Ammonia smell in coop-first time owner

[LisaP]

Somehow came home with 2 Light Sussex, 2 Speckledys and 2 Cayuga ducks

 

Definitely didn't intend to come home with any new girls as we didn't know that they would be selling them but when there are signs saying pay now, collect later, boxes provided, what else can you do There were so many different breeds to choose from and not just chickens, there were quail, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, even peacocks

 

Fortunately we did have our eglu spare as our other five girls are in the cube and I have ordered a little duck house. At the moment though the four new girls and two ducks are all together in one of the stables and last night they all cuddled up together in a corner Unfortunately though none of them seemed to know to go to bed in the eglu so we had to put the chickens in it ourselves. We had a large pet carrier ready for the ducks but they were having none of it, so in the end we just had to shut the stable up and hope they would be safe and they were fine this morning, quacking away quite happily

 

Off to the duck forum now to find out the best way to get ducks to bed......

 

Lisa P

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That's quite a handful to come home with if you weren't planning on buying anything . Congratulations, sounds like a lovely collection .

[gongladosh]

need photos!

[LisaP]

Of course - will be done this weekend when my techie assistant (aka DD) comes back from Uni for a week

 

The ducks are actually a birthday surprise for her, she knows nothing of them yet she's coming home to revise so I hope they don't distract her too much

 

Just found a small but perfectly formed little brown egg (in the pet carrier meant for the ducks ) laid by one of the Speckledys possibly

 

Lisa P

[Luvachicken]

What a lovely pressie.

Photos asap