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Okay, cool. She is in the coop which isn't in a ton of shade but the sun doesn't beat down on it all day. I have been hosing off the shingles to cool the roof down a little by evaporation. She has 7 chicks in there now and 1 hatching. I have been giving them cool water and frozen grapes to try...

Hey Idahoooo! How are you guys dealing with this heat? My broody hatched 3 chicks and I swear she is gonna kill them keeping them under her wings. They have fresh water, food, and some frozen veggies but she is kind of crazy and when I try to move her away from them she does not like that. She...

How are you guys dealing with this heat? Lost our "big girl" yesterday from it. She died in a mud hole. She was a cross between a white rock and orpington so she was really large..kind of saw it coming. Still very sad. I am going to put a frozen milk jug in the coop and just try and keep the...

Got a friend for the duckling. Hopefully they live.

I live all the way down by Boise so I don't think that would work. Caldwell to be exact. Looks like a very looong drive. Thank you for the offer though. I appreciate it.

Just one now. I am not sure what happened. This morning it was fine. Went in there and saw it was stuck in the corner with the neck hanging back over the back and kind of to the side. Looked nearly dead. Picked it up and it started chirping and opened its eyes. Then I set it down and noticed...

The mallard duckling just died. :( And now the other one is going crazy.

How do I introduce the ducks and chickens? They will be enclosed in the same area with separate housing, but I am not sure how to introduce them and at what age. The ducks are still inside at the moment because they are so young. We have 5 hens, 1 roo and 1 chick (being raised by mama). Is there...

Here is where we have him set up. I am using an egg dying cup for his little water cup and then a regular waterer for drinking water. He keep laying in the water and trying to jump out! Keep drying him off.

He made it through the night!! Kept it WARM in there and gave him a little stuffed animal to cuddle with. He has been playing with it all morning. He keeps trying to jump out of the tote we have him in. He is crazy, haha. Crazy cute.

Will putting an infrared heater in the room with him and shutting the door do the trick? It will keep it toasty. Do I have to set an alarm to make sure he is keeping his beak wet? Thank you.

Help please! Today when we were playing outside I heard a little crazy baby yelling for mama sound. Saw something waddling in the road and turned out to be a duckling. Man, was he fast! But I caught him and no family in sight. I don't know how he got up here because we are at least 30 feet above...

I would use this to your advantage. She obviously respects you as the owner. You should work on showing her just how important those chickens are to you. I think that is great that you let her see you caring for them and going in the coop. That is something our trainer recommended we do with our...

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking for some pretty eggs so can't take her here. Hope she finds a home though!

Hey all, Long time. Things are going great with our girls and our orp just hatched a little one. She is such a good momma. Just wanted to share some photos. Looking for an Ameraucana pullet to add. If anybody has one, please PM me.

I'm not sure if this is allowed. If not, please delete and forgive me Mods. I looked in the rules and didn't see anything. Anybody in Idaho interested in an aussie mix? We need to re-home him and the no-kill shelter here is not an option because he has severe separation anxiety when...

Hey there Idaho! Totally off the chicken topic but I was wondering if there are any trophy hunters here? I am writing a paper for my composition class and I'd like to get the outlook of somebody that actually hunts big game such as bear, wolves, and cougars. It is strictly exploratory and...

Hey, I was looking to get some and I found a 10 lb box of food grade DE on Amazon.com for 16 bucks and I think it might of had free shipping too. So if you don't mind getting it over the internet, I think that's a pretty good deal.

Thank you. So sad seeing that little lady like she was. Just feel bad being as it's our job to protect them and we really failed at that. 1st time is an accident though so as long as it doesn't happen again. I hope he grows up to be great with them. How did you like having aussies? This...

Thanks for the story. Sounds like something we may have to do but we shall see. I have a feeling it will be just like when he is around the baby - never without one of us near him. If that's what it takes, that will be okay. We let the girls out pretty much all day to run around the yard and...