This morning my husband let the flock out of their coop and into their chainlinked yard where the two giant pekin ducks live.
We have an aviary in the chicken yard with 4 bantams and 2 male guineas (3 mos old).
We have 15 pullets and an old bantam rooster in the coop.
I have been waiting for...
OK, You have too many eggs. You sell some, give some away, sell them for hatching, hard boil them and feed them back to chickens (which is limited because you don't want them only eating eggs), you fix them for your family for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
But you still have too many...
The Terrible Twos (two month old chicks and their unwilling behavior)
Whether born into the family or adopted, chicks come to you in cotton ball size, their innocence making them loveable and you protective. You have just become the parent of a small brood. The fussing over temperature...
We bought 2 Pekin ducklings who are about 6 to 7 weeks old. They are huge. Already look full grown with lots of weight. We have always raised ducks but these are astoundingly big for their age. Can anyone tell me more about Pekins vs Jumbo Pekins?
Try to remember that roosters are protectors of your little flock of egg layers. They are doing their job and you want to kill them for that.
When I was a little kid, we had 3 eggs in our first incubator. Only one hatched. It was an araucana rooster. He was like our little puppy, very spoiled...