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I got a duck that was approx. 6 months old that was in 2003! (it was sort of a rescue) I am simply amazed, it dawned on my yesterday just how old Quackers was. Any one have a duck live that long? I will say this, he is blind in one eye and don't see well out of the other but it doesn't...

Has anyone raised Amberlink Roos for meat. I thought I was buying two Amberlink pullets at the feed store. Turns out they are both roos. (yes I think I was hoodwinked since they are suppose to be a color sexed breed) They are about 6 weeks old. Are they worth raising another 6 weeks or so...

Ok this is the third year in a row that I've bought chicks at a feed store. I've purchased at two different feed stores. Each time I've bought 6, what are suppose to be pullets, and I've ended up with 3 roosters all three times. This year in my group I bought 1 Buff Minorca, 1 Silver...

Well I think I've seen it all. I am 53 yrs old and have been around chickens my entire life with the exception of the 5 years I was in college. (why finish in 4 it was too much fun ?!!!!). Anyway last night I decided to bring my 6, 5 week old pullets out of the coop for some fresh air and...

My dad and I were talking the other day and I brought up the problem I have with hawks, especially red tails. When I let mine out I have to stay out, the second I turn my back, trouble. We discussed hawks and chickens and dad mentioned that hawks have only been plentiful the last 15 years or...

Anyone out there live in this area? How are you? What are you doing to cope? How are your chickens and how are you getting to them? Pictures to share? I really do sympathize with anyone that is going through this it looks an insurmountable task.

I had two pullets that had poop that was running and the color of butterscotch. The other symptoms were lethargic and what appeared to be gradual paralysis of the wings. I noticed the one pullet who would from the time she learned to roost would launch herself from the roost and fly out to the...

The human door on my chicken coop needs replacing, the bottom is rotting. It is a economy brand standard exterior door that you would put on your house. I never did like the thing but it worked at the time I am wanting something like this 1. I am willing to buy but can't find it anywhere...

A family lost their home to a chicken coop fire in the Barnhardt/Imperial area in Missouri earlier this week. The family had two heats lamps in the chicken coop, somehow the lamps caused a fire in the coop. The winds were very high on this evening and embers from the coop fire caught the house...

Ok guys I bought a couple big breasted white turkeys. They are both hens. They were hatched in late May. I will pick them up this Saturday. It's been numerous years since I've raised my own birds for T-day and Xmas so give me your best suggestions on: 1. feed and living conditions. 2. When...

Ok, I've been around chickens almost 50 years (ok I don't remember the first ten or so) but this has me stumped. 1. About two weeks ago I go out to lock up and there is one of the hens on the floor of the coop walking around and worrying herself sick to find a way up to the roosts. The...

My run is completely covered with bird netting. Yesterday morning I found raccoon poop on top of my netting. I guess it was his way of telling me he was ticked my coop is like Fort Knox.

Since a lot of us raise chickens in cold weather and in the snow here are some of the things I do and have learned over my 40+ years. Hope it helps. 1. I switch from pellets to crumble feed. It takes the hens longer to eat their fill with the crumbles thus giving them less time to get into...

I tried to attach the link but it wouldn't work. Type in "cheeky fox takes on farmer and dog for chickens" and take a look. Not sure what to say about this but I can guarantee you one thing it wouldn't have been a camera i was holding in my hand.

Wild Man sits in a chicken coop and waits for the fox to come in then he catches it with his bare hands. Here is what killed me (no pun intended). In order to catch the fox in the chicken coop he has to have a door installed on the pop door. So after the fox enters he can drop the door...

So Saturday afternoon I do a little preparing for freezing weather. I placed two cynder blocks in the coop with smaller blocks around it. I then place my heated waterer on the two cynder blocks. So, around 4:45 pm I go out to lock up knowing that by this time all the chickens and my two...

Over this past weekend I let the chickens run around the yard ( I need the dogs outside when I do as we have a horrible hawk problem). I was doing a little house cleaning and took the rug from in front of the backdoor out onto the stoop for a good shaking. The chickens were relatively close...

My three ducks and about a fourth of my 23 hens have started molting already. Way too early...no stress cause I know of, all appear very healthy, normal poo, eating and drinking habits. Any one else seeing this?

My coop was destroyed in the April 22nd tornado here in Missouri fortunately the tool shed survived so I had a place to temp. house the birds. The new coop was finished June 16th. I knew there was no reason to attempt to get them in the new coop the first night, so I let them go to roost in...