Came home from work tonight to a bunch of feathers from my 9-month old Ancona. found her hanging out in the veggie patch, acting pretty normal (she ate a treat that I offered her), but she has clearly been attacked by something, and there are a couple of puncture wounds. The most damage is on...
I've had 2 orpington ducks (both hens) for about 2 1/2 years, but last week something got into the backyard while I was at work and got one of them. They were inseparable, calling out whenever one was out of sight of the other, so now I'm worried about the remaining one. In addition, the chicken...
Hi! My vet gave me a couple of ducks that she found in her neighborhood (she kept them for several days while she tried to find out where they belonged but no one claimed them). She thought they were Khaki Campbells, but based on the pictures I've seen here it looks to me like they may be Buff...
I just put a new 5-gallon-bucket-with-chicken-nipples waterer in my coop, and it took my girls all of about 30 seconds to figure it out. They're obviously very smart.
Total newbie here...
I got 3 girls last week, different ages but they were all between 6-8 weeks old. The guy I got them from was not feeding them medicated feed. Should I start now? I know that the point of it is to help them develop their little immune systems, so would they still need it, or...
Just signed up and just brought home my first 3 girls- Trixie (Rhode Island Red), Jemimah (Buff Orpington), and Charlotte (Barred Rock). Their coop should be done in a few days. I'm SO EXCITED! I'll post images as soon as I figure out how...