Leghorns are great layers, but I found them to be very skittish. I had a white one, two brown and two silver. The silver and brown ones were sort-of friendly, but I couldn't go near the white one. They laid lovely, big eggs.
Gosh, Chicken, how awfulAnd then you get dead hens with this in them.It was one of the worst things I've smelled in my life. Like eggs and raw milk left to sour and then half-warmed in a microwave.
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Poor girl!
Yeah, I've found that I have to raise them myself or they're absolute nutters. If I do, though, they're almost annoyingly friendly if allowed to approach on their own terms. (I have Whites.) One bird decided to investigate while I was painting and got turned partially red by accident! She was a funny bird.
If you're going to have them inside for any length of time, bedding them on sand and sifting it daily will save your sanity and keep you from spending fifty bucks on shavings. Moving them outside ASAP into a tractor type pen is best of all. Makes the whole thing so much more fun and less stinky! Also, be careful with the type of waterers made of a milk jug. Ducklings can fit through surprisingly small holes. I had to cut one of mine out because she couldn't fit through the hole again.Duck people! Please tell this first time mom what you do with your ducklings to keep them happy and make your lives easier. I've hatched ducklings before, but they were for a friend, so I didn't raise them. I know the basics regarding housing and feeding them and swim time etc, but any tips and tricks and absolutely-do-NOT-do's would be appreciated
Am I infecting YOU now?
Thanks!
You better be ready cause I'm shipping them to you.
