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My two rouens are about six weeks old and have happy, healthy little quacks. I keep them in an enclosed run that shares space with my chicken run, but is separated by a wire fence until they are comfortable co-mingling (they each have their own houses). I let the ducks and chickens free range...

Hello, I recently added two rouen ducks to my backyard flock of five hens. I purchased them straight run, but the farmer who sold them to me said he was "fairly certain" that they were girls. I was excited when, at five weeks, the ducks were getting all brown adult feathers in...I thought girls...

Hello, I have been free ranging our five chickens for over a year now, much to the delight of our close neighbors. ALthough we have a big yard, the ladies make their way over to the neighbors, who have gone out of their way to tell me how much they enjoy having a neighborhood flock...

Hello, I have five chickens, who have always gotten along smashingly until last week. Four of them are suddenly ganging up on one of the RIR, pecking her and attacking her until she lays down. If I isolate her, she wigs out and makes all sorts of noise for hours, and she always seems to want to...

Hello, I have five hens (hatched last spring) that free range throughout my yard. Because they are out most of the day, their run is relatively small, and is difficult to clean. It's just dirt at the moment, but we are expanding it this weekend. I was wondering if it's advisable to use pea...

Hello! I acquired two baby ducklings today, one hatched last night and another hatched last week. Both appear happy and healthy. I have a very nice brooder set-up, with a heat lamp to maintain the temp around 90 degrees (a little less, because it's HOT here in RI right now). My problem is that...

Here in New England, we have been pummeled with a TON of snow this winter. While my coop is holding up quite nicely, I noticed our run roof started to cave under the weight of ice and snow. I cleaned it off and reenforced it, but yesterday I noticed at least a dozen black birds (and one lonely...

My ladies have found the perfect place to get dirty....right against the house , in our flower beds. It seems that they have also found the perfect place to lay....the litter box. Geesh, these ladies are keeping me busy!

Do your chickens seem to lay in the weirdest places? Mine just started laying a few weeks ago and while they sometimes lay in the coop, they also like to lay in the woods, the flower beds, and most recently...the litter box! I heard "the egg song" and it sounded a little close to the house, so I...

My babies are official not babies anymore...I got my first eggs this morning! Not one, but TWO beautiful, perfect little eggs. It's like they got together and said "Okay ladies, today's the day!". I guess all those pep talks finally paid off I love everyone on this forum and will probably...

I went out at 5am this morning to find a perfect little brown egg in my nesting box!! And then I came home to find ANOTHER egg, in almost the same spot! I only have five hens, and I can't believe that TWO started laying on the same day. Yay! It was so worth the wait.

My ladies are about 22 weeks, and look (fingers crossed!) almost ready to lay. I'm getting down to the bottom of my 50lb bag, and I was wondering if I should get another bag of chick feed, or get the layer feed instead? I want to make sure that they are getting the proper nutrition! They also...

I went away for the weekend and upon my return I found that my BR and RIR have developed waddles! I'm sure they were there before, but they look much more pronounced than I remember. Is that a good sign that they might start laying soon? We're going on 23 weeks!

Don't let 'em fool ya ladies...the DH love them just as much as we do. And since my 23 week old ladies have yet to lay an egg, I can still call them babies....right?

I let my pullets free range during the day, then i lock them up at dusk. I lost track of time last night, and forgot to close the door. A short while later, my dog started going crazy and ran outside. I followed, and watched a skunk run out of my coop with an EE in it's mouth. My dog was ready...

I have five 22 week old babies (2 RIR, 2 BR, 1 EE...just lost one last night ). None of them have started laying yet. The babies have an enclosed run, but free range on afternoons and weekends. I have the coop wired for electricity and a light inside, but I am reluctant to turn it on. My...

I let my 22 week old babies (they aren't laying yet, I can still call them babies, right?!) free range during the day. Once it gets dark, they hustle into the coop and I lock it up. I lost track of time last night and forgot to close the door. My dog started barking and ran outside, and a SKUNK...

My 15 week old EE isn't putting any weight on her left foot. I tried to check it out, but she was none too pleased with the interruption of her tomato feast in my garden. I didn't want to make her more flustered, so I tried to just get close and check it out. I didn't notice any abrasions or...

I was just looking out my window when I noticed our 15 week old EE was limping. She won't put any weight on her left foot (or when she does, and limps around). I tried to pick her up and check it out, but she was not cooperative and I didn't want to irritate her further. I can't see any visible...

Since my girls are approaching 15 weeks (my, how time flies!), I decided to put some golf balls in their nesting box to send then some egg laying vibes for when the time comes. I lifted the roof off the nesting box and put one ball in each of the three boxes and the girls rushed over to...