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My small flock free ranges, but mainly hang out around the ponds. I would like like to provide some individual nesting shelters for them, but am having a hard time finding some pictures and building plans for just nests. I've seen some muscovy shelters made from barrels cut in half, but they...

Stopped in at my favorite family feed store: Country Farms & Ranch Supplies, Inc. in Creswell/Walker/Saginaw/Cottage Grove area and found out they are having a Poultry swap/etc on Saturday, June 8th. All the details are listed on their FACEBOOK page. Their address is: 80678 Davisson Rd...

Was given 3 hens/2 roosters and while I'm pretty sure one of the hens is a light Brahma, I'm guessing at the others. I'm thinking Light Brahma Rooster, Nankin Rooster, Showgirl, I'm not sure what the black hen with the red/orange chest feathers is. Maybe Black Sex-link??

Poultry Run has 3 layers fencing 8ft tall garden fencing, 4 feet tall pountry fencing and 8ft tall deer fencing. Tues. Morning feeding - 2 - 4wk magpie ducklings dead another 1 missing. Bite marks their bills, no body bites. Led me to believe it was an owl? Wed. Morning feeding - 6 month old...

Thank you in advance for your assistance. I searched to see if anyone had encountered this issue, but couldn't find an instanced where the hen was filled with urine and not a busted egg. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)...

Chicken hen successfully hatched 9 out of 12 duck eggs. One duckling has both splayed legs and a very weak droopy neck. I can tape up the legs, but then the ducky is flat out on it's belly with both legs behind it. Is drinking when assisted and will try and eat but is certainly not getting as...

We are going on vacation for 10 days and we will need to keep our Geese/gosling, Ducks/ducklings contained in an outside pen during that time. I was thinking about putting a bale of Alfalfa in the run to keep them busy during this time. Can too much alfalfa be harmful? My boyfriends 22 yr old...

Stopped by a local feed store to pick up some items. I always look at the baby chicks regardless of whether I need them or not. The sales person said they were Black Sex-Links and guaranteed to be pullets. I said, well, I don't need any as I had just hatched out 12 mixed breeds. He was like...

My sweet momma goose got off her nest for a break and my "in training LDG" played a bit rough with her. Hence the purple spray all over her. I decided to get her some babies, as the other goose took over her nest. The tiny duck in front is a Black Runner I got 12 of the babies from Holderreads...

Started with 1 Buff Africian sitting on a few eggs right smack in front of the chickens 15 nesting boxes. I moved her into a spacious private covered nesting box in the corner, and gave her eight more goose eggs I had been holding for this brooding moment! Total of 12 eggs. Next morning she had...

Got 1 Peacock and 3 Peahens 3 weeks ago. Last week horrible weather ripped a hole in the netting over the enclosure and the Peacock escaped. I can't find "Houdini" anywhere. The breeders say that he won't go far since the hens are still in lockdown, but I can't find or hear him anywhere. I have...

I have 2 older drakes who are best buddies, then I added more ducklings and 1 turned out to be another drake. (yes, I'm sure it's a drake.) Every chance the older guys get, the run down the younger drake and try mating with him. Poor guy... the older drakes also tag team the younger female. Boy...

Found this post on Craigs List and had to share... Date: 2012-03-14, 7:00PM PDT Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?] I have a dozen goose eggs. I can't eat them all. They are fresh, laid daily. So far this month, I have had 39 eggs. If you are...

I have a large Embden who is between 30-40 lbs. For some odd reason the joint on his/her foot swelled up. No visual injury. It's the joint where all arms of the toes come together. He/she is eating fine and is secluded from the flock, but can see them. Trying to keep him/her from stressing it...

After waiting 2 years to get a Great Pyrennes Puppy to guard my chickens, ducks and geese, I picked up my 9wk old bundle of fluff on 10/7. Paid $$$$ for him, but felt it was worth it to finally be free of the worry while free ranging them. After careful supervision over the past month, he barely...

Just wondering if anyone in the Zanesville lost animals to this mayhem. What a shame they all had to be shot.

I'm fairly new to geese and was wondering if anyone could tell what I have. They are about 6 months old Buff Africians American Blue and Lavendar Ice: Tuffed Roman and Ebdem:

Somehow in the past 2-3 days 1 of my 2 week old goslings started walking with a sideway limp. They have been on pea gravel and straw since I brought them home so I don't know how she/he got injured. I read a lot about trying to realign it back into place, but I'm scared to death that I would end...

"Farm Boy" picked them up yesterday and there was no packing slip. Could be any of the following from Holderreads...I requested Light and Medium Weigh Breeds only: Auto-Sexing Shetland-Brown Chinese-Plain Headed Roman-Tufted Roman-American-Auto-Sexing Pilgrim-Pomeranian-Sebastopol Although I...

Loaded the incubator 3 days ago and have now gotten a notice from the electric company that there will be a power outage next week for 4 hours... I DO not want to loose these eggs! Do all you experts out there think it would be OK if I waited for the power to go out, pack up the bator and...