The bird is about 8 weeks old. i don't know, the tail doesn't look right to be Cockrell, does it? if you dont mind can someone tell me how you determine gender just by looking at these pics? cause from the outside i dont see any difference between my bird and the pics i saw when i googled...
Dark Wing is a 1 year & 5mo. old mallard drake (I also have 3 female ducks and 7 chickens) He will not leave my chickens alone. We have a large backyard that the birds free range but he chases them down and rips out their feathers. He tries to grab the chickens by the neck and shake them. He...
We put paver base which is a sand and stone mix to help drainage when it rains and it has made a huge difference. I am cleaning the mats daily. I will try to get pics tomorrow.
In spring I found my coop and run were infested with fire ants. I asked for help and found it, so now I turn to you, my chicken loving family.
How do I get rid of a fly infestation.
We were using wood chips and then hay in our coop and run, we saw we had a small fly problem. So we switched to...
Thank you! I will try some of these methods. My chicks aren't laying yet but I expect to see some eggs around September.
I will try to remember to let you know how it goes.
You can't hard boil fresh chicken eggs.
But she didn't say why. Does anyone know?
I also wondered how long it's safe to keep eggs if you do refrigerate compared to if you don't refrigerate.
Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.
I was using wood shavings in my coops ( I have 2, one for chicks and 1 for ducks) because I was having trouble with flys, I did research and found the sand method which helped cut the fly problem in half.
I did that about a month ago, last week I was changing out the feed and water dishes and...
My rooster, Morse, was attacked by the 4 full sized ducks. Our Chickens are housed above our ducks and apparently there was a gap in the floor we missed.
This happened some time between 3 am and 11 am. As far as I can tell Morse has lost a lot feathers, has some slight bruising and was wet for...