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Hi All! I have decided to get some ducks, ideally I will start with 2 and then in time probably add another 1-2 in a few months. I am hoping to get some white call ducks but open to others also. I have a large pen/run with 2 decent sized coops in it. It is enclosed in chicken wire and...

Hello! My 2 new anconas are in their brooder & are terrified of me:-( they are 2 & 3 days old, so I assume they’re just getting used to their new environment but every time I put my hand in the brooder to change the water or anything they peep super loud & run to the other side of the box &...

Hello, I have a female kahki campbell who when I let out this morning at 4.30am was fine and herself. A few hours later I went out to check them and she had a very low abdomin and was in the corner not moving just standing. Then later on she had moved to the night time quarters and has just sat...

During quarantine I decided it would be nice to have a friend, so I have decided to incubate a duck egg and document my experience. This is a new thing for me. I’ve never known a duck or really even seen one up close for that matter, but now I’ve got a white pekin and to be perfectly honest, I...

Good Morning Backyard Friends! I hope your morning is as Glorious as ours, here, in Central Texas! Good news this morning from our lil' homestead. We have our first hatched baby chicks from one of our rescued hens (Henrietta). She was and continues to be feral. Henrietta's History: Henrietta...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My chicks are 9 days old today (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 5 (3) What breeds do you have? Orpington, Easter Egger, Rhode Island Red, Super Blue Egg Layer, Partridge Cochin (4) What are your favorite aspects of...

hey there! I’ve been a chicken owner for 3 years now, and have had a lot of trouble adjusting my original flock. After one of my four passed due to egg peritonitis, I tried to introduce a full-sized pullet using the separation method for a month. My chickens drew blood on her neck, and she had...

My name is Julie and my fiancé, Alex and I just recently became the proud parents of 2 beautiful adult silkies (1 female and 1 male). I have a lot to learn but I love my silkies so much, I want more so I’ve started putting my incubator together and I’m ready to start hatching chicks! But I need...

okay I just got four two week old chicks two days ago and have them in my brooder with all of the fixin's Today I discovered one of them had obviously been injured by another chick. She has a lot of feathers missing an bleeding from the thin little flap of wing between her back and wing. I...

Hi! Long time reader but new member and first time poster because of this issue!! My Wyandotte (bottom of the pecking order) had been broody for two months so we decided to get her some fertile eggs. We gave them to her on June 7th and she has been a dutiful broody ever since. This morning when...

Hi guys!! Im new to the Duck Mom life, and its all thanks to the little guy that I have as my profile picture. Im asking for any tips on raising an imprinted duckling. He is a male, I recently sexed him, let him rest and tried again and his little "you know what" came out. I have him in a...