Any and all help appreciated as I rescued these from deplorable conditions at our local rural king.. these were part of 200 chicks and 14 of which 67 babies died in less than 24 hours this was despite our best efforts and round the clock care! Also how to tell hen from roo
Since I lost one of my 7 week old crested duck( with a large pompom) under mysterious circumstances I'm extremely concerned (normal duck it's whole life but rapidly deteriorated resulted with a very long seizure then death) about my remaining one.
My remaining duck "duckie" has 2 pom poms one...
I am sharing my story of stupidity in hopes of preventing another senseless tragedy from occurring in another coop.
Backround: Recently my small farm decided to start supporting small family owned companies over large box stores. In doing this we choose to purchase feed from a local feed store...
1st flock
1st time parent
chick starter feed
feed advice
feed changes
important advice
mysterious chicken deaths
mysterious guinea death
new at raising chicks
new at raising ducks
Please let me thank our members for sharing their vast amount of knowledge and teachings, as this city girl wouldn't know what to do without our community! I have spent days reading threads, to absorb anything and everything I can, to teach my young farmers, which I am eternally grateful to have...
I currently have a flock that consists of 22, 7 week old chickens. We have 1 AmberLink cockerel, 3 Rhode island white hens, approximately 10 Plymouth barred rock hens, and approximately 8 barred cockerel. (Yes I know my cockerels will need reduced once hormones kick in😂) 3 ducks, 1 khaki...
I have a 20 by 40 (I believe) 2 story pole barn, with metal sides and roof. Our downstairs consists of 2 stalls with dirt floor and a storage/tack room with steps inside that head to the second story. The second story hasn't been used in 20 years.
If I wanted to convert our 2nd story into a...
Hello community! I am a single mom of 3 teenage girls; twin 19 yr Olds and a 13 yr old. I am a city girl who moved to the county and somehow raised twins that are becoming farmers; so far we have accumulated 5 cows, 3 pigs and a horse. Then they decided they wanted to branch out to chickens and...