Oh man are they messy😂, I got back late and didn’t trouble myself with a brooder, so they got set up in my front hall, which is tile. Brooder is top priority today.
I bought a pair of Cayuga ducks from a poultry farm here in VT, they are supposed to be 10 weeks, but look a little younger to me, but I’ve been out of the duckling game a while now. One has definite quacks, the other I was worried, but I think we got a couple from it.. so fingers crossed.
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I have suffered some losses, down to 4 hens, and one drake who is too feeble to mate them, he gets to the food and water and that’s about it. I responded to an ad for 1.5 months old runners, I should be able to sex them by voice, but how about mixing them in with the rest? Do you think I would...
By the time I got home from work she was gone. She looked perfect, she was starting to stiffen I felt around but didn’t feel an egg, I don’t know if she foraged something she shouldn’t have, or if she was egg bound or if one broke in there. It is sad, and I am worried about the others.
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I can tomorrow, or perhaps even tonight. 2 things come to mind as different, I changed their bedding and the feed store had a different brand out of Canada that just said “wood shavings” not as soft or absorbent, might even be hardwood. And the mice opened the corner of the bag of meal worms and...
My Harlequin is somewhere around 4 years old, she’s usually pretty adventurous and more apt to be off on her own. I have been home for the last 4 days so they have been out of their fence and moving around. Thursday she was out and around with the ladies, Friday she went down in the lilies and...
I am sort of interested in learning more about homing pigeons, I guess the ducks aren’t enough 😂
Are there any good books or websites, clubs etc with good information to get started with?
Thanks!
I am back on my turkey kick, reading up on breeds, I think I want to go with smaller birds, a heritage type breed, as opposed to the faster growing BBW or similar which are typically used for thanksgiving birds. These would be processed shortly before thanksgiving. Hoping for a 12lb average bird...
I still haven’t done anything with it, my daughter “helped” me date eggs tonight and announced she wanted eggies for breakfast, so we shall see what the little egg holds.