Ducks love routine. I would get peas and throw some on the ground outside their duck house and also up their ramp. After a few nights they just started to make their way over to their house at dusk and up the ramp even without the peas. Mine really don't like being outside when it starts to...
So sorry to hear about your babies. Mine were attached two weeks ago by a mink. I lost 8 calls and two Appleyards. I was devastated! Still am. We caught the mink though, was hiding under the straw. Your pictures do look very similar to the injuries my ducks had. 13 survived with varying...
Got spoiled on my birthday, got a Brinsea Maxi II EX. On second hatch now, first was 9 for 9. Excellent incubator once you figure out the humidity pump, the instructions that came with it were really vague. Said nothing about wrapping the tubing around the pump so the water wasn't hitting the...
Mine didn't start eating until day 4. I found they ate more if I used my fingers to crumble up their food into even finer pieces, much like sand. Did this for the first week or so.
Love love love my buffs too! have 10 and and 5 chocolates in the brooder and just hatched out 7 Lavenders, they are the cutest chicks their little wings are adourable. They are a pleasure to have, so sweet and friendly.
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I have Buff, Chocolates & Lavender Orpingtons. I get my chicks and hatching eggs from a local breeder. She has a great variety of Orpingtons. If you are interested I can pass along her number. She is located in Milton Ontario.
Great site, I have learned so much from all of you, so thank you! I live in Ontario Canada and have had the pleasure of keeping chickens for about a year now. I just hatched my first chicks yesterday, 7 out of 9 Lavender Orpingtons. Was quite the experience for sure. I think I took more pic's...