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    Duck Pond

    I purchased this filter on Amazon for our pond. It was a green sludgy mess. It took a couple of weeks to get it clear again but it worked great! I can see my fish again! We built the pond specifically for our two Peking ducks. The pond is about 9' x 6' x 3' average depth. They've pretty...
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    Why is my male duck trying to mate with my chickens?

    I am in a similar situation. We picked up three Peking ducklings (2 survived) with our batch of 7 pullets in March. They were brooded together and were even in the same coop until 2 weeks ago where we moved the chickens into the main coop with our other 4 (1 rooster, 3 hens). The move went...
  3. My Coop

    My Coop

    My husband and I designed and built our coop using recycled wooden pallets. It's 4' x 8', two levels, and the coop up above the run contains two roosting bars and 3 nesting boxes.
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    How to keep chickens off my deck and out of my house

    I'm having the same problem. For a while the gate at the top of the stairs kept them out, but now they fly right over it and I come home to find chicken poop all over my nice wooden deck and Nugget and the girls milling about. I chase them off, but they just come back an hour later. I really...
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