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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 get green periodically, never had one this dark or brown either.

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...

The girls just started laying again, had a couple normal eggs, then this. They have calcium, should I be concerned?

It’s been a while since I checked in much here, my 5 hens are doing well, not laying of course, but doing well. Sir Winston has made no improvement over the fall and winter with his mobility struggles, but he hasn’t gotten any worse either and he still seems to want to be here. It has been an...

I buy my feed 100lbs at a time and have been buying the TSC Dumor all flock, which is made by Purina. I store in a metal trash can, which gets emptied thoroughly before adding new. I put this round in a week ago and now itnhas flies coming out of it, i can see them digging their way to the...

This is more of just a discussion or perhaps commiseration, because I ended up having to put Petunia down. I went away on Friday for the weekend, my FIL was letting them in and out for me. He said Petunia was acting fine on Sunday morning but unable to walk Sunday evening so he picked her up and...

Been away for 2 weeks, the neighbor girl was watching them, shes a nice kid, but i wish she had been a little more clear about how bad off he was, dunno what I could have done from there but I can’t go back. Hes been having some mobility issues since last fall, I blamed his heroic acrobatics in...

My drake looked funny this morning, upon closer inspection it is foam, which is wetting his feathers. What is it, and what do i do about it. They have a water bucket and a pool which get changed daily. They are on Dumor All Flock. The other 7 seem fine.

Wife came home and reported one Rouen was missing. Shortly after she called to say it was in the fence, but killed. I have 4’ electronet, with a hot AC Charger. I happen to know it is very hot. I have seen a fox jump it in the winter with snow on. I see no evidence of tracks here, of course it...

Some of you may remember i had 2 of my Pekins inside over thanksgiving, one had a terrible bumble and the other had some variety of leg strain, so to ensure each had a buddy and to work on the foot and keep it clean I brought them in and set them up in the basement. Well it got cold, the...

I love Malards, but have avoided them because of the whole flying deal, it is just a whole other level of something to worry about. Is wing clipping a big deal and does it need to be done a lot? Or is it a couple times a year routine that wouldn’t be really difficult?

Fluffed up the big family nest in preparation for cold today and tomorrow. They were very excited. Of course it had mealworms in it, so that helped.

I have 2 ducks in basement sick bay, the first is Scuba she has a large bumble, which is somewhat straightforward, i plan to do some nightly soaks and daily packs with triple antibiotic and a duck boot while keeping her quiet in the basement, then i will evaluate operating, should i be giving an...

Ive got a mixture of ducks, Pekin, Rouens, Welsh Harlequin, and Runners. I cant be totally sure but I believe the WH and runner eggs are more like the thickness of chicken eggs. The others are extremely thick, like one might expect from a duck. They are fed all flock, and have access to calcium...

A family friend bought a piece of property from his father. I didn’t realize it but many moons back his father kept ducks, it’s definitely got a crowbar inn look but its darn solid. And well done. Had electric fence around the top and apparently a net over the top. These were the winter...

Got home late from my folks, my cousin was visiting from FL, apparently I forgot to call 🤣 three runners giving me the evil eye. They like to be tucked in promptly at sunset!

What are the thoughts on hobbling a drake. I am thinking about neoprene ans Velcro, something gentle on the skin, able To get wet and somewhat stretchy. After my recent experience with him getting hurt in his drake jail, and having witnessed him scale a 5’ fence only to fall down the opposite...

I was heading out to put the kids to bed. My drake has been in drake jail, a folding wire dog pen which i move routinely to fresh grass in the middle of activity where the girls are. Hes been prone to stupidity before. But today i heard flapping and realized his head was stuck in the fence, i...