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    Ducks in ChiLe photo/video update

    We have 51 adult ducks (started with 12 ducklings 18 months ago) now we are incubating 35 now and then 34 more soon! We have a logo and an INSTAGRAM and FB pages! @YodaBat has a YOUTuBe - we want to keep growing our farm>>> 1000 to 5000 ducks is a rough goal>>>>> We are the only duck egg...
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    Ducks in Chile with popcorn!

    our 12 duck are now 51- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>now ducks with popcorn>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and then our feature film >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Night of the Ducks
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    Wood shavings for the ducks

    We use a deep litter technique with hay and shavings- We end up with lots of compost!!
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    Why Ducks?

    answer in your reply if you want to participate- I have thought about how i got here with more than 50 ducks and plans on many many more.... for us ducks = food/money/learning/sustainable agribusiness>> we are gonna make duck egg quiche and sell them all over Chile and the world!!! our plan is...
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    First time using incubator- help needed

    Hello We are raising Duck in Chile>>>>>>> We are now incubating ourselves>> Please look at this machine and tell me what the steps are>>.???
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    Ducks in Chile..??? upgrade

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    Ducks in Chile>>> Update video and pics>>>

    We now have 10 adults, 6 ONE-month old ducklings and 12 new ducklings born yesterday>>> so in 9 months we went from 12 to 27>> the plan is to increase the flock to 200 or so in the next year.
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    Updates from Ducks in Chile!

    Wow lots of things happening!!!!! I will start with Today and then ramble on.... This is Black Billy at week 1 and week 3 (today) !
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    New ducklings in Chile!!!!!

    our history... https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/21658360/
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    Mistakes leads to loss- hard lessons learned......

    @YodaBat texted me today while I was in town.. our dog got into the duck house and ate 3 eggs that Goldie was sitting on....My heart sank- she is only a week away from hatching! Damn! so much success and now this! and MY fault- @YodaBat told me to better secure that door- Damn it! 3 potential...
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    Ducks in Chile>>>>>>Video photo update>>>>

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    A series of Events...The making of a mother in Chile

    Okay I noticed that Goldie, our most active female, had a prolapsed cloaca. I had to gently push it back in place and gave her a warm water rinse- We separated her and it got better fast-2 days.. We have collected all of our eggs until now- we were going to buy an incubator, but we couldn't...
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    Eggs from ducks in Chile...

    We are still getting only 4 eggs from 5 girls. We got 5/day for 3 days and then 4 daily for the last 10 days-? The average weight is 68 grams- today we got a 78 gram egg! we are eating most of them and giving some to friends and some to future clients. Our town:
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    Ducks in Chile..more pics and a question about laying...

    Most of you know our story/timeline.... 1 week after they started laying we were getting 5 eggs per day (all 5 girls laying) now in the past 3 days only 4 eggs-
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    Ducks in Chile..more videos

    We use hay mixed with wood shavings- the hay lasted for 5 months because we turned it over everyday. the used hay goes into the run then into the garden.
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    We just noticed this!

    I was looking at pics of our flock- I did not realize the head color change was so dramatic- look at these 2 pics- only 3 months apart- all thee black headed ducks are male- so was their Runner dad...mmmmmmmm ??
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    Winter in the SOUTH with success and random thoughts

    After adding 17 hours light in the duck house we are getting 3 eggs daily- Remember we have 5 girls and 6 boys- around 6.5 months old now these eggs are so good and averaging 65 grams each- we have no problems with so many drakes- lots of mating and th boys are not as clumsy as they first were-...
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    ducks in Chile video update

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    Funny -No duckss on FB!

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    Hybrid Ducks...I am sill unclear,

    These are the parents. These are the 6 drakes an 5 females after 4 months. So when you bred a male Runner (above ) with a female KC can the offspring be different breeds? .....like he ls from Metzer farms?? https://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=&CustID=21655738 I...
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