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My ducks free range during the day, but are locked up in a small pen at night. Their pen is 7'x12' in my horse barn. The pen flooring is limestone dust covered by sand. There is no good way to keep the pen clean. It is always a filthy stinky mess. I have the water contained so that is no...

We had two of this cross. One looked similar to a Blue Slate, and the other looked much like a Bourbon Red.

It seems that everything I've read makes Jumbo Coturnix seem better than Standard. Is there any drawbacks to the Jumbos? Any reason one would suggest starting with Standard instead?

Thanks! I actually want her to go broody, as I don't have an incubator yet. Are they decent moms in their first season, or should I take the babies away when they hatch and put them in a brooder?

Will a bourbon red hen go broody in her first laying season?

The way our work schedules are the only day we could process before Christmas would be 7 days prior. Is it okay for the turkey (heritage breed) to rest in the refrigerator for 7 days, or is that too long? What container should it be stored in? Airtight bag? In water?

Well, "she" crowed this morning. I guess I have my answer. :(

I have 15% protein for the chickens and 20% for the turkeys. Which is more appropriate for the ducks? They have their own pen, so either choice is just as easy for me. They are adult Pekins and Blue Swedish. They free range all day and are in the pen at night.

Our first turkeys... Blue Slate x Bourbon Red mixes.

Thanks! I kept them in for 3-4 days, then started letting them out late afternoon for a couple hours, then herd them in before dusk and had food waiting in the pen. It is working really well. They are now free range all day, and are getting easier and easier to herd in at night to get their...

I'm not sure exactly how old it is. We got it as a young pullet, the seller didn't know exact age. I don't know how to tell if the hackles and saddle feathers are pointy... They look similar to my other pullets walking around, but when I look at them up close the tips of the feathers do...

I think it is considered single comb. This picture kind of shows it. Does that make a difference? I don't want to eat "her" if she might be a hen... Quote:

This is supposedly an Easter Egger pullet, but I noticed that the tail feathers are getting really long and curved... None of our hens have tail feathers like that, and I am now concerned that "she" may be a cockerel. However, our rooster does not seem to have any problem with it, no picking...

Thanks. The breeder didn't say whether they are standard or bantam. The Polish is significantly bigger than the EEs though. I've been thinking the Polish is a cockerel also... I am far from an expert (this is my first chicks), but the little Polish is so bold compared to the others, and has...

I got a couple bags to try, since the feed store had it on sale, making the price comparable to the layer feed I normally get. Not sure that I'd pay full price for it, especially since it is only a 40 lb bag and normally costs more than 50 lb layer feed. I've only been feeding it for a week...

My first group of chicks in the brooder. Hoping for pullets... Any guesses? 4 week old Silver Laced Polish: 4 week old blue Easter Egger: 4 week old Easter Egger: (and what color is this?)

How long should I keep adult ducks in their new coop initially to train them to come in every night? Two of them are Pekins that we have had for a couple months, but they have been 24/7 free range until now. We just got 5 more Blue Swedish. They are all in the coop together, getting along...

At what age can Guinea Keets live outside? The coop is in a 3 sided shedrow barn, and has wind break baseboards on the mesh walls. The weather here is currently 70s-80s during the day, and lows in the 50s at night.

Our Muscovy is a really good flier... I saw her fly from the barn yard up high and across a 4 acre field to land on a 2 story house quite far away. So maybe we will try Muscovies again, but get them younger, get a couple, and clip wings... ? Do drakes of different breeds live together okay...

Thanks, I do like our Muscovy girl, but she doesn't seem to want to live here, just visit once in a while.... Not sure how I would catch her. I wish I would have thought to clip her wings before we let them out. Both times I've seen her I have thrown some scratch to her and she eats it for a...