Hey guys! So last spring I bought 4 welsh harlequin ducklings, we recently lost all but one female to a predator attack :(
My one female has been hanging out with the chickens but I can tell she is lonely and I really want to get her some new duck friends asap. I’ve been searching kijiji and...
Hey guys, I’m super new to all of this - was actually vegan for most of my life lol so as you can imagine this is all a big shift for me 😂
Anyway I had a few questions, a) I’m having a hard time emotionally about having to kill my roosters and was wondering if anyone had any tips/advice on...
Hey! So one of my hens has been making a weird new sound today and I was wondering if anyone has experienced this cause I’m not sure if she is sick or in pain or something.
It is like a low, soft murmur sound and has a repetitive tempo, like on every exhale or something. I was thinking is it her...
Hey guys! Looking for some SOS advice here, we have a young (9wks) chick who this morning has just become extremely lethargic and basically unresponsive 😔 we really love this chick, and are doing everything we can to save her.
Backstory:
She came from the breeder at 1wk old along with her...
Hi! So I have these two liege fighters that I hatched this spring (April 27) they are both now about 4 months old. We hatched 4 other chicks along with them (different breeds) and so far have only one who I am quite positive is a rooster. I’m pretty excited that it seems I got 5/6 in my hatch to...
Hey guys! I’m new to caring for ducks and I’ve found it pretty hard to find exact info on this topic so thought I should just post myself!
So, I have 4 Indian runner ducks that are 8 weeks old. I live in somewhat northern Ontario (Canada) and the temps are currently still dropping to around -1...
Hi! I just made another post asking for advice in the hatching forum and I also talked to my friend who has incubated many duck eggs. She told me to open my egg up because it has a very strange air cell and hasn’t moved at all for days. I opened him up in the air cell to check on him, it looks...
Hey guys! This is my first time hatching eggs, I have 6 Indian runner duck eggs and 2 already hatching this morning! I am just a bit worried about some of the others. Hoping someone can either ease my nervousness or tell me if there is something I should do to help! There is one that had quite a...