks at our house because I won't be able to sell them. What is the best way...