Hi,
This is my 3rd time raising chickens and have had not injuries or illnesses thankfully.
But with this batch of chicks, I also got two turkey poults.
They are all 5 weeks old but one of the turkeys developed a bad leg today. Not sure why or how it happened. But the left leg is weak at...
Hi, I am near Mobridge and the Runnings Farm and Fleet just don't carry the variety of chicks that it used too.
Can anyone recommend a chick or poultry breeder in the state I can go visit or mail order too?
Thanks.
This is very interesting....I know an Irish American with this disease and he has Psoriasis and food allergies as well as respiratory allergies.
Even when he avoids all the foods (wheat and others) he knows affect him negatively..he still has a hard time.
But it is much worse if he gets any...
Christmas/ Seasonal Holidays can be hard for everyone.
I stopped celebrating them to relieve the stress. Not a solution for everyone because of peer pressure.
My condolences to those having a hard time and that are sad.
I happily send some positive thoughts your way.
THi,
I understand. If you want to help out by trading, I am amenable.
Otherwise...I will have to trade on craigslist for some females.
And definitely one or 2 are gonna get the chop.
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Turns out my female is really a male so I am planning on sacrificing some for Christmas. I hear that its hard to pluck a duck because scalding doesn't work very well due to the water tight nature of a ducks plumage.
Any tricks or pointers?
Well its finally apparent why my Black Runner doesn't lay eggs....
Its a BOY!!!! It finally feathered out enough to have its curlyQ tail feathers...so now I have 3 males and no females!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey anyone see T-Hi. My female black runner was born in May and still hasn't produced an egg...should I worry? Worry that its a male....or worry that its sick?
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If you are not going to hatch any of the eggs then go ahead and get whatever you can find. If you want to hatch out ducklings then you should really be more careful. The runner you got from me came from good lines. If you mate her with a good runner male then you will have strong...
I have been good. Where ya been? I been needing some Black Runner advice. One of the ducks got killed 3 weeks after I got it from you by a cat.
The one survived the summer and was joined by a 5 month old male runner and a runner/muscovy cross about a month ago.
She still hasn't laid any eggs...