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I have been finding feathers scattered all over the yard from my bantam wyandotte...isn't it early for molting?

I am curious...How do they compare as egg layers. Size, frequency, broodiness..?. Part of the reason I am wondering is that I have a couple of silkies that are great layers..with occasional bouts of broodiness...(after all who doesn't get broody sometimes... but I need to replace two...

I know that I don't have much info. She seemed fine to me last night. When we woke up this morning she was dead on the floor of the hen house. What should I look for to determine cause of death and what should I do to protect other girls. She had no visible injuries. Didn't act sick. When...

I know this sounds silly. But I have watched my chickens and I just don't get it. I come out and they come running up to me. So they must think I have food. I throw something down and they either eat it or act like it is invisible. The stuff they ignore they don't examine, peck at, smell...

The chickens love to lay their eggs in Wilbur the pot bellied pigs house. I have been worried because he is so much bigger than they are...but they have seemed fine...running all over him...one of my silkies has set up her broody camp for the last week...but yesterday I found my poor...

I have been getting normal sized eggs for about six weeks from most of not all of my seven hens...not really sure who is laying what. But they have all been the expected size or greater. I just found two eggs next to each other. One is about the size of a walnut and is perfect except it has...

Being a first time chicken mama I heard that that you should put golf balls or fake eggs out to let the chickens know where they should lay the eggs. I should have known that they would know where to lay.... 1. In the middle of the yard. 2. In the pot of my Meyer lemon tree. 3. In the pig...

They have been laying for less than a month and they are already branching out. 1. Pot belly pig house - 7 eggs so far 2. Meyer lemon tree in a pot...1 egg from the Polish girl so far...

I saw an add on cl for "Bagel Bread for feed" It says highest protein flour available at 15% protein. $2 per 15# grocery bag full. It is from a bagel store...alsoe 300# of dough that they forgot to put salt in....is this a good idea to feed chickens or pp pigs? Bagel Bread for Feed...

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I am pretty proud of my 7 little banties. They haven't all started laying yet. But it is there first year laying and it is snowing...and they HATE it...and yet they have still produced 67 little eggies since February 5. They aren't all laying yet. I think five are. My little silkies...the...

I was surfing around the web...just expanding my knowledge and I came across this quote that Qwacked me up!!!! "Male ducks provide no parental care, and female ducks do not have to feed their young, just lead them around. (Which is why male ducks can get away with not helping.) This...

I have been looking online trying to decide what breed of duck to buy...and some of the ranges for egg laying really throw me...for example on different sites I have seen Mallards listed as laying 10-20, 60-120 or 100-140 eggs a year...If I didn't allow them to hatch, how many eggs could I...

Thank Goodness for Backyard Chicken Forum...Where else can I take five pictures of an EGG and post in online and not get carted away to the nuthouse? I know it isn't the Polish or the Aracauna. It was sitting by the door of the coop when I opened the door this morning.....My Araucanas are four...

I was just wondering...

Do they indicate which types they include? Or is it all a big suprise watching them feather out?

For example if I got one Runner and on Muscovie or One Runner and one Campbell would they hang out? Would my duck hang out with my chickens? Or is it better to get two of the same breed?

For the egg laying breeds...how much of the year do your ducks not lay eggs

I see "foraging ability" listed as some of the Excellent, good, or fair....what exactly is the difference between a good forager and an excellent forager in practical terms for my little place.

I saw some 35%protein horse feed for 8 bucks...is there any reason it wouldn't be a good idea to mix that with scratch, kitchen scraps and foraging?