"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Chris Herzog]

I never put chickens together in a coop until they are the same physical size. A young three month old chick really can not protect itself from a year old hen unless you have a lot of room for them to get away from each other. I doubt that would be the case with a tractor. I'm sure that's why you don't see the one beating up on the smaller chicks when they are out in the yard.

Chris

 

[NonnasBabies]

Yep! A week ago I gave my son 14 baby Pekin ducks. This weekend they put the ducklings in with their full grown chickens. A few hours later they came back to find 8 of the 14 ducklings pecked to death by the chickens. They took the remaining six inside and put them in a little wire kennel. Again, the poor little ducklings found out that we live in a very cruel world. The ducklings escaped from the kennel and met their demise by my son's tiny Chiquaua. In a matter of hours, all 14 ducklings were dead.

That's so sad Twiley!!

 

[Sharksandguitars]

Is the duck dead?

 

[Baralak]

Just wanted to see if everyone saw my earlier post. I think it was below the seam..lol!!

Twiley did u get moved?

Joe

 

[New2TheCoop]

I was wondering if anybody had any blue laced red wyandotte chicks or hatching eggs for sale in south la?

 

[grambysfarm]

That's so sad Twiley!!

Yep! There's definitely a learning curve involved for those just getting some new feathered friends. My daughter-in-law was heartbroken because she had already bonded with the little ducklings and had them following her around the yard. I hatched 15 more Pekins this weekend so some will be going to live with them. This time I'm sending a duck pen to keep this in until they're grown enough to survive outside. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll have a happy LONG life.

 

[grambysfarm]

Just wanted to see if everyone saw my earlier post. I think it was below the seam..lol!!
Twiley did u get moved?
Joe

We got one move completed -- one more to go. We will close the sale on our home next month which will give us the $$$ we need to complete the remodel on the house on the property. So, looking forward to one more final move.

 

[grambysfarm]

A beautiful Sunday in the Country!

Gracie, your pictures are so pretty. It really is beautiful to be in the country!!

Your sebbie goose is gorgeous! Have you hatched any yet? So far, I had one that was supposed to hatch about a week ago but for whatever reason it didn't hatch. It was fully formed but dead in the egg. I have several that should hatch within the next couple of weeks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Gracie9205]

Gracie, your pictures are so pretty. It really is beautiful to be in the country!!

Your sebbie goose is gorgeous! Have you hatched any yet? So far, I had one that was supposed to hatch about a week ago but for whatever reason it didn't hatch. It was fully formed but dead in the egg. I have several that should hatch within the next couple of weeks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

No sebbie goslings yet! She should hatch her clutch in a couple weeks. I have a few more in the incubator, and I also have another goose that decided to set last week. I was trying to pull all the eggs, but I lost 2 grandparents last week so the egg picking fell to the wayside. The gray girl only has a few eggs under her because she was DETERMINED to set. I felt bad letting her sit on a big nest of nothing! She looks like she will be a good mama for only being 1 year old.

 

[grambysfarm]

No sebbie goslings yet! She should hatch her clutch in a couple weeks. I have a few more in the incubator, and I also have another goose that decided to set last week. I was trying to pull all the eggs, but I lost 2 grandparents last week so the egg picking fell to the wayside. The gray girl only has a few eggs under her because she was DETERMINED to set. I felt bad letting her sit on a big nest of nothing! She looks like she will be a good mama for only being 1 year old.

So sorry to hear about your grandparents. It's quite sad not having the older folks around.

Is the grey goose one of your offspring?