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Thank you guys. Ill let you know it turns out with our one little baby. (We'll probably try and find her a duckling or two for friends from someone nearby.)

No, not insulted at all. Yes, they have 24/7 access to water. The bag of food is band new, and I haven't seen signs of mold or even rodents having affected it yet. What could aa viral infection be? Sadly, I lost the sick one, and am down to my last duckling. If there are any preventative...

We ordered twenty six, But the order was mixed up and we were sent only twenty three. That issue was already resolved with the Hatchery. So far! I've emailed the Hatchery about this issue and got no response. Purina, unmedicated chick/duck starter and grower. I don't know the brooder...

We ordered our ducks from efowl hatchery months ago, and finally they arrived a little less than a week ago. But, the issue is, after we'd had them for three days, suddenly, seven ducklings were acting weird (not eating, sluggish, etc.) and then just died. The same happened in similar fashion to...

My Wyandotte hen went broody 20 days ago, and we just had the first egg hatch. I have had her in a dog crate with a nest bow, a waterer, and some food, simply because I had trouble getting her to hatch one set of eggs rather than switching nest boxes every couple hours. So, here's my question...

Well Galen, my broody would let me no where near her nest day 5, but today is day seven and I managed to get a good look at all of them. Ther eggs are kinda dirty, but it didnt have an effect last year so I'm not worried. Any opinions on which are live, dead, or were never fertilized in the...

I've heard mixed reviews on rabbit colonies in general, especially angora colonies. What do you guys think? I've talked to a couple people who keep their angoras in a community (bucks in cages though) and they seem to have no issues with fur staining, decrease in quality, etc. what are your...

Almost a year ago I rescued four half sisters, boer x alpine girls. Raising them has been really difficult as they were not socialized with as kids, but we have finally figured them out. We were thinking about using them for dairy, but haven't been able to find an alpine buck owner willing to...

I'm interested in this topic too. I've got horses, goats, chickens and hopefully soon rabbits. It would be really nice to be able to leave my goats and young horses out at night without panicking about predators.

I don't know about the rooster who's missing feathers, I haven't had that happen, but I do know that your two hens without feathers on their backs are probably being over-mated by the dominant rooster. (The one without missing feathers.) The reason their feathers are missing is when he mates...

Since I'm under 18, would I still be able to have my mom enter with me or am I just not allowed?

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I'll participate if one of my hens decides to go broody! (No incubator.) but of course, since I want to set eggs on March 14th, I bet no one will brood. Lol.

Since most of the broody hen threads I've found so far are either ended, or extremely long already, I figured I'd start a new one for anyone else who wanted a slower moving broody hen hatch a long. Well, moving on, one of my favorite hens (from my starter flock) went broody a few days ago. She a...

Oh. Good to know Ol' Grey Mare. At least I'm not doing anything wrong. Thanks for letting me know that... Well, now I'm off to search for a breeder near me.

We ordered cuckoo marans and welsummers last year, hoping for the dark, dark eggs that we keep seeing everywhere. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, those beautiful, dark, dark, chocolatey looking eggs? Well, admittedly their eggs are darker than normal eggs, but not as dark as we...

Since I'm hoping to get some broody hens this year, to hatch, or even just raise some chicks, the main question I have (since practically everything else seems pretty straight forwards) is, can broody hens and their chicks be in with the main flock? Most of my info has been taken from "The...

Oh gosh. Thanks guys. Well, I will definitely be watching my Cochin girls when they start laying! :)

Well, last year I had one hen go broody, and it didn't really turn out well. Heart breaking lay, after three chicks hatched, she cracked her remaining eggs open and killed the rest of the babies. Later, two of her other chicks died, so all in all, I only got one successful chicken from the...

Thanks for everyone's help! The links were especially appreciated, and we'll definitely consider making more improvements, including getting a livestock guardian dog (hopefully).