baby duck with lots of problems

[pattyhen]

Yep no more sitting in the Rose bush lol glad to hear Coach did well inside last night. He'll begin to show more attention to some of the other girls now, My lil game bantam roo has one special hen she is game bantam too but while she was broody this year Rufus spent alot of time with one of my BA's and she makes 2 of him. Maybe she was his body guard.

Dottie was twice the size of Coach but they were best friends. I hope he buddies up with Phyllis because she stays in the coop all the time too. He'll have to share her with Jr. because she spends a lot of time with Jr. Phyllis is a Polish that is blind in one eye and can barely see out of the other. She won't let me put her crest in a pony tail and she hates to have her feathers clipped out of her eyes.

That's cute the way Rufus found a new buddy while his mate went broody. It's best for the little ones to get the big girlfriends. They can pack a good peck if need be.

Patty

 

[pattyhen]

Crows will mostly keep hawks away. We do everything we can to encourage crows to nest around our yard. That's the best hawk deterrent we've found so far.

I wish we had some crows around here. I've only seen one in the yard before and that was years ago. When I worked at Krogers we had a lot of them that would perch on top of the building. They had a big woods beside the building and I guess they come from there. What do crows like to eat? Maybe I can attract some crows to the yard. All we have here is sparrows and starlings. We do have a few robins and blue jays.

Patty

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wish we had some crows around here. I've only seen one in the yard before and that was years ago. When I worked at Krogers we had a lot of them that would perch on top of the building. They had a big woods beside the building and I guess they come from there. What do crows like to eat? Maybe I can attract some crows to the yard. All we have here is sparrows and starlings. We do have a few robins and blue jays.

Patty

Crows love corn. We use to have a Murder of crows[I finally got to use that word] at the top of the mountain they nested there then the people who owe the property had it logged and I think the crows moved on, we still see some fly over but nothing like before the loggers came. I have seen crows attacking hawks before it's really interesting to watch.

 

[Amykins]

Crows love corn. We use to have a Murder of crows[I finally got to use that word] at the top of the mountain they nested there then the people who owe the property had it logged and I think the crows moved on, we still see some fly over but nothing like before the loggers came. I have seen crows attacking hawks before it's really interesting to watch.

I have also seen it, and I have also witnessed the hawk getting even. Jarring, but still cool, to say the least!

Crows are fascinating birds. Every single time we take the birbs to the park, a crowd of 'em will perch in the trees above us and chatter to one another in utter astonishment. I can only imagine what they're saying:

"Hey Earl, look at this. Are them ducks?"
"Huh. I reckin they are, Phil!"
"You ever seen a duck and a hoomin get along like that before?"
"Nope, never. Ma's gotta see this. HEY, MA!"
"WHAT"?"
"C'MERE, THERE'S HOOMINS AND BIRBS GETTIN' ALONG!"
"AH, YER PULLIN' MY LEG!"

 

[JadeComputerGal]

I wish we had some crows around here. I've only seen one in the yard before and that was years ago. When I worked at Krogers we had a lot of them that would perch on top of the building. They had a big woods beside the building and I guess they come from there. What do crows like to eat? Maybe I can attract some crows to the yard. All we have here is sparrows and starlings. We do have a few robins and blue jays.

Patty

Not sure you can attract them with food. We feed them, but they have to already be around for that to work. We use a squirrel feed we get at the feed store simply because it contains the same things crows like to eat. We also have water for them to drink, though they sometimes mingle around with the ducks and just drink out of the duck ponds.

You can use crow calls to attract them, but they won't stay unless they have a place they feel comfortable nesting. They mostly like tall, dense trees so they and their babies are protected. They are very smart and extremely territorial. If you can get them to hang out and live around your place, they will literally defend it to their death.

There have been times we've had a hawk in the area and what looks like a big black cloud rises from the trees and goes after it. There have been other times a single crow would fly screaming toward a hawk, and the hawks will typically flee rather than fight. There have been scuffles between them in the air, and there was one time the crows got a hawk so disoriented that it dove and crashed into one of the windows in the back of our house. I didn't care. Hawks are beautiful as long as they're not on or over my property and threatening my animals. I'd shoot the #^$% things if it weren't illegal.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

I have also seen it, and I have also witnessed the hawk getting even. Jarring, but still cool, to say the least!

Crows are fascinating birds. Every single time we take the birbs to the park, a crowd of 'em will perch in the trees above us and chatter to one another in utter astonishment. I can only imagine what they're saying:

"Hey Earl, look at this. Are them ducks?"
"Huh. I reckin they are, Phil!"
"You ever seen a duck and a hoomin get along like that before?"
"Nope, never. Ma's gotta see this. HEY, MA!"
"WHAT"?"
"C'MERE, THERE'S HOOMINS AND BIRBS GETTIN' ALONG!"
"AH, YER PULLIN' MY LEG!"

That's not as unusual as it sounds. Crows and other birds in the corvid family like ravens are very smart, and they can be trained if you take it upon yourself to work with them. They wouldn't normally come to sit in your lap, but you can train them to come take a peanut out of your hand and things like that. No, I don't do that because I don't have the time, but the crows around our house aren't that skittish and let us get pretty close to them simply because they've learned that we aren't a threat, plus they see us putting food out for them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have also seen it, and I have also witnessed the hawk getting even. Jarring, but still cool, to say the least!

Crows are fascinating birds. Every single time we take the birbs to the park, a crowd of 'em will perch in the trees above us and chatter to one another in utter astonishment. I can only imagine what they're saying:

"Hey Earl, look at this. Are them ducks?"
"Huh. I reckin they are, Phil!"
"You ever seen a duck and a hoomin get along like that before?"
"Nope, never. Ma's gotta see this. HEY, MA!"
"WHAT"?"
"C'MERE, THERE'S HOOMINS AND BIRBS GETTIN' ALONG!"
"AH, YER PULLIN' MY LEG!"

 

[GarnerZoo]

I'm sorry about your loss Patty, it was sweet that you let Coach stay in last night. When the two of our girls died we couldn't let the rest back in their coop because we didn't know what caused the death and didn't want there to be a possible sickness in their coop that would kill the rest, logically we knew if that was the case they'd already have the sickness but we were taking as many precautions as possible. So we cleared out all the harmful and breakable stuff from our patio and that's where the girls slept. Roosting up on out barbecue and laying in chairs. We put hay all over everything and put lights out to help keep them comfortable. Some people think it's silly to go so out of our way to keep out birds happy, but they're family and I'd do anything to keep them happy and healthy! It warms my heart to know you're the same way to your birds!

It's interesting to hear about the hawks and crows, we have so many hawks in our neighborhood! And we're in town, thankfully the coopers hawks the nest a few streets over don't come around as often *knocks on wood* we mainly see them in the winter/spring time so I'm already getting ready for them! I wish they weren't here at all, we've got lots of crows here though as well, which maybe that's why the hawks aren't coming over as often. I'll have to start feeding the crows if they're whats keeping the hawk population lower!

Well, it's official. Saturday is the day we're getting four more chicks. Two Easter Eggers and two Welsummers. My mom wanted the Welsummers or Rhode Island Red, but I read on one of the reviews here that there were production and heritage reds and that the production reds, which is what most stores sell, are mean to other chickens? I don't know if this is true or not but I couldn't find anything bad about the Welsummers so I guess we'll get two of them. Does anyone on here know if thats true about the RIRs?

 

[GarnerZoo]

I have also seen it, and I have also witnessed the hawk getting even. Jarring, but still cool, to say the least!

Crows are fascinating birds. Every single time we take the birbs to the park, a crowd of 'em will perch in the trees above us and chatter to one another in utter astonishment. I can only imagine what they're saying:

"Hey Earl, look at this. Are them ducks?"
"Huh. I reckin they are, Phil!"
"You ever seen a duck and a hoomin get along like that before?"
"Nope, never. Ma's gotta see this. HEY, MA!"
"WHAT"?"
"C'MERE, THERE'S HOOMINS AND BIRBS GETTIN' ALONG!"
"AH, YER PULLIN' MY LEG!"

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm sorry about your loss Patty, it was sweet that you let Coach stay in last night. When the two of our girls died we couldn't let the rest back in their coop because we didn't know what caused the death and didn't want there to be a possible sickness in their coop that would kill the rest, logically we knew if that was the case they'd already have the sickness but we were taking as many precautions as possible. So we cleared out all the harmful and breakable stuff from our patio and that's where the girls slept. Roosting up on out barbecue and laying in chairs. We put hay all over everything and put lights out to help keep them comfortable. Some people think it's silly to go so out of our way to keep out birds happy, but they're family and I'd do anything to keep them happy and healthy! It warms my heart to know you're the same way to your birds!

It's interesting to hear about the hawks and crows, we have so many hawks in our neighborhood! And we're in town, thankfully the coopers hawks the nest a few streets over don't come around as often *knocks on wood* we mainly see them in the winter/spring time so I'm already getting ready for them! I wish they weren't here at all, we've got lots of crows here though as well, which maybe that's why the hawks aren't coming over as often. I'll have to start feeding the crows if they're whats keeping the hawk population lower!

Well, it's official. Saturday is the day we're getting four more chicks. Two Easter Eggers and two Welsummers. My mom wanted the Welsummers or Rhode Island Red, but I read on one of the reviews here that there were production and heritage reds and that the production reds, which is what most stores sell, are mean to other chickens? I don't know if this is true or not but I couldn't find anything bad about the Welsummers so I guess we'll get two of them. Does anyone on here know if thats true about the RIRs?

I know that my lil Bantam Cochin frizzle was just about killed by some RIR before she came here to live me me. I saw her after they got through with her and My friend did a wonderful job saving her life.