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Oh fellow flocksters, I am heartsick. I awoke this morning after a night of 17 degree temps and the ducks not wanting anything to do with the house I built. The pond is frozen over,but not enough to walk on. I see an awful sight. Two of my 5 Muscovies are standing on the pond where two coves...

I am butchering a Cochins roo who was not playing well with the flock. On scalding and plucking the heavily feathered (outside edges only) feet, I found what appears to be an anomaly in toes as well. First toe that would correspond to a index finger and second toes are all good and as expected...

This is an EE x Isa Brown. I guess the back story on the Isa is a Delaware white. But her mom was quite a lot like herm

Have a small bowl of herbal tea and extracts to give him by itself, so you know he is drinking some. Garlic is a natural antibiotic. I crush this and put it in their water. A clove (small piece, not a whole head) apple cider vinegar with the mother (grainy cloudy parts) like Bragg's ( one capful...

I hatched 7 of 8:eggs in an incubator before I knew Muscovies were "hard" to hatch. Ignorance is bliss. One male of the 7 started picking at the other ducklings' incoming primaries on their wings while they had a blood supply. I came home from work to a real mess. I butchered the male after...

I would give her "magic water", a few small chips of garlic clove(antibiotic) a capful of apple cider vinegar with the mother in it for gut health and resilience, and a drizzle of molasses for energy in a quart of warm water, so the molasses dissolves. The blackened portion above the trimmed...

I have 9 chickens, transitioning from pullet to hen. Today, in Feb., when they are supposed to be laying off of laying eggs, I got a personal best of 6 eggs. One looks like a newbie egg. Two are black australorps, 3 are black sex links, three are Isa browns and there is one barred...

Hi Susan! I've been looking around the backyard chicken raising idea most of the summer. I think it's wonderful to be more self sufficient and to take a big part in where the food on the table comes from. Right now I would starve living out of my back yard, but the gardens will be expanded and I...