So sorry for all your losses, and all those Roosters. I think many of us can relate to last year being the year of the roo and drakes. Hopefully this year will balance that out with more females.
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Sorry about all the loses. But congrats on the chicks!! Enjoy your flock!Sorry to have been a stranger since joining! Thanks for your welcomes!! So, to catch up...
My ducks didn't fair very well I'm afraid, I had a rat problem and only two ducklings made it to childhood (duckhood?) and then the worst thing happened just before christmas- American Mink :-( this visit resulted in me finding all seven ducks the next morning ripped to bits on the island. A very sad day. My hens hatched nine chicks and raised them all with no losses WOOHOO, that was woohoo until I realised seven of them were roosters! What are the odds? I've moved the roosters into their own pen and left the dad with the mothers in the other pen. I'm currently building a large pen and coop (with internal dividers and separate entrances/exits to separate parts of the run for the two groups) and will move them in soon. I also bought a couple Barnevelder POLs .
TDR
Depends on where yer from in ScotlandWelcome. Do your chickens and ducks chirp and quack with an accent?