Well, so this will be a different kind of post :) No questions, just chatter....
Two years ago we got our first chicks and ducklings. Our three ducks turned out to be 2 girls and a male. One of our girls disappeared, but the other two paired off nicely. Last year they hatched out about 10...
Today we were finally able to get a look at our ducks nest she'd been sitting on under the coop, while she was out drinking... she hatched out some eggs we let her sit on!!!! Its her first nest, she's a year old.... I'm so proud of her, but now I'm not sure what to do.... We house our 3...
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My not yet year old Ameruacana EE just died. She was acting normal and laying wonderful and then this afternnon my hubby went to check on the chickens this afternoon and she was laying in the coop dead. I want to know why... any suggestions? What about all her eggs she was laying, can we...
We were so excited to have our chickens and own homegrown eggs. A few weeks ago though, my husband got sick, we thought it was the flu. Turns out, every time he eats the eggs, or even food cooked with them, he gets an upset, crampy stomach. Today I ate a brownie made with our eggs, and I feel...
We didn't think we were getting eggs, you know, since it's been cold and all... Well, we were wrong, the chickens and duck just got smart and were hiding them... Apparently, one of our other girls started laying (we only had 1 laying chicken and 1 laying duck) and we found 15 eggs!!!!!! We think...
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We have a mean RIR rooster that is sitting in the brooder pen right now. Our Lucy became a Lou and he just got too mean. I'd like to kill him and eat him. This is our first set of chickens, so we're new to EVERYTHING.... can you please offer some very dumbed-down advice to me please...
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I have 3 ten week old chickens and one looks like it has a pox on it. These are our first chickens and they are housed with our 3 ducks... Is there anything that I should do or let it run its course?
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We bought our 3 chicks from our local feed store, who'd bought them from a hatchery, and said they were sexed. A few days ago, I heard what sounded like crowing, and I swear it was my barred rock... and now looking at my RIR I'm thinking my lucy is a he too I had hoped I'd have all...