Almost two weeks ago while brush hogging our field I ran right over (and killed) a mother duck (Mallard). Sure enough, she was setting on ten eggs.
My wife, daughter and I buried the momma where she laid along with her nest. We then gathered up the eggs. We have had two brooding hens for...
We have a nice big rooster that we would like to give away to a good home.
He came with a mix of chicks last spring. The reasons we are getting rid of him are (1) we have no intentions of breeding our hens (but he sure does) and (2) he can be a little aggressive toward some people at times...
It took me a long time to convince my wife that we should have chickens. I guess that if she would have realized the entertainment value, we would have had them much sooner!
I call this guy Captain Kanga...roo
Our best layer...we lost her sister to a fox.
We aren't quite sure what...