I recently noticed that our Runner duckling named Duchess will sit down for a while a few times a day. She'll only walk around if: there a new refill of food/water, I'm throwing treats out to them, I'm attempting to take a photo of her, or she suddenly wants to find where Colonel is and follow...
Updated below... Now, two of our bantams have died in first two days outside.
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Heartbroken..:( last night was our 5 chicks' first night outside. This evening I came home to find our polish bantam dead in the run. The other 4 (3 BOs & 1 bantam brahma) all seem fine. It was just so...
As suggested, here are better pics, and a few days older which have brought some changes.
Hi - Any feedback to help sex these guys/gals is appreciated. I'm a first timer, and I have 9 birds I got from a breeder.
3 Ameraucana (1 blue) (2 black)-5 wks
3 Black Copper Maran- 6 wks old
3 Olive...
I'm scared. Scared that I may have a little boy I will be forced to re-home... I love this little munchkin. She/he is about 6 weeks old. Please, give me your expertise. I've searched all through the googles and the backyardchickens... Is my little Lavender a Lavendhim?
Hi there, I have six chicks who are six weeks old. I live in Utah where it's hot during the day and about 65 in the evenings. For the last two weeks I have moved my chicks brooder into the garage and they have been without their heat lamp for about a week and a half. There were no chick...
Ihave to Pekin ducks that are, I would guess 6 or 7 weeks old. I was wondering when it'd be safe to allow them to roam around the yard alone without having to fear them being attacked by a preditor.
Oh and one more thing, when will or how many weeks more do I have to wait to be 100% sure about...