Recent content by HenMomma7650

Aw **** I knew it. Thanks for confirming my suspicions :barnie

My ducks turn 1 year in may these are the first ducks I’ve had and sadly when buying them 7 out of the 8 were drakes so I had to cull 6 of them. My original plan was to wait for spring to buy more chickens and let the ducks go broody(the coop isn’t finished I need to fill some holes and get some...

That’s genius I tried a vent on my last coop but the wind would get rid of any heat so I had to keep it mostly closed for the winter What kind of filter material is it? Do you think any kind would work?

In the west of Iowa literally 20 minute drive to the Missouri river I haven’t got much to work with since I’m snowed in and there’s too much ice on the roads to travel and get supplies but I’ll work on keeping snow out of the coop

this winter is going to be the coldest it’s been for these hens and I’ve just built a new coop that doesn’t have all the good stuff my old one did. The insulation was half done since I had to put construction on pause when the snow came in and there are even still holes in the roof from where...

Ohhh alright it has just started to get cold not freezing but getting there. Do you think if we put a red light in the coop she’ll be more likely to lay eggs like my chicken hens?

Oh yes definitely I had 8 ducks originally but there’s only 1 hen (the one mentioned) and we’ve been killing them every week or so for dinner. We are down to 5 ducks now but most if not all should be gone by thanksgiving :celebrate

This hen(I assume Swedish duck…?) is one I got may 8th with 2 others who turned out to be maes. Lately they’ve reached sexual maturity since I’ve seen both of them mounting her multiple times. But I’ve done glances around the yard and coop and I haven’t seen any eggs larger than usual or...

Hi guys me again :hit Hate to say it but my hens had gotten attacked yesterday!!!! Since the weather is getting warmer I let them out of the coop(I have a cage outside to keep them in during winter) to eat bugs and walk around. I let them out many days before this attack so I know the predator...

Hi guys me again another question about the runt that hatched (we call them chicken nugget now :love) About a week ago we found what looked to be a bubble we decided to keep an eye on it when we realized it was the babies crop!:eek: It’s not a question about the crop but more on where it is, the...

Thanks so much I guess that is best. He has 3 siblings and the last time they met the mother just kept on pecking at him and he seemed scared of them. I’ll have no choice to add his to the flock :fl I hope he’ll be okay

Hi this is the same chick about my other question. The chick is maybe 6 days old now and something new has occurred. Since this chick was a surprise we warm up 3 bags of water and put towels on top so the bags stay warm throughout the night. But today I went to a massage and a small errand for...

No the chick is healthy my main problem is that the chick is scared and not attaching to the mother. It won’t follow her and i think it might be scared of her and her siblings. It will stand there while the siblings and mother are getting food and drinking but while with humans will eat and...

this is my first broody hen(bantam very small), she hatched 2 eggs and began kicking the rest out! We incubated the other 4 eggs and maybe a day later a third hatched. we had been waiting about a week and this chick finally hatched, but it was a runt and very weak. We tried to put it with the...