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I rent. When I moved here the landlord knew I wanted to raise ducks and chickens, she said I could even use the coop that was here if I fixed it. It was hoarded to the ceiling with trash and took me six months of work to clean. She knew I planned to stay here about 5 years while I save for a...

I have only processed once and threw the feathers away, but got to thinking there might be better options. Can the leftover feathers be used in the nest box?

My ducks are almost 7 months old. They have been doing the deed and eating the oyster grit for almost 2 months, but not laying eggs at all, I’m assuming because it’s not the right season. The girls also have been able to fit 3 fingers between their butt bones for weeks. How many hours of light...

I got 4 ducklings this summer. They have not liked me ever, they’ve run away from me even if I have treats! Two ended up being male. I took one out shortly after they got to sexual maturity, and ever since then the remaining drake puts his head real low and runs at me when I go to put food or...

My attempts at egg noodles look like french fries once I add them to broth and they have a rubber chewy texture. What am I doing wrong?

This is a cockerel isn’t it? About 13-14 weeks old from an assorted rare pullets bin at bomgaars.

I forgot to collect eggs yesterday. The overnight temp was 17F, so they froze, but didn’t crack. Should I toss them or put them in the fridge and use them up first?

Is there any possibility this could be a pullet? I have three with no comb and very little waddles that I am hoping are pullets, this one I’m uncertain on, and the rest have very large red combs and waddles.

One of my chickens was hopping when I went out. His leg is gone. Theres a gaping hole i can see his inside body cavity and he smells like death and decay but he’s acting like he’s fine other then hopping and the missing parts. I tried to get a picture but it doesn’t look so bad in the picture.

I have been giving my extra eggs to friends. One friend admitted she tried to incubate under a light but nothing happened. I told her an actual incubator would probably work better. She bought one so I gave her 7 because thats what it holds. She keeps asking me to look to see if they are where...

Poor Jack-o-lantern! The chickens ate his face. Lol.

I had self determined my rooster to be a white leghorn based on pictures but always second guess that because his comb isn’t as pointy as the ones in pictures. I recently saw a picture of cornish cross rooster and thought maybe he’s that instead? I don’t know his age. When I got him this spring...

My 7 mo RIR laid this really rough white egg. I took a picture next to a normal egg. I feed all flock with grit and oyster grit in separate bowls but she freeranges from dawn to dusk so she eats bugs and weeds as well.

I’m not sure of their breed, they came from assorted rare pullets bin at Bomgaars. They are 6 weeks old and compared to the others they have bigger legs, combs, and wattles then other similar looking ones in the group.

I was moving chicks to a bigger brooder and noticed a pimple looking thing on ones head. She is about 2 weeks old.

I’ve been feeding everyone except new babies allflock and grit and oyster grit in separate bowls. No one seems interested in the oyster but I wasn’t worried because everyone had nice shells. One started laying about 6 weeks ago and the rest followed shortly after. For a bit I was getting 3 to 4...

I have 4 pekin ducks that are 12 weeks now. I’m pretty sure 2 are drakes because they are slightly bigger with raspy quiet quacks and the other 2 are very loud quackers. It’s my understanding that 2 drakes would fight so I am wondering when it would be best to do. Also when trying to decide...

I got 6 rir in early March but lost one. The remaining 5 have all started laying eggs. One of them has gotten a nasty attitude since starting to lay that’s progressively gotten worse. She puffs up and growls when approached and causes a scene if I go to collect eggs before she’s done laying...

I was looking for a puppy to accompany me while caring for my chickens, ducks, and goats. I saw an ad for anatolian/collie mix. I responded to see if any were left, one was but was already 12 weeks. That’s fine right? So we drove almost 2 hours to “look at it.” When we arrived the farmer said...