Stinky Acres Farm

[StinkyAcres]

Awesome setup! And thanks for the nudge, I will start the winter contests this afternoon! I hope to see some entries from you!

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what contests you've chosen this winter!

 

[casportpony]

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what contests you've chosen this winter!

Here are the first three:
Winter Photo Contests

We're also working on some holiday-themed ones.

 

[Squawkers]

My pullets' and cockerel's first big snow! So happy to finally have a nice covered outdoor area for my birds this winter. So far it looks like I built it strong enough!

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Awww looks great!!! Such a handsome roo!!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Awww looks great!!! Such a handsome roo!!

Thanks! I'm happy he's finally growing his sickle feathers back. He looked strange without them!

 

[StinkyAcres]

I guess I should give an update here.

I have learned the hard way that Muscovy are not peaceful creatures. I dealt with their constant fighting for over a year hoping that one day they'd figure it out themselves. But after multiple fights ending in injured ducks with bloodied faces, torn caruncles, and missing feathers, I made the difficult decision to put one of them down. It was the last resort after trying so many different things to stop them from hurting each other.

Now I still have three and they still don't get along, but the worst culprit is gone. I couldn't bring myself to cull the others. All of them are pets.

On the bright side, I got permission to convert a shed that was my old chicken coop back into a chicken coop. So I will have a lot more space for my cranky ducks and more chickens! I think I will call it "The Recoop."

 

[ShrekDawg]

I guess I should give an update here.

I have learned the hard way that Muscovy are not peaceful creatures. I dealt with their constant fighting for over a year hoping that one day they'd figure it out themselves. But after multiple fights ending in injured ducks with bloodied faces, torn caruncles, and missing feathers, I made the difficult decision to put one of them down. It was the last resort after trying so many different things to stop them from hurting each other.

Now I still have three and they still don't get along, but the worst culprit is gone. I couldn't bring myself to cull the others. All of them are pets.

On the bright side, I got permission to convert a shed that was my old chicken coop back into a chicken coop. So I will have a lot more space for my cranky ducks and more chickens! I think I will call it "The Recoop."