Recent content by FrancesR

Virginia in May your temps probably range from low 60's at night to mid 70's to low 80's in the day, so that is just fine for a 4 wk old duckling, especially if there's no draft in their pen. The low temps at night may stress them some and they will huddle to keep warm, but I'm guessing the...

I agree. Welsummer if red eared, brown Danish leghorn if white ears, bit perfectly fine breeds!

Great idea! An anti infIammatory should at least make her feel more comfortable. I can pick some up tomorrow and dose her a bit. Thanks very much!

One of my 2 month old sumatra girls has a very swollen leg, from hip to ankle, not including foot. She's standing one-legged, and only uses the leg to move if she has to. She has been eating (full crop) and pooping, but I removed her from the brood shed so the others won't notice her...

I keep one rooster only. If the day comes when I can't buy just-hatched chicks from the mainland, then I'm going to have to breed my girls. We already can't bring ducklings from the mainland anymore, thanks to DLNR's ruling.

I live in Hawaii and fresh local eggs are a premium product. The stores here carry eggs shipped from the mainland, so you can imagine how old the eggs are. I get $7.00 per dozen on chicken eggs and $10,00 per dozen on duck eggs. I also sell half-dozens. A 50 pound bag of feed here costs $23...

Here's a pic of a cayuga duckling that we ended up raising indoors. She was not big enough to join the flock, but she sure kept our dog entertained.

Hi, I live in Hawaii and usually have about 150 chickens in 15 varieties and 3 dozen ducks. Right now, I'm at about half that population because COVID closed my farmers' market. I usually gather eggs in one gallon size paint buckets, but I did this arrangement in a pile of macadamia nut leaves...

Yow! Insulted much? I get it; you're tired of losing treasured birds and dealing with apathetic neighbors. If it's not your property to fence, you wll likely have to keep your birds in their runs. I daily harvest weeds, grasses, and veggies that I toss in my girls' runs. I tell them it's...

If you love your chickens, build them a spacious run. Then build a fence around the area of your chicken yard. It took me a couple of years, but I perimeter fenced our 2 acres (5 ft fencing), then fenced the chicken/duck yard inside our perimeter fence and fenced several goats pens( all 4 ft...

You cannot begin to know how disappointing and annoying it is to see that you, like many other companies, exclude Hawaii & Alaska from your contests, campaigns, advertisements. OK, we are in the middle of the Pacific....so what? Are we less American or less human than the rest of you? If you...

In animal anatomy, a cloaca /kloʊˈeɪkə/ kloh-AY-kə (plural cloacae /kloʊˈeɪsi/ kloh-AY-see or /kloʊˈeɪki/ kloh-AY-kee) is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of certain animals, opening at the vent. All...

clo·a·ca klōˈākə/ noun Zoology noun: cloaca; plural noun: cloacae a common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates (except most mammals) and certain invertebrates. Specifically, the cloaca is present in birds, reptiles...

That's almost correct......bacteria don't have the ability to want anything. The mechanism is a thermodynamic operation in the difference of temperatures between the egg and the washing water. If the water is colder than the egg, the reduced temperature will cause contraction of the egg which...

My first order from Murray McMurray was a disaster. Dept of Ag in Hawaii didn't process on the weekend and by the time I got the babies I was able to save only 2 out of 50. I've ordered from them since and never had a problem again. Good sturdy, healthy birds that are true to each breed. The...