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Last fall we acquired a pair of Pekin ducks (male & female). They are ALWAYS together making their way around the yard, garden, etc. A month and a half ago she decided she was going to sit on some eggs and we let her since it was a first for us and a very fun experience for the kids! Out of...

Our Pekin duck hatched out 3 ducklings this past weekend! After 7 years of raising chickens and a year with our pair of ducks this was the first time any of them has gone broody. The kids are SOOOO excited and so in love with them!

How exciting and what a cool looking duck! Thanks for updating us so the rest of us can learn from your experience!

I have a pair of Pekin Ducks we've had almost a year. I'm guessing they are about a year and a half old. The female has cranked out almost an egg a day since we got her even through the winter! In the past week she's started staying on the nest for most of the day in what I can only guess is...

They aren't extremely thin and I haven't found obvious evidence of worms but since I never wormed in the 7 years of having chickens maybe now is a good time and going forward make it a point to do when they're molting. Especially since I can't find anything else that's effecting the egg size I...

I haven't wormed them but have rolled it around in my head. I gave them a couple doses of oregeno in their water about a week apart. Been checking droppings and not seeing anything obvious but still wonder....

Thanks for the reply! we've been giving them some cat food for boosted protein too but I'm not sure I like all the extra "junk" in with it - course it can't be much worse than chicken feed I suppose! But the canned meat is a good idea! Anytime I make bone broth they get the bones and...

We have 29 laying hens and 2 roosters and they are all just over 2 years old. The majority of them are Rhode Island reds but there are 4 Americaunas in the mix. Since the snow has finally melted and the weather is warming up here in Michigan our chickens are finally starting to lay more eggs...

I think I've settled on your coop to be a model for my spring 2014 coop! We have an old shed it much the same style as your coop and are looking to optimize the space without changing around too many walls. Would love to see a layout of the inside! Struggling to decide where to put the...

How do you know if they're laying eggs or not without standing at the nesting box all day? I have 4 Autralorps and 4 Buff Orpingtons that are all 2 1/2 years old and i've been averaging only about 2 eggs a day for the past 6 months. I just don't know how to tell who's laying the eggs or not!

I have 9 hens that are a year and a half old. 4 are Buff Orpingtons and 5 are Austrlorps. Last summer and fall (once they started laying) i had awesome egg laying - about 7 or 8 average per day. This summer it seemed to be more like 3-4 average. In the past month i noticed a lot of...

I've read through some other posts but just can't seem to find the answer i'm looking for..... i have 4 Buff Orpington's and 5 Australorps and a lone Roo. I estimate them all to be about 21 weeks old. My BO's were laying eggs at 17 weeks. I'm just starting to get an egg here and there...

You guys have all been so helpful! Of all the chicken problems i could have i guess this is by far not the worst. So i guess i'll chase him out now and then but i think he'll just keep returning. He is a very large bird as well and maybe he doesn't feel safe up there (all 10 inches!)...

Anyone have a problem with a rooster in their nesting box? I have 9 hens, 1 rooster and 3 nesting boxes. My hens just started laying eggs last week so I opened up the nesting boxes so they were accessible to them (i had them blocked off before so they wouldn't poop in them). Since then...

I have a 16 week old rooster and I'm wondering if anyone can identify his breed for me. I bought 10 chicks about 15 weeks ago and 5 were Australorps and 5 were Buff Orpingtons. But somewhere in the mix I ended up with this white rooster - with a little redish color to his wing feathers...

I have to say i love this forum! There is a wealth of information for newbie chicken-mom's like myself Thanks so much for all your words of wisdom and encouragement. I think it may be time to let them stretch their wings a bit and enjoy some free ranging. I too am worried about hawks...

My husband built me a chicken tractor suitable for 10 hens. The coop part is on the top and is about a 4x5' section. The run is under it and in front of it and is about 4x8'. They have a ladder that goes up into their coop - 2' off the ground. Since i've moved them out to the tractor...

I have 8 week old chicks. They are now in their chicken tractor outside where they've been for the past 3-4 weeks. I have yet to let them free range though merely for the fact that i'm afraid they'll all run off and never come back! And all my hard work in the past 2 months will be for...

I have an 8 week old chick - i think it's a rooster. I also have 9 other hens all in the same chicken tractor. When i went out to check on them today I noticed that the rooster's top beak is cracked and has some blood around it. The mouth still closes together like it should, he's eating...