Condolences from us.. :hugs
Check out this thread. Did you do a necropsy ?? you can post the photo's on this thread or see why some chicken's just all of a sudden pass.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/962584/various-necropsies-contains-very-graphic-pictures
I must say, our duck's lay just as well as our chicken's.. They are heathier, if hand raised eat from your hand and have more emotion & personality.. They don't always need water to swim in, acctaully they are On land so much more than in their make shift pond.. We use a horse trough.. Big...
Oooo, photo's of your boschvelders?? I looked them up on the web, they are beautiful.. It sounds like they are dual purpose??
Good at foraging & producing under any circumstance.... Wow, pretty and great layers.. With the camouflage they will do better than a plain white chicken, like...
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Here is the link to the moringa tree..
http://miracletrees.org/. We have tried to grow about 4x with not luck.. The birds got it once, then I forgot to water.. Then the other got frost and didn't recover..
You could try to talk to the game warden at Umlalazi Nature Reserve...
We got our duck flock from a feed store and a breeder as ducklings. I know there is a thread just for hatching.. Duck's, from what I have read have a hard time hatching.. The humidity has to be just right. We are in the US.. I will post up some hatcheries that I know of. You can call them &...
Awe, our whole family love's our duck's!! Here is the couple.. Rick & Lauren
Here is their egg compared to wild dove egg's, Cotunix quail and our flock at the top... The duck egg is at the bottom.
Why does everyone like chicken for dinner.. We have cyotoes, not us per say but Arizona as a whole does... They at least eat them.. Dog's just think they are a toy.. One minute when the human is looking they are just smelling.. But the minute you are not watching they gotta have them...