Raising free range chickens in Samoa

[sistaro]

Hello, I'm based both in Samoa and New Zealand. I know very little about chickens, although I did previously own 6 plymouth rock chickens which I loved. Now that I travel regularly to our family farm in Samoa, I want to learn how to keep our chickens safe from diseases and pests without having access to the farm supplies found in New Zealand. Our farm is rural about 40 minutes from town. I learnt that adding cider vinegar to the chickens drinking water may help with worms. We appear to have very few chicks, that I believe could be from rats, the raised wooden nesting boxes are all empty. Recently, my uncle has shown interest in raising ducks. I'd like to know more on this and how to contain them from flying away and what breeds are ideal for the tropics. I'm interested in Peking ducks, although I'm not sure we have them in Samoa. Look forward to getting some tips. Thanks for having me!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I'm afraid that ACV will do little to nothing rid a chicken of worms. It is not the end all, beat all elixir it's often touted to be.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you here!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community!
Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Pekin ducks do not fly.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[drumstick diva]

Gee I never knew Pekin ducks never fly. Thanks for mentioning that Sour.