I came on here looking for a solution to the same problem. In fact, ChristinaMae's post could have been my own! LOL! My dear, sweet husband, knowing that I always said I'd love to have ducks "someday", brought home two little one day old Rouens about 4 weeks ago. We were in no manner ready for...
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Am I hearing you you right? Are you saying you WANT the eggs you eat to be fertile? If you don't mind my asking, why? Is there a benefit to that? I've been trying to avoid fertile eggs and was just curious as to what benefit there is to eating them?
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Well, for now they're getting along, though he mates with each of them continually all day long and I can't help but wonder if they appreciate that. My s-i-l's hens got really beat up by a rooster that did that. I don't want mine to end up like hers.
Other than that, if they're truly...
I have a problem. Actually, two problems. You all were so helpful when we had a chick that had been pecked at by other chicks (who is doing just great now- thank you!) That I thought I'd ask about two other issues I'm having. Our chicks are all grown now and a few have even begun laying eggs...
Thank all of you SO MUCH for your responses!! I brought the picked on chick into the house for the night and I'm keeping her in a cat carrier for now (minus the cat!). She seems fine, but I think she misses being with her pals. I'm just hoping that they don't continue to single her out when I...
I am sooooo happy to have found this forum!! We have had chickens since 1999. We bought ten baby chicks that year and all have died except for two. We recently bought 14 new chicks and they've done fabulously until today. Somehow two of them got out into the main yard (all the kids say "not...