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We have a pair of American Buff geese, Laverne and Curly, along with our 3 ducks and 19 chickens. They are normally on the quiet side walking around their pen but can get very loud when something alarms them, such as a stranger, or when they see my wife or me. They don’t really fly, but I have...

We have a pair of buff geese and 3 ducks to go along with our 19 chickens. They are very loud when strangers enter the area and they do keep a very sharp eye on the sky for hawks, much more so than the chickens. Depending on how far off the hawks are, they cautiously go about their business...

We ordered 4 ducks from Metzer Farms. They shipped from CA to AL without any problems. They are now 7 weeks old and all are doing great.

We have 2 American Buff geese and 4 ducks all hatched on May 1 and being raised together. About a week ago the female gosling started biting the male gosling and pulling feathers. He doesn't fight back. When the ducks have bit at him he doesn't stand for it and bites back. The female's attacks...

We have a red sex link that has given us an egg each day for the past 73 days. She consistently gives us 6-7 extra-large eggs per week. Our barred rock and speckled Sussex do very well at 5-6 eggs each per week, although the speckled produces smaller eggs than the other 2. We also got an...

I had one chicken that pulled and ate feathers from the other chickens, even picking up feathers from the ground and eating them. She even created a bald spot around the vent of one of the other chickens. They all had plenty of room, food, water, BOSS and a cabbage tether ball, but the picking...

Our run is totally enclosed in hardware cloth. The only time I close the coop door is if it is going to get really cold at night. We have everything from coyotes to raccoons, hawks to rattlesnakes in the area and nothing has gotten into the run in the last 7 months.

We use sand in our covered run and the chickens do great with it. Inside the coop we use pine shavings because it seems warmer than sand. In the run the sand is very easy to maintain. I just rake it once or twice a week. Our run is at the base of a hill but the sand has excellent drainage and...

My wife and I are new to chickens but enjoying every minute. We have 5 chickens that are 12 1/2 weeks old. We have a Golden Laced Wyandotte, Speckled Sussex, Austrolorp, Barred Rock and a red sex link. We can't have a rooster so we are hoping all are pullets.Not worried about the sex link, but...