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Hello, I have had this account from waaay back in the day and used to raise lots of chickens and ducks. Its been a few years since I've had my own chickens and ducks but am in a position again to start up again! I'm planning on getting some chicks and ducklings next month. Is there anyone...

Wow, thanks guys! I do believe that is what she is, I have looked through countless pictures and magazines trying to figure out what she was. Now I need more

I have had this hen for a few years and I really love her looks and personality, I just can't figure out what she is. I got her 2 years ago as a left over Easter chick from Privett Hatchery, she was shipped as a hatchery choice all pullet special to my feed store and was the only one that looks...

I had some bantam Wyandottes hatch today and one of them seems to be partridge or something which is entirely impossible with my cross. The mother and father are both blue and I owned both of their parents as well and they were both blue. I thought from a blueXblue I would get 50% blue, 25%...

Thanks for all the feedback so far. I still can't decide on a breed but I feel getting a puppy is best. How should training go? How do you teach a dog their job is with the flock while not letting them alone with the flock till they are older. Actually how old should they be before they are...

So I know there are a lot of threads that go around about which dog breed is best guardian etc but most focus on large breeds. I am thinking of getting a dog to keep hawks away from my poultry. I have a lab now but she is not chicken safe. The yard is an acre fully fenced and the chickens are...

I think it is the calcium content in the chicken feed that would be harmful to the goats. Especially if you have males/wethers. I wouldn't worry about it to much since it wasn't done long term. Just keep an eye on your males to make sure they are urinating and the increases calcium didn't...

Thought I would give an update. Beaker (the duck) doesn't seem to be much better though there has been slight improvement. I take her out to swim in a washtub once a day and leave her out in the yard on the grass (away from all the other ducks) the rest of the day. At night she gets locked in...

I did an epsom salt soak in a container just big enough for her and I don't think she drank any. She can't move the leg at all. It freely moves when I move it but when I let go it just flops. I am at a loss because this doesn't seem to be the typical leg injury. I almost wish there was a...

Thanks for the replies, I guess I will be setting up a hospital crate soon. I have watched her swimming in the pond and she doesn't move the leg at all, nor can she support anything with it. What will the epsom salts do? Could I just put her in a container with epsom salt water to soak?

Hey, I posted a post over on the emergencies board this morning but thought I may have better luck here since it is a duck I am worried about. Long story short I have a Cayuga girl that has broken her leg or dislocated it. I think it may be broken up near her hip on the feathery part of her...

On further investigation I think she broke her leg. Not on the part that is scaly but up higher in her thigh (not sure if that is even correct terminology). She has 100% inability to move that leg and it just flops. She still is perky and does swim and gets around so I don't know what to do...

I have a duck that injured her leg Sunday. I got home late last night and it was dark out when I went to lock the ducks up. All of them came running in except one which was still in the pond. She jumped out and came over using her wing and god leg to get to their cage. I picked her up and...

You carve eggs? I would love to see some pictures of your work!

After I blow them I just run warm soapy water through them until I think they are clean. If you were really worried about bacteria you could maybe try boiling them to sterilize after blowing? I don't know how that would work though, just an idea. The hole on the bottom can be larger because I...

Thanks, I don't think anyone would get sick from my eggs, I collect them every morning and keep them cool. I just don't know how they would handle them and wanted to make sure I wasn't liable for anything. Where can I find my city ordinaces?

I know there has probably been numerous post on this topic but I can't seem to find any. I have recently found a group of international people that want to buy my duck eggs. Appartently they can't find duck eggs at any of the asian or health food stores around here and were very excited to...

Its just her and one other hen so she shouldn't be getting bothered to much. I am in the process of building a broody pen now and should finish it this weekend. I might try moving her into that when it is completed.

I have a SLW hen that went broody about a week and a half ago. I only have 2 hens right now (because of preditors) and no rooster. Because the eggs weren't fertile I took them from her and she just sat on her golf ball for week. Sunday I got some fertile EE eggs and gave 9 of them to her...

Its looking pretty good but you may want a vet to check it out and possibly stitch it. My neighbors horse got cut in a similar spot and it healed up fine but the scar tissue that built up made the horse minorly lame if she is pushed any which was bad because the horse used to be a jumper. Just...