I was at the post office at 7am before the first girl arrived to open the door! I got my very first box of day old chicks and I know I was far more stressed then the chicks were. They were peeping up a storm from the moment I wrapped a nice blanket around the box (its snowing out and still cold)...
I'm getting my first brood of day old chicks march 7. I am so nervous and worried to do things right and have been searching online for all the articles pertaining to this. I've read so much about the importance of the right temp for them and the adjustments that need to be made as they grow. My...
i know now that others have poopy bum issues but now i would like to know if i have to keep bringing them in to clean them up or will it eventually fall or will the duck have problems pooping because it wont fall off. i wonder if the poop clump will just keep getting bigger everytime the ducks...
how do you know if your egg has froze if it hasnt cracked yet. my coup is heated but they lay elsewhere, like outside under the coup in the straw my coup is on stilts till we build a walk in barn this year:D
this is my grand daughter feeding Queen Elizabeth before Trooper (bad dog) killed her in the garden under the lilac tree. actually he was play pouncing, sad but true. we were all gardening actually, Queen Elizabeth and her co-herts were scratching up the potatoes i was planting, Troop was...
well i thought i had my mice problem solved when i got my chickens. watching them go after those suckers was as entertaining as one could hope for until they apparently got bored the following year. i watched in horror as the chickens and mice shared the food together in perfect harmony. i was...
what do the backyard chickeners do when the chicken gets old. i dont want to see what happened the first time when i first got my flock. being inexperienced i watched as this poor old hen spent her time alone just standing, sometimes leaning. and one day woke up dead. i have another doing this...
whts best way to make this happen, dustbaths in winter. i figure ill get out the small kiddy wading pool, add sand and dig up dirt from under the snow and maybe bake it if i have too dry it out (sounds crazy but ill try anything once) anyone with an experienced idea?
does anyone else have problems with their ducks poo freezing in clumps and sticking to them. ive been bringing mine into the house and cleaning it off in the tub, who'da guessed this would be an issue