So my last try with ducks ended up all boys when I wanted girls so I sold them and started over. Last time I had the ducklings outside at three weeks but it was the middle up 90-100 degree summer. The upcoming highs are low to mid 70s and lows in the upper 40s. They have been with out heat...
I see plenty on roosters attacking ducks but I don't see much on dicks going after roosters. I have four runner ducks (2male 2female, results of straight run ducklings) and they share a yard with 7 hens and one rooster. They leave the girls alone but keep ganging up on the rooster. I'm not sure...
I currently have a mixed flock of runner ducklings, hens and chicks. The chicks have a medicated feed and the feed is separated from everyone else (baby gate that is only high enough for the chicks to get to the feed), there's layer feed in the coop where the ducks don't go and mixed flock feed...
8ish month old chicken. I thought I had all girls in the coop but now I'm starting to wonder based on this one's comb. I haven't witnessed laying or crowing but either is possible.
Ignore the chicken poop. It's been a crazy week and I'm out to scoop poop in a min.
After three days building with my amazing fiancé. The duck run/house is done other than shingling the roof! The stacked baby gates to the right of the duck house is penning in a trio of chicks. I realized partway through the build that I had space for the two week olds and they are loving the...
I have three week old ducklings and week old chicks. I'm figuring the chicks will be staying indoors for a few more weeks at least.
But with the ducklings, it's hitting 90s here during the day and dropping to mid to high 50s at night. I'll have their run and duck house built next weekend...
They are around 5-6 weeks old and seem fully feathered to me (first flock). Their coop and run should be done here in the next day or so and I was hoping to kick the little ones outside. Temps during the day have been 50-60 degrees, night obviously gets colder. They have been without a heat lamp...
Some pictures of the coop me and the BF were building today. It is loosely based on one I found in the coop section. I'll post which one when I get a chance to go back through them.
It decided to start raining when we started to get going. You can sort of see where we are digging a pit to...
Just got back from the feed store with 4 chicks. Two are Silkies and I think the other two were Plymoth Rocks but they don't look like the chick pics I see on here. I can get a better picture if needed.
Thanks!
Thinking of starting my coop to be (and I like to plan way ahead) and I am thinking incubating my chickens could be fun.
Which one would be better?
http://www.amazon.com/Brinsea-Mini-Eco-Hatching-Incubator/dp/B008HVM692/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
or...
My sweetie and I are soon to be moving to a house in Sacramento Ca and I have gotten the green light for a chicken coop from him :) Just joined the forum to start learning what kind of chickens, coop, etc. Hello everyone!