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A few weeks ago, a mink killed 16 of our ducks in one night, and injured all ten of the survivors. He came back a couple nights later and I killed him. Biggest one I've ever seen. A few nights ago, I heard a commotion and went outside to see another mink killing a drake. I shot him and drew...

Happens at night:

And will he molt to something different? He’s about 3 months old I think.

For example, what does this mean? It comes from a Muscovy breeder's site. "Black males (split to chocolate) and Chocolate females"

I am just not good at guessing.

I see online sources claiming close to 200 per year, but it seems like a quarter of that would be more realistic. What is your experience?

Or is it just my imagination?

Someone just gave me half-a-dozen nearly-mature ducks that are supposedly random mixes of Cayuga, khaki Campbell and Rouen. I can see the khaki Campbell in a couple, but the others sure look like Swedish to me. Their black feathers do have that green Cayuga sheen, though. What sayeth the flock...

I'd read that broody chickens would hatch ducks, and I had some broodies and a bunch of fertile duck eggs. So, I put ten eggs each under three hens. They hatched today. All three hens killed almost all their ducklings. We only saved a total of two.

Got a few ISA brown chicks from Tractor Supply a week ago, but that’s obviously not what she is.

Every week or two I find another dead hen. Not a mark on any of them. It's happened in two out of three coops. The birds aren't old. The weather's not severe. I'm at a loss.

Our woods produce thousands of pounds of them every year, red and white.

NATION Backyard Chicken Movement Grows Dave Thier Contributor (Jan. 28) -- In a recent Atlantic article, reporter Sarah Elton's key source took weeks of convincing to come clean. She was terrified of what would happen if her illegal activities were discovered. She only agreed to an interview...

Been putting big pieces of cardboard under the roosts. When a thick layer of droppings accumulates, I put the cardboard around fruit trees, with mulch on top to make it look presentable and to keep it from blowing away. The cardboard suppresses weeds and the manure fertilizes. (Before anyone...

Finally finished it.

There, now you're among the privileged few who know.

A friend of mine has a few mutt chickens that lay small white eggs. I've been sneaking into their coop and putting huge dark Marans eggs in the nest box. They just called and asked us to meet them for lunch. We always talk about our chickens, bees, gardens and orchards. I'm looking forward to...

Last week there were four bears sniffing around the coop (posted about it here): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=180565&p=1 Last night a red fox was trying to get into it. Seems like every time I fell asleep, the chickens and dog went nuts. I got glimpses of it...