My female duck she is 3 years old, in mid july or end of july made a nest. She has 5 or more in it. The nest is made of hay. We noticed that she sits on it at night,and lightly covers the top during the day. But uncovers it at night to sit on them. Just recently the past week she sits right at...
I am gonna be making a homemade incubator possibly. I wanted to know what the temperature and humidity needs to be for duck eggs? Also I heard you have to mist the eggs?
My female duck has been trouble passing eggs, she passes them but she has difficulty. We have been given her oyster shells for 1 week or more to see if that helped. Apparently it hasn't because she is still having difficulty. Whats wrong with her? Is there anything else we can try?
My female duck has been trouble passing eggs, she passes them but she has difficulty. We have been given her oyster shells for 1 week or more to see if that helped. Apparently it hasn't because she is still having difficulty. She pants really quickly too. Whats wrong with her? Is there anything...
I have 5 hens that are 3 years old together in one coop/pen. I would like to mix our 5 chicks that are 3-4 months old. For the chicks I have 1 barred rock rooster,1 polish rooster,1 polish female and 2 gray mixed breeds. Is this a good idea to try to mix them. Can anyone give me advice?
Hello Everyone,
My name is Katherine. I am from Maine. I am a teen. I have 5 hens, 5 new chicks, and 2 ducks. I love my chickens and ducks, they make me laugh so hard sometimes. I am hoping to get fertile ducks eggs and successfully hatch them, if you have any tips please post here or message...
I have 5 hens together. There is one hen that has a bare patch on her back because one hen keeps on riding her at times. At other time, the hens will peck at her back. Why are they doing this and what should I do? Her back is bare.
It was night time, and we hadn't shut out two ducks into the coop yet. The have a nest inside the coop. All of a sudden we heard them flapping there wings. So my parents and I run up there and peek inside the coop and there is a skunk in the nest, he dropped the egg and ran off. Could the skunk...