litarutherford
Hatching
- May 8, 2015
- 2
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- 7
Hello!
We've had some of our birds for a couple months, but we are definitely newbies. We have 7 chickens and 3 ducks. 2 RIR (we think), 2 Barred rocks, 2 ISA (we were told), and a big fluffy easter egger. For ducks we have an Indian Runner, a Khaki Campbell and some sort of black duck with brown tipped feathers. Based on quack we have two boys and a girl which is not great xp working on that issue. Trying to find another girl, but I worry how noisy they may be. May need to swap her for a boy.
Our birds are pets first, and we're in the process of planning out a 10x25 coop/run combo for them to have when not being watched. Hopefully that will give them plenty of space!
At the moment I'm working on figuring out how to hand tame our newest bird, the EE. She is already laying, we were told she is at least a year or about. Very untrusting and wary of us! I figure I'll need to work slow with her but definitely will be a learning challenge!
We also have (indoors) bunnies, guinea pigs, cats, rats and a dog. My poor dog hates the chickens cause when they have run of the yard she isn't allowed outside! The one thing she isn't scared of is the chickens/ducks. A guinea pig will clearly tear her apart but a chicken must be easy pickins. Xp (She is a 45lb Aussie/Rottie for ref!)
Anyhoo thanks for reading and hopefully I can learn somthing!
We've had some of our birds for a couple months, but we are definitely newbies. We have 7 chickens and 3 ducks. 2 RIR (we think), 2 Barred rocks, 2 ISA (we were told), and a big fluffy easter egger. For ducks we have an Indian Runner, a Khaki Campbell and some sort of black duck with brown tipped feathers. Based on quack we have two boys and a girl which is not great xp working on that issue. Trying to find another girl, but I worry how noisy they may be. May need to swap her for a boy.
Our birds are pets first, and we're in the process of planning out a 10x25 coop/run combo for them to have when not being watched. Hopefully that will give them plenty of space!
At the moment I'm working on figuring out how to hand tame our newest bird, the EE. She is already laying, we were told she is at least a year or about. Very untrusting and wary of us! I figure I'll need to work slow with her but definitely will be a learning challenge!
We also have (indoors) bunnies, guinea pigs, cats, rats and a dog. My poor dog hates the chickens cause when they have run of the yard she isn't allowed outside! The one thing she isn't scared of is the chickens/ducks. A guinea pig will clearly tear her apart but a chicken must be easy pickins. Xp (She is a 45lb Aussie/Rottie for ref!)
Anyhoo thanks for reading and hopefully I can learn somthing!
