I have 10 chickens and 3 ducks, all different makes and models. The chickens are 18 months old and the Ducks 6 months old. I was surprised at how dominant the ducks can be. Not in the way of fighting, but if they want to get at some food, the chickens pretty much acquiesce. I agree with Aunt...
Actually you do or should drink the brine from sauerkraut. Now let me say that if it’s a high quality non pasteurized sauerkraut. Sauerkraut shots are loaded with probiotics. Very popular here in California at the Farmers markets, they also sell them at Whole Foods and other organic grocery stores.
Was curious if your girls slow way down on their egg production when they are molting. Mine seem too, or at I think that’s what’s happening.
All the best
So when the kids got back from vacation, I had them scour the back yard for more eggs. Sure enough they found a few dozen in the duck house nesting boxes. Ducks are quite old enough to start laying, about another month. Problem solved.
We call meal worms crack. Our chicks will come running from their nesting boxes when they realize that there are meal worms to be had. It’s quite the scene.
They are all about 16-18 months. Four of them are Polish, not big egg layers to begin with. It hasn’t been that hot. Nothing in the triple digits yet. I gotta say, the ducks are messy, water needs to be changed on a daily instead of every other or every third day, wondering if that was part of...
My questions are, will your chickens have a run attached to the coop? Will the be free ranging out side coop/run? I have a run connected to my coop, and installed this one.
They free range in my backyard. I although I have never gone 10 days, my feeder and water system can go 10 days before...
Reading through some of the posts on lower egg production, I noticed stress was a major factor. We have 10 mixed breed chickens, all see very healthy. We had been getting 6-8 eggs a day. About 6 weeks ago we introduced 3 duck hens to the backyard. They seem to get along fairly well. Fairly well...
So you’re saying no bedding at all, no straw or anything which will hopefully cure them of their broodiiness. I have a pretty large run which I can section an area off for the two of them. It has a touch of straw, not much mostly dirt. Should I clear all the straw out of that area? Or should I...
My searching skills maybe lacking so if this question has been answered sorry for the repeat. I have 10 hens, and yesterday 2 of them started to brooding literally at the same time. My question is how does one cure them of this behavior? There’s no rooster, and wasn’t planning on having anymore...
Here are the pictures of inside the coop
That’s exactly what I’m trying now. Three youngest are the silver hair polish and she’s one of them. The other two will head to the coop but not her. The other two so far have no desire to roost. She does. I watched the dynamic the last two nights and...
I know for a fact they can eat kale. It was one of the first plants they destroyed before I chicken proofed my garden. This was an old growth one as well. I learned my lesson.
I’ll take a picture of the inside a
Nd post it as soon as the sun comes up. I have 11 chicks with 3 x 6 foot roosting bars a total of 18 feet. Another 1:30 and everyone will be up by then. The coop size 6x4 foot. I do have a video of the inside of the coop but it’s t doesn’t let me load it here.