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They told me it the virus doesn't pass through songbirds, crows, ravens, etc. They may get sick and die but they won't end up surviving carriers. It's only the waterfowl they're coming after.

Update on the compensation... Now we are being told that we kept a slick facility and were obviously using expensive bagged straw and that opened bags of grain couldn't even be seen. I said, "No. we keep grain in rat-proof bins that lock." I was then told that there's no reason we can't...

I forgot to add about the compensation. As I sat down with my mom trying to fathom what this means financially, the loss is devastating. We put together an expansive list. We run our home as a duck and goose-themed Airbnb and to have a lap trained tame adult gander is almost irreplaceable. The...

I wanted to share... It's an awful, terrible, painful day. One I don't wish on any of you. The state just killed all my babies. Even the brand new magpie ducks that just arrived in the mail yesterday and have never even set a webbed footie on the tainted ground that is now my 10-acre...

Thank you so much for this excellent read! I learned so much. Doing my first incubation this year and this was very informative.

We have a similar issue. We are very lucky as our original flock (my mom brought home all straight run) ended up being a solid 50/50. We got essentially one of each type male and female. There was a bit of fighting happening during mating season but they settled in and everyone chose a mate...

My buff goose laid her first egg! She built a beautiful nest right next to our house in the corner where she'd be well protected. I've read they tend to lay later in the day than ducks and chickens. She tends to lay in her yard nest around 9 or 10 am. Is that what I should expect from her?

So my ducks have started laying eggs and we had to separate the drakes from the rest of the flock at night because my sweet gander has decided that duck mating is naughty. He spends all his time keeping the drakes away from the females. At first, it was fine, the boys would sneak off in corners...

Hi Janie, Mostly young adult books. The last name is Houck.

Your chicken is gorgeous!

It's a beautiful state.

I've driven through Nebraska. You all have a LOT of corn.

Thank you :)

Hello, I guess introductions are in order first. I didn't set out to become a flock mother. It was thrust upon me by my own live-in parent. But seeing as I do the bulk of the bird care, it seems I need to seek out the advice of other parents of feathered creatures who are much more experienced...