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My roo full-out attacked me while I was collecting eggs this morning. He's been aggressive toward me a couple times, but I was messing with his girls, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. This time, he just attacked me from behind and tore my legs up! I grabbed him and held him while he tried...

The light was turned on about three weeks ago.

We did add lighting to the chicken coop where they stay on cold nights. It has helped the chickens, but the ducks haven't changed.

I have 6 ducks: 2 Swedish, 2 Cayuga and 2 Welsh Harlequin. My girls started laying in the spring, and I was getting about 4-6 eggs per day in their hut. It was late in Fall when all changed... they started to molt and one girl went broody on a nest she made near my deck! She was sitting on a...

do not buy coops from this company. terrible quality of wood and construction. poor customer service. coop will not last 2 years. build your own.

A month ago, I purchased a silkie rooster, Steve. I decided that I would like to raise silkie chicks, so today I'm going to buy Steve some girlfriends. Once they are full grown, I plan on keeping them in my smaller coop where they won't have to be bullied by my bigger girls. Is it okay to keep...

Thank you so much for the advice! I have seen a bunch of black silkie chicks in my area, so maybe I'll try a few of those :)

I stopped at a Tractor Supply chicken swap by chance and saw a delightful little silkie rooster. The owners were desperate to get rid of him because they already had 3 roosters and "Stella" turned into "Steve"! I've raised chickens for almost 4 years, but I've never had a rooster. Steve turned...

I need some help with landscaping. I appreciate any suggestions. We had to level the coop using landscaping bricks and then we back filled the coop. So the bricks must stay. I would like it to be more visually appealing...

I have 18 chickens. 12 are older girls and are in their own coop. 6 are about 8 months old and are in their own smaller coop. I recently tried to introduce my new Roo, Steve (A Silkie - my girls are all average size) to my flock. I put him into the coop with the younger hens when they went to...

Here are a few views of the house. Some of these pics were taken last year, and I have since put tough livestock wire around the pen. Hope you like them:) How many ducks do you have and what are the dimensions of the enclosure and the house inside? I love it! So adorable!

Update... I decided to administer the Hypericum treatment. I dissolved one tablet in a tablespoon of water and then using a dropper, gave her about 10 drops every 12 hours for one week. We saw a marked improvement in about 3 days when she started to stand on her own without flopping over. She...

Too small for ducks?

So I have had 18 chickens for several years and on an impulse buy, I added 4 ducks to my backyard flock. I currently have 2 coops for my chickens and thought that I would just integrate the ducks into one of those coops. Then I started doing my research and found that chickens and ducks don't...

Update: caw555 she's in no visible pain. Today I went to change her bedding and she was balancing on both feet! When she tried to move, she walked a couple steps and then her little legs slid. I picked her up and the foot/leg that I thought had paralysis responded to my touch. She flinched...

If it's Mareks, what do you advise I do? Some information online is very alarming. I have 18 chickens.... 12 are over 2 years old and 6 are about 3 months.

Great idea! Thank you!

A few days ago, my husband checked on my younger chickens (about 3 months old) and one was not moving around and was laying awkwardly in the run of the coop. Most of the girls were in the coop, due to the extreme cold (single digits with a wind chill of -7), with the heat bulb to keep them warm...

I have two coops: one I built, which is well constructed and extremely functional, and one I bought from a builder near my home. The one I purchased from the builder has a horrible design flaw! The roosts are right beside the nesting boxes and the chickens sleep in/poop in their nesting boxes...

If I just rinse my eggs, am I removing the bloom?