spring

My girls love when I work in the garden. They chirp and get so excited, they just KNOW that any minute I will be throwing them a worm or grub. My fruit and nut trees are all in bloom, figs are starting to show, sunflowers are waking up, and my first tulip has popped up to say Welcome Spring...

Howdy Everyone! As you may have heard, the Midwest was struck by some pretty devastating tornados and hail this week. I live in one of the areas that was heavily hit. Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected. With Spring and warmer temperatures quickly approaching for many of us, severe...

Its my first spring (getting close to 1 year mark having my ducks) and I have 4 sibling runner drakes. They've done well together all year (they'll be 1 year in march or may) but now its gotten warmer in one day and they all switched up and are fighting hard together. The most submissive one...

I know there are a ton of posts about decreased egg laying. Thanks for your time. It's late Feb in Willamette Valley Oregon with warm weather 40s-60s. Collection of and mixed breeds; 12 female ducks, of which 7 are almost a year and 5 are 'a few' years old; 6 adult drakes, 3 of which are were...

Some of our hens free ranging while supervised, I finally got a photo of one of our black diamond roosters

Is anyone else super excited for chick season? Any particular breeds you're hoping to purchase or hatch? I have never been so excited for spring and summer in my life (I'm an autumn-loving kind of gal) PURELY because CHICKS! We're first-time chicken owners (we have eight 7-month-olf Black...

Streaming our chicks weekly for family and whoever else is interested! https://twitch.tv/ocean_monk These ladies are 6 weeks old 😁

Hello friends. I have a problem. My chickens are not laying eggs. I get about one egg every other day out of 20 hens. I have been giving them oyster shells, grit, protein in the form of meal worms. They have a clean coop, they have clean water, they are getting plenty of nutrients. None of them...

Hi everyone, I have a year old female mallard who I raised from an egg and she is very much imprinted in myself and my family. We got her another female runner duck of similar age to be her friend in our backyard. Recently our mallard has started acting very irritable and making a loud, hoarse...

It's starting to get warm here in Minnesota, no more winter, but yesterday and today I found two dead chickens. They were pretty healthy, nice and fluffy, I didn't find any predator marks on them. What could be the problem? Is it because of the sudden change in weather? But the first one that...

It just hit spring time here and Tempest has laid a single egg and I put it in a little plastic kennel with some pine shavings and she wants to sit on the single egg without compiling a nest of several, she is desperate for children and here I am getting ready for us all to move in a month what...

Seeing any signs of spring yet? We've had a pretty mild winter here so far in Scotland. You can never be sure if it's going to get worse (I suspect it will) but in the meantime I have blooms from this shrub that's growing out of one of the stone walls on the property. Seeing any signs of spring...

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Hi! I'm Jess, I live near Ann Arbor MI. This is my first post although I have come here for advice and guidance many times over the years through google searches. I currently have two chickens. Sakura is my bantam double laced silver barnvelder. "Tree puff" (a young child named her) is a...

I just put 6 of my Coturnix quail's eggs into the bator today. Last year I tried with 24 shipped eggs and only got 1 hatch. But this year I am pretty excited to have my own quails laying fertile eggs!!! Not sure how high the fertility rates are but we shall find out! I also have a friend who...

I have two pet Narragansett and Sweetgrass turkeys that are about 10 months old. I think they're both males but I'm not completely sure. They both get moody during the spring and start fighting sometimes. Otherwise they're best friends. Lemon (the Sweetgrass) is almost always puffed up and Ari...

Rules: * two photos only * three entries per person * No fighting, this is a fun/friendly contest not to be taken seriously. * Photos must be of your own chickens. What to include in your entry Name: Age: Breed: Personality: Photo: E.g Name: Luna Age: 8 months Breed: golden brahma...

I'm like a month late (whoops) but I figure I'll just post my hatching tales and such here. Feel free to chime in with your own stories. It's like five in the morning here, so I'll post more soon...

Hello, I have a serious broody and I was wondering about when it gets warmer how to encourage her broody in a certain nest so I can get her to hatch eggs? Answers will be much appreciated!

Still too cold for the chicks here in Colorado