Mother of 3 kids,Wife to a great husband who like's my chickens and 1 very spoiled great dane.I have 16hens ,1 giant turken rooster and 3cochin boys,1mean little rascal rooster and 1 beautiful but sassy rooster.Additions a baby turken and another cochin/easter egger mix Miss Butter, New babies...
Yep I think it was a fox, we did some research and it seems to be the predator..
I am soo sad:hit it got my favorite roo's .... Butter(BO) has been cleaned up and her back is smothered in neosporon, she is with two little chicks that can't be left alone yet.
Eating is fine and she is drinking...
I came to find 4 chickens and 1 duck dead.
Whatever it did it killed them and left the others, Butter got away but her back is bare and she has these huge gashes on it.
Can I use steri strips on it.??
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I do have one meany on my hands right now but he is going to have to go soon. The way I see it is if they are mean and nasty and you can't teach them a "lesson" as to not attack you then you need to get rid of them. I like to do mine myself because I know how I do it and I guess I'm a...
Thanks, is the hygrometer in the hardware section at walmart??
I don't know how to regulate the humity since it has 3 wells to pour water in . will it hurt if I just fill all 3 full?? I am probably not going to do it but I am just curious if that's why theres 3 .
I got my temp to stay at...
ok so I have the incubator running , it's been on for a few hours, so I am needing some tips
I am using a Little Giant still air incubator.I have pekin and possibly pekin-runner mix eggs to go in tonight.
I have looked online and some people say 99.5 degrees but the humidity is confusing. I have...
Wow how cool I wish I could help since cochins are one of my favies!! But I don't have a working incubator, I think my heating wafer is broke. and I am still a newbie even after 3 years at this. I am askin this question if it's dumb it's because i don't know this,
The Silver bird in the picture...
Thats where i got my pekins
I can tell the boys from girls by the curl in the tail - means it's a boy. but mine are still 2 young for that. but one I think is a female she is very loud and quacks alot. The 2 runners I have I am not sure of yet ones tail looks girly but i am waiting a while...
Thats so cute. I am pretty sure mine are, they weren't at full attention when I was taking my pictures. I see the tail curls on my other ducks . so I will keep looking at bums and listening.lol
I wanna see pictures!!!
Dang it I need an incubator that works and i'd hatch theses babies out myself. I now have 10 eggs as of this morning.yeahh I am so excited.
i want to see your pictures of your 1/2 runner and 1/2 pekin ducklings, if mine are mixed I want to know if I'd be able to tell the difference between the babies. I also have a pure drake thats a pekin, so theres a chance for a few pure ones to.
Or if anyone knows a site that has pictures.
Thanks
Sorry they are all wet in the picture, it's raining today and I swear we live in a bog so they are having lots of fun playing in all the stupid puddles. I can tell for sure that one of my pekins a girl she is loud but the runners are quieter. I will keep listening to them I have a black male...
OMG I want some of those. They are so cute, I happen to like turken and frizzles and cochins!!! You should throw in a golden laced polish for coloring. I know nothing of genetics I just think the coloring with all the traits would be cool. GREAT JOB!!!
I have a few neat looking creations out...
I am so excited I finally got some polish this year I have a golden laced, a sliver laced? or spangled not sure yet and one that is all grey and then has a white head?? Kennyog you had one in your picture can you tell me what it is??
I want in on this too, My little goat barn burned down a few weeks ago and my poor babies are sleeping in an industrial shipping crate
We don't want a huge barn but if you look at the prices they are too much, We went to a place that does both steel, pole and those prebuilt little storage barns...
See how theres a little dark coloring around it's bill, Is that a sign of a boy or girl? One has it and the ther does not. Are these fawn and white runners? they stand upright when the run. I have a black runner but he's like a year old and these are still babies, I got them in April.
I am sorry, it stinks to lose them after all that waiting and stres!! I have been having the same luck here at my place, not with ducks but my stupid hens.I finally had enough and sold all 3 broodies to a lady who wanted them to just sit on her peacock eggs! They were all terrible , I only got 2...
I do have more ducks, I have 2 pekins 1 I am sure it's a girl she is loud like the other girl I have.I also have 2 I think fawn and white runners. I ned to ask a duck person about the runners beaks coloring. next post