We found a lady that raises all types of poultry and has a few fulvous whistling ducks around the same age. She will be taking this one in and caring for it!
Sorry about the photo quality, my phone camera is not the best... The blue mug with a lid and a paper towel around it is the heat source (a ceramic soup mug). I wasn't exactly equipped to rescue any birds today!
Thanks for the comments, I will have to see what I can find on this side of town (I am around 1.5 hours away from my little home in the woods). I won't be heading home for another 8+ hours, but I didn't want to wait that long to start finding some feed.
I have a few pics on my phone, let me see...
A co-worker and I rescued a Black-bellied Whistling Duckling this morning who was abandoned by the flock and either about to be food for a hawk that was eyeing the duckling, or would have met his/her fate under the tires of car as it was waddling around a bank drive-through.
We have the...
Yes, it will be hardware cloth, not the thin chicken wire (I thought I had mentioned that, I may have just thought it, lol). And instead of the hardware cloth for an apron, I will most likely use 1x1 fencing I have leftover from another project.
I am in the planning phase of my coop, and have started drafting up a concept. This will allow me to calculate (as accurate as possible at this phase) the costs and materials that will be needed. I have been playing with 3D software for a while for other projects, and while I am no expert, I...
Greetings and Hello from Texas!
My family and I have a little farm in the East Texas Piney Woods region and will be starting up our first official flock this year. I grew up around chickens as a youngster, but as many know, being raised around an animal as a child is much different than...