I have a broody chicken, I have no rooster. I have tried picking her up to move her out to free range ( mostly just to steal the eggs). Every time she pecks at me and scratches. Advice?
I have a hen that has a 2.5 inch circle on her lower chest belly area that has no feathers and is red and dry. Any ideas? I nedd to take a picture but I need another set of hands
my chickens normally free range in the after noon and find the way to to coop by 3:30 but the snow... I'm guessing has them all messed up. One decided to roost on my front lawn and one of the others is now missing im sure she is roosting some where but finding her in 5 acres proves to be pretty...
either all my ducks are laying or 2 of them are laying 2 a day. I thought the Peking and mallard eggs would look different but the egg math is a little off
I have one hen that lays a soft egg about every other day or so. I don't know if she has ever layed an egg with a hard shell. Any suggestions?
I am giving her oyster shells as much as possible.... i don't think i can shove it in her beak
So all of my birds dont do the typical thing and lay there eggs in the morning they lay at some point while they free range. I stumbled on a nest with 2 dozen eggs today! Any ideas how to stop this????
I figured i should start thinking how im going to alter the coop for the winter because how it is now is not going to work for the 12 birds ( 6 Ducks & 6 Chickens)
What is necessary for them to survive and be as happy as they can be when its -10 or lower out?
My duck Peata has never been dry. She never has loved to preen and her getting soaked is getting worse lately. I have the feeling it has something to do with her oil gland not working correctly.
Should i wash her in soap and warm to get all the mud off her?
Should i quarantine her so she...
I have 4 mallards that are 6 weeks that sound all different but they seem to be getting a green sheen on there heads. Do the females have a bit of a green sheen and the males have the true green???? Help! I don't want 4 males.
I have one duck that i have the feeling has no clue how to preen. "Pita" is such a mess when done swimming it just walks around soaked. It is 6 weeks old now. the 3 others are normal, One is almost fully feathered, one is not far behind, and lastly "Quattro" is starting to get feathers (I'm not...
I have a mallard that we thought was a female because of its quack but i noticed a green sheen. "It" is only 5 weeks.... i'm guessing It is a male. Agree or Disagree?
I have tried everything in my house this week peas, carrots, pasta, grapes, oatmeal, and it cant think of what else. But "It" doesn't like anything. I'm trying to get "It" to warm up to me. The others love most that i listed (they weren't crazy about carrots) i would like more ideas on what they...
I have 4 mallard ducklings that are 8 days old 3 of them are doing just fine. The other one has a foot that is hurt It wont stand on it, and It barely stands on the other one. What do i do??????