My husband just built a me another chicken coop. He wants to put a wood deck in the chicken run, he says that should keep out any critters from digging under the run. Also he says it will stay drier. Input please.
Last night something dug under my enclosed turkey coop/run and took 8 baby turkeys. The hen was still in the coop not injured. In another coop where I had 3 young ducks, Something also dug under the run and killed 3 baby ducks. What ever killed the ducks did not take them. All three looked...
One duckling hatched around three days ago, But the Mom duck is still sitting and not watching her. Today I found the duckling in the run for the second time, it was cold. I have not had too much lucky with the mother ducks raising the duckling. So I put the duckling in a large tug with heat...
Turkey chicks hatched today. Should I move the Tom turkey (dad turkey) to a different coop. The hen hatched her eggs in a crate off the ground. All the chicks and the hen are now on the ground. I am worried that the tom might step on the chicks. What do I do?
Can I add my 4 weeks old chicks to my 6 weeks old chicks. The 6 weeks old chicks are in a large coop. The 4 weeks old are still in the garage with the heat lamp on at night. Would really like to move them into the coop. What do you think. Should I wait?
What is killing my ducks. I had 21 ducks, 5 years to 1 year old. This morning i lost my 4th duck with in 4 weeks. First one died about 4 weeks ago, the 2nd died one week after the first. The third duck died 5 days ago and the fourth died last night. What diseases might be attacking my...
I moved them just now. I will try to candle them tomorrow. As you can tell this is the first time using an incubator. It is must easier to let the hens sit on them. The grand kids are coming in 3 weeks and I thought it was be nice for them to see the chicks hatch and name them. I do have...
I used my daughter in law's incubator started on Monday night. There must be something wrong with it because the temp never got above 90% (mostly stayed at 85%)and the humidity was always too high. I bought a new incubator today ( Thursday). My question is. Should I start with...
One of my hen turkeys run straight out to the pond, first thing in the morning. I thought that it was a little weird also. I guess they like the water on their feet.