I'm trying my hand at raising a pair of poults this year. I've raised ducks before, and my family has raised chickens, but turkeys are new.
So, I'm curious about nighttime temperatures and poults. My two poults are about five weeks old right now, and I've just moved them from a brooder box...
We've had a raven -- or several -- taking eggs lately. We'd been getting seven or so eggs a day until about a week and a half ago -- every egg was gone every day if I didn't get lucky and get there before the raven.
Today, my father took a shot at a raven trying to take an egg with a .22. He...
In an effort to keep things cleaner and save some money on food, I'd like to let my ducks out. In the past, we've kept chickens, and had no trouble letting them out a few hours every day -- they'd coop themselves up at night, and we'd just have to close the door to the coop to keep them safe...