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yes I am fearing the worst for her and her babies ! but I only have 1 coop and i have a seperate pen right now for all of my new teen ducks and chicks . I really dont have a any other place for them besides the brooder box but I really wanted to keep her with them , she has been such a good...

My silkie has been laying on her clutch of eggs for a long time , today I have seen the first little face pop out from beneath her, so sweet, now my question is do I move her and the babies out of the hen house away fron the other chickens and the roo ? will they pick on and kill the babies or...

could she be egg bound- if she lays everyday and hasnt that could be the problem.

wow they have a silver cast to them dont they ... wow beauties !!!!!

ok I am very new to ducks about 6 weeks into them and they are all 6 weeks old except for 1 a khackie campbell that is 1 yr old . Ok so I have 5 mallards and 2 pekins and the Pekins are sitting out there panting and nobody else is it is only about 62 degrees outside right now can they actually...

this duck i got today a guy gave him to me because his ducks were picking on her- she is a 1 yr old and is already laying eggs but he isnt sure what she is he thought maybe a Buff but im not sure //......help...lol... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/51286_000_4336.jpg[/img]

yesterday i posted that I had a problem duck , she ? is 4 weeks old and she is pulling the wing feathers out of the other ducks and they r bleeding pretty bad. so yesterday I made a separate part to keep her in - with chicken wir-e to keep her from doing this to the other ducks, today i left her...

Quote: ok so how much of the ACV do you add to a gallon of water?

Quote: I was also feeding mine spinach till I found this out ,now they are getting collard greens and omg ,,... they love them!!!! also today for they first time ever ...my ducks are only 4 weeks old . 6 mallards and 2 Pekings-- I chopped up some skinless apples , grapes and a few mulberries...

ok thank you I will remove the heat lamp I am already using a red bulb but it could be over crowding is what I am thinking I also have 6 chickens in with them but it is a pretty big brooder box but evident ally not big enough now, I also have been giving them greens but I will try more . They...

yes they are still under a heatlamp but it is way up not close at all and I have them out during the day when its nice I just noticed this this afternoon when I went down to bring them all out and seen the ripped up wings and pulled out bloddy feathers , what do Id o?

I have 6 - 4 week old mallards and 2 - 4 week old pekins and the mallards are attacking and pulling out wing feathers and theyaer bloody .. why are they doing this and how can I stop it!!! PLEASE HELP I have seperated the 2 that I seen were doing it and now I am seeing another one do it...

Thank You very much , we are very excited about our new spring arrivals, I think that I have totally decided to get the mascovy ducks to , they are just beautiful , I just hop I cN FIND SOME IN MY AREA... I also have decided to go with the silkies as my chicken choice. They are all going to be...

ok well I guess I just got my answer ...lol if I would have looked down on the post before I posted this question I would have seen the pic with the ducks and the chickens housed together , ok very awesome we were really hoping we could have both together...woohoooooo

ok my daughter and I are getting ready to get some chickens and ducks , we are new to both never had them before but we are reading up and learning a lot online and some book we have gotten from the library and friends that have had them and a lot of good tips , but what we want to know and...