She only sat and hatched five of these ducklings herself. Four came from a friend's incubator, but since the hatch times overlapped I thought I would see if she would accept them. She's amazingly content with them.
Her hatch rate was 100 percent and the friend I shared eggs with to incubate...
Kept a count of eggs from my layers this (Dec 12-18). All the birds are less than a year old. I have 2 breeds of ducks and 4 breeds of chickens. All my birds forage freely on my 5 acres during the day except my Rhode Island Reds who have a run.
Best layers were my Welsh Harlequin ducks. I have...
Photo is of guinea eggs next to an egg from one of my Rhode Island Reds. This is my first year with laying guineas. I read that they were seasonal layers. They started laying in March and I am still getting eggs in November. Is their season usually that long?
Hi, I'm Jon and returning to chickens after not having any for thirty years. Was not a fan of after school chores and spending spring break cleaning a coop. But now have 9 birds in mobile coops, instead of 2000 back on the family farm. Have a silkie that's been setting for a week and bantam...