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  1. J

    Open vs Enclosed Nest Box

    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...
  2. D

    Coop/run for ducks and chickens.... advice needed

    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...
  3. graham67

    French Toulouse geese

    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...
  4. G

    Baby pigeon

    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...
  5. Sapphire Valeran

    (New Goose Owner) My Two Female Geese Have Gone Broody. HELP!!!

    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...
  6. Englishable

    Sitting on dirty eggs?

    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...
  7. Thechickentrainer1999

    Found bird eggs

    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?
  8. imneva

    OH MY GOSH!

    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...
  9. LACavalier

    Duck has made a nest! Won't lay in the house :(

    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...
  10. L

    Chickens laying random eggs in the middle of the yard

    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...
  11. Stacyoung13

    TRYING AGAIN !!!!

    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 ...
  12. Stacyoung13

    My first broody silkie

    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...
  13. Resin Shed to Comfy Coop

    Resin Shed to Comfy Coop

    I’ve made mistakes. This is the first time in my life to have chickens (and ducks). We purchased four chicks and two ducklings in the Spring of 2018. Two of the chicks ended up male, both ducks are female. They spent their first months in our basement. Then a small coop that was so high I had...
  14. Stacyoung13

    Won't use nest

    I have a Silkie who has been laying for a couple of weeks, but she won't use a nest box. She prefers to lay on the floor in the corner by all the poo. I have tried the fake egg / golf ball, I even put her eggs in there. I have built a poo shelf, something to keep poo off of the floor there in...
  15. BockBegock

    Found Nest in Yard

    So we've managed to come up with a way to keep the chickens in their enclosure. However on of our Cuckoo Marans, that we affectionately refer to as the escape chicken manages to get out every day. I believe my son just figured out why she's been so persistent. He found her sitting on a nest...
  16. mermaidmadi

    Nesting and hatching help!

    Hi all- my black Indian runner went broody while we were out of town last month, and her nest was back in an area where we couldn’t reach the eggs to candle or collect easily, so we let nature take its course. Yesterday morning, I went to check on her and there was a little duckling! It looks...
  17. J

    Duck sitting on nest full of golf balls. Help! (Long post)

    So our duck has been laying eggs in her nest over the past week and a half. The last times she laid in this same nest something took her eggs so since it was the same nest in the same spot we decided we would take her eggs in and incubate them. We've been replacing them with golf balls so she...
  18. GracieJ

    My duck has laid her eggs in the rabbit burrow...

    She’s laid I don’t know how many but she’s been sitting on them for five days. I’ve stuck my phone on a selfie stick down there and can see four but can’t see anymore as the angles aren’t good. Should I get them out of there and bring her in to nest in a box or would it just disturb her? Should...
  19. katelyn19

    Is something wrong with my duck?

    Hi last year I incubated 5 ducks for a 4-H project. I gave them to a family friend who ended up not providing proper shelter. I took the two remaining ducks back(one girl and one boy) and now the girl is sitting on a nest of 14 eggs. She had been sitting on them for a while so I candled them...
  20. J

    Eggs in nest gone

    so I haven't quite found a topic like what I'm looking for. My duck is laying eggs. She is on day 8 but yesterday all of the eggs were eaten. This morning she laid another egg in the same nest and I would like to save it since predators now know where the nest is. My question is, since she is...
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