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Dust the area with diamasious Earth "Food grade." Crystal type sand Ants eat it it cuts them up on the inside "uck". I also use this in all my smaller breeding cages for my bantams. Works on mites as well

Not really . The Geese kinda ran the pen when I had them together. I have since separated them. I have to keep mine penned at all times.In fact all my Birds are penned. My outside perimeter guard will kill anything that gets in the pasture. I can let Him into the pen area and he just looks at...

Put a few eggs under her and get her to setting. Most Hens will set for at least 4 weeks. I have one that I can just take chicks out and put eggs in and she will set for a couple months. just keep plenty of food and water close to her and she will do fine.

What else do you feed as far as grains. If you are feeding a high protien feed, lock him up and feed him nothing else. Also try serving his feed in water they like to fish for thier food. Just throw some in his water bowl.

Muscovy X2

Look under the wing close to the body for lice or a very small blk thing looks like a poppy seed. That is a blue wing mite. Or that's what we call them in Oklahoma

Sounds good on the fawn duckwing Would you send him to me please

This is good advice also. Oh I have 6 Pekins 2 Geese 2 cayca 12 call ducks and a partridge in a pecan tree. Just kidding about the Partridge

If all you have is a few minites a day I would discourage you from keeping ducks.

More keets on the way out started early this morning.

My Pryreneses Doesn't bother any of our stuff. Guineas or chickens. He is in the outer pasture with Goats. On the other hand He kills anything that get's in the pasture that isn't ours. Nieghbors chickens become brunch, ours can walk right by him.

Banties can fly a holding pattern and 500 Ft LOL just kidding but mine can really get up thier sometimes. My Guineas are funny when they walk up to a fence pace back and forth forever Then suddenly take off like a lier Jet

I always turned mine by hand. Now if you are going to open the top twice a day your room temp needs to be warm as mush as 85 at all times. Don't worry about marking them. Never seen a hen with a pen. Just pop the top up high enough to slide your arm in roll the eggs around and down with the lid...

I just stumbled on this and stopped to look. I have 2 280 egg Bators and I still use my "Old Styro" for like 4 or 5 eggs of a special breed. I use a combination of the Ideas I read. I use half of a Styrofoam egg carton for my reservoir. Cmom I'll give you the farm and a zillion bucks for that...

You should see a Partridge cochen hen with 20 keets LOL