u/rexallia

That’s it. That’s all I have to say.

A raccoon just killed my favorite duck (and injured one of my chickens) and has killed several of my chickens in the past. Probably not the same one. The past owner of the birds (a neighbor that moved) used to FEED the raccoons and he’d have about 20 of them. Needless to say, this stopped 2 years ago when I adopted the birds. Anyway, the fucker growled at me since I wouldn’t let it have her body.

I’ve closed off the portions of fence that allowed my girls to go back and forth to the new neighbor’s garden (which is super overgrown and part of the problem). I feel bad for my 8 chickens, as that’s where they spent the day, but they still have a large yard to chicken in.

Looking for recommendations for a cheap-ish paintball gun for me to shoot the bastards. I’d like to make it fun and colorful too. Spare me the moral crap, I’m not killing them (yet). Thanks!

She eats them a lot, too. Her eggs are still soft! She also eats layer feed. Are these just the eggs she lays, or what am I missing?

I’ve taught my youngest hen to hop up on a platform for mealworms and as of today we’ve progressed to hopping onto my arm for worms. This morning I watched a few chickens on YouTube doing “tricks” like hopping thru a hoola hoop, going back and forth between poles (like the agility ones for dogs), doing the limbo. All for mealworms. Anyway, I want to keep training my hen lol but was wondering what other tricks y’all have gotten your girls to do?!

I’ve had chickens and ducks for almost a couple years now. The chickens are fun to watch (and a few are smart-ish) but I’ve found ducks to be so intelligent and interactive. I have one in particular that acts like a dog. Knows her name, comes when called, even fetches the other ducks when I ask her (she may be motivated by the fact that she knows bedtime is pea time).

Does anyone else have ducks like this? Are there any studies regarding duck intelligence, wild or domestic?