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The girls are 4 weeks.. it is in the 90s-100, with nights in the 70s. Expected to stay this way for anther 10 days at least. The heat lamp in the garage has been off for a week. Waht are yout thoughts on moving them to an outside brooder/ rubber trough to get some fresh air? there are 10 of...

I've hatched a few clutches before but this time I have had one egg hatch and I still have 7 days left on the timer. Should I got to lock down now?

The main flock of 18 sleep on 2 roosts in the 4X8 coop.. ( they sleep there then go free range once awake). however I have 5 who were raised by Miss Priss in the duck coop which is a hoop coop covered in a tarp on 3 sides and wire only in the front. they are sleeping on top a couple bales of...

Well of my 30 or so ducks, I have 8 that are still hanging out in the duck coop at night. The rest bailed for the pond.... I noticed that 4 are crowded on top of a tote which is used as a nesting box ( currently by a chicken with chicks. One hen is sitting on eggs in another open top box, and...

My guinea hens and ducks lay their eggs in a pattern I have seen.. but I cant tell if the new eggs are laid in the center of the nest and older eggs pushed out, or if the newer eggs are rolled out to the exterior of the circle. Anyone know for sure?

My hen is a crappy mom.. She got off the nest with a few eggs still hatching. At least 2 ducklings piped but I think they got to cold before completing hatch and died. 2 eggs were still chirping so I brought them into the brooder which was 96o and 65% humidity naturally. the one was beginning to...

So the one hen is sitting on about 20 eggs. she kicked 4 out of her nest box.. one had hatched but was not being kept warm so I brought it into the brooder where I have 4 other ducklings from other hens.. When I went back out, another had hatched and was not being attended to, so I added that...

This baby muscovey hatched about 18 hours ago. Its the only one who has hatched. I have 6 more that have pipped but not emerged and some that haven't pipped... some have been pipped about 20 hrs as well so I am a little worried. the incubator is at 72% humidity.. Duckie's backend looks dry but...

my keets began hatching 2 days earlier than expected. So far 11 of the 40 have hatched. Two are almost unzipped but this guy had been pretty close to this stage for over 12 hours. Typically I never see the guineas hatch because they pip, unzip and hatch much much faster than chickens. should I...

So I have been getting 3-4 eggs a day I think from 8 guineas. I long ago gave up trying to figure out who's a boy and who's a girl. The guineas have 6 metal nesting boxes in their run, but no one uses them. A duck however thought the tote in there made a great nest and is sitting on a clutch...

So I have been getting 3-4 eggs a day I think from 8 guineas. I long ago gave up trying to figure out who's a boy and who's a girl. The guineas have 6 metal nesting boxes in their run, but no one uses them. A duck however thought the tote in there made a great nest and is sitting on a clutch...

So I have been getting 3-4 eggs a day I think from 8 guineas. I long ago gave up trying to figure out who's a boy and who's a girl. The guineas have 6 metal nesting boxes in their run, but no one uses them. A duck however thought the tote in there made a great nest and is sitting on a clutch...

I have a muscovy hen who has been sitting on a clutch for a few weeks already. This morning when I went to unlock the coop ( I allow everyone to free range during the day. 2 hens are sitting in this coop, 2 hens are dropping in to lay and 3 drakes come visiting as well. One hen sitting in the...

My muscovy was sitting on eggs and was disrupted by another hen.. she wasnt getting to the eggs like she should after a couple weeks when the first hens eggs hatched .I feared they would die so I brought them and some others that had not be sat on into the incubator ( hey if you are hatching 14...

I have muscovies which are NOT small birds. My duck house is a hoop coop made of cattle fencing. Over the top is a tarp which is relatively tight. the bottom 4 feet also has a layer of redbrand wire 2X4" Seriously can't imagine a 7 pound hen getting through that. never had a predator problem...

Seriously I dont know what more i can do... I must have raised up at least 30 keets over the last year and I think I am down to 7 or 8. usually I lose them to stupidity before they are completely grown.. like landing in front of a cat, or flying into the dog 's yard and not realizing they can...

I have 11 guineas who spend the night in a dog run with a tarp over it in the back yard. at night we have no outdoor lights on when we go to bed, yet the guineas squawk in unison all night long.. During the day they like to come to the front porch and squawk till I run them off. They then...

my muscovies and a friends abandoned their covered wind proof coop when the weather first dropped and moved to our ponds.... I do have a tiny island in mine but there were 9 birds trying to use it ( one is missing of late, and one is in the hoop coop sitting on eggs). last night it got down...

I am completely baffled. Cold snap started yesterday and a chicken hen went broody. I think it was a rhode island red. I collected eggs after dark so not sure who was pecking me. Seriously? it is 30 at night 45 during the day. At the same time My muscovie duck hen is a week into her sit. And...

Looks like my easteregger and barred rock in the second pic ( could be the leghorn roo) and the 2 white ones are most likely california X (leghorn) with a leghorn roo. ( could be Barred rock but I dont see that). The adult hen in the pic is NOT related to anyone, she is just the foster mom...