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It happens with all babies... They grow up! (JoJo, a baby Khaki Campbell we raised a few years ago. Rest in peace dear) Empty nest isn't just for growing/grown children- it applies to our baby animals too. Time passes so quickly, and one minute we'e snuggling with them and the next our...

To provide some context to this: We are new to raising chickens. In a rush to make a sort of "coop" for our flock we took an old chain link pen and covered the bottom and top with chicken wire. We had sticks in the corners for our chickens to roost in at night, however in hind sight this wasn't...

My ducks all lay in the same nesting spot. Every morning I go out to get the eggs and all of them are in a pile in this indent (almost like a small crater) in the ground. Ive noticed that the indent has slowly gotten bigger and deeper. Ive seen the signs of moles around the duck coop before and...

Our ducks live a 7 minute walk away, in a pond in the woods near our house. We feed them often to keep them loyal, but know that, in the summer at least, they are fairly self sufficient. We have three females- a Cayuga, a Khaki Campbell, and a Pekin. We love them to death as they are somewhat...

Lately my grey pom has been putting all sorts of non edibles in the pond. For example: mulch, pine needles, rocks, shells, mud...you get the picture. She/he doesnt seem to be eating it or even taste testing it...just adding it to the water like it's a giant pot of soup. Could this be its...

Hi All, We recently noticed our Aylesbury duck was sitting on eggs and had built herself a little nest. After a while we decided to get some fertile eggs for her to sit on, so we got 4 yesterday (ive been told they are Indian runner and Indian runner/mallard cross, two of each) and went to put...

I have broody hens incubating clutches of eggs in several locations. Dogs know where all the nest are located. Normally the dogs pay little mind other than to walk over and sniff general area before moving on. A different reaction occurs when the chicks are hatching as the dogs cock their...

Hi, I'm completely new to raising chickens so bear with me. I had a wild hen that was laying eggs in my garage closet go broody on me, she was sitting on nothing for 6 days and I bought her some fertilized eggs. She is on day 24 today and yesterday some eggs were still hatching. She also pooped...

Hello, First time (soon to be) chicken keeper here. I am working on constructing my coop. It is a semi mobile, hoop coop style. I made a raised 3x4 platform for chickens that will contain roosts and nests for night time safety. Because we are in Florida and it is HOT, my intention was to have...

Hi there. I built this coop a few years back. We have a new group of 7 hens and two ducks living in here. I added another 4x4ish covered section to the right. It is now about 4x12ft footprint, with the elevated coop measuring approx. 3x3.5ft. My question is, will my ducks need (or will...

Hello My names Graham I had 3 french Toulouse geese but unfortunately 2 days ago I lost one of my females. I normally lock the birds away at night for safety but the bird I lost refused to get off her nest and even when I attempted to persuade her to move she seemed a little off her legs so...

I have a baby pigeon who is only 2 or 3 days old but for some reason when I went to check on it, it seemed to have been pushed away from the nest. The parents were near it but it was as if they kicked it out and were getting ready to lay more eggs because they were sitting at the nest but the...

Hello! I have three American Buff Geese, two females and a male. The females just went broody and there are 23 eggs under them. I know for sure that one of them (Lola) went broody, but I'm not sure about the other one (Lillith) yet. They have two nests, but they are smushed together. I've been...

Our female goose decided to sit on her nest before we had a chance to really clean the coop/bedding and her nest is right under the chickens' roosts I told my husband to kick her off but he thought she'd be ok and left her. It's been almost a week and today when he checked on her, he said it...

Someone brought me wild birds eggs and I don't have an incubator or time to turn eggs. Is it okay to put wild bird eggs in another random wild birds nest?

i have 10 ladies. I got 9eggs today!! Although it was a bit of an Easter egg hunt! Lol. I found 1 in the yard in the mud as if she was just walking along and dropped it. I found 1 on the shelf they lecture me from and all the rest in the nests. I love them they are so sweet! They hop on and...

Hello! You all were so helpful the last time I posted about my very naughty drake, I appreciate all of the feedback you gave me! My drake is acting right, but now I have a hen who has gone rogue! All three of my hens have been laying eggs since right before Thanksgiving. They have each been...

Hey guys, I have three hens (6yr,5yr,3yr) Now one hen recently went broody so we gave her some eggs now she has three chicks. We have them locked in the coop and the others free ranging. about a week after the chicks hatched the older hens started having irregular egglaying patterns, the eldest...

I finally got a fertile egg Sunday :celebrate Then Monday I found my blue silkie, Pong, broody and sitting on 3 eggs. I left them, hoping they are fertile. Yesterday,. I went out and collected 4 eggs in other corner and put them in the incubator. Fingers crossed that they are also fertile :fl ...

Hi everyone, well I finally got a fertile egg, after trying for awhile, and the next day (monday), my blue silkie, Pong, went broody. Tuesday she was sitting on 3 eggs, and my white silkie laid her egg in the corner, so I put it under Pong. Today, when I went to let them out, there was an egg...