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. Got this cutie at the feed store and have no idea what he/she is. Thinking male from thickness of legs. Any ideas?

Hi guys, The weather here is supposed to be great this weekend. I'm planning on putting my almost four week old ducks outside during the day, can I leave the water out of their brooder overnight then? They are sooooo messy (as you all know) and I would love a few days break from twice daily...

Hi guys, I originally posted these babies for sale, trying to recoup the cost of the eggs and their care, but now I'm giving them away. They are three mallard colored unsexed silkie ducklings, hatch date 4/1/09. I purchased the eggs from freestepfarm.com in california. They are wonderful...

Three, unsexed, silkie ducklings. Hatched 4/1/09. Beautiful little bantams, mallard coloration. Eggs purchased from freestep farm. (there website is freestepfarm.com if you would like to see what they look like). Asking 20.00/each, or 50.00 for the trio. pm me if interested! These little...

So I have 3 silky ducklings I hatched from shipped eggs. They are about 2 weeks old now. They are so very cute, but not very friendly. Is this normal for ducklings? They remind me of the pheasants i hatched last year. When anyone approaches the brooder they all run (like they are running...

My duck eggs were through the air cell this am (I was shocked when I did my 'last' candling) This afternoon I can hear some quiet peeping and two eggs are rocking! so excited? Might they hatch tomorrow? I have to work a 12 hour shift on monday and I hope I get to see a duck hatch...

Hi Guys, I've been raising chickens for a year now. Wow, I can't believe how fun and addictive it is! I have my first duck eggs in the incubator, 6 little silkie ducks! They have about a week left and so far all six have movement! Here's my question....Do ducks put themselves to bed...

I tried to move my broody yesterday to a nest on the floor. She wanted nothing to do with it so I put the eggs back in the nest box (four feet up) and she happily went back to the eggs. Went to check her today and she's off the nest and the eggs are cold (any other time I've found her off the...

Hi all! This is my first time with a broody on a clutch. I placed the eggs under her (6) on 2/28, so we're getting near hatch date. She is in a nest box about 4 feet up. Under the nest box (on the floor) is a thick layer of hay. Well.....my intention was to relocate her, which I attempted...

Hi guys, I have 6 chicks from ideal. three of them are standard cochins. The Buff cochin is very big and almost fully feathered. The white cochin is much smaller and only has feathers on her wings. The little barred cochin is smallest of all. These girls were all hatched on 2/25. The...

Hi! I am kind of jumping the gun, but I have 6 slikie duck eggs in the incubator, and so far all are doing beauifully. I only want to keep 2 of the ducklings so I'm wondering if anyone is interested in buying a silkie duckling in maine? The eggs are from freestep farm. Their stock comes...

I'm so excited! I set 6 silkie duck eggs in the incubator 6 days ago....all 6 have veining! I might actually get a duckling out of this! wish me luck, these will be my first duckies! The eggs are from holdereads, I plan to keep just a couple of ducks....anyone in Maine interested in the rest...

My ideal order came in and I foolishly ordered only 2 sebrights with my order, (along with a bunch of beautiful standard chicks) Well, as luck would have it one sebright died on the trip, and now I only have one. I've had great luck keeping my standards and bantams together, but I have found...

I split an order with jennyhaschicks...we got a total of 28 chicks from ideal. Post office called at 2:30 am (yay!). One little one was dead on arrival, one died on the way home. The rest are all doing great! Both of the dead ones were tiny, I think they might not have done well even without...

Wow, signs of spring. Just placed my first chick order of the season. It was a rough winter, my flock was doing beautifully, then a loose door let a predator in one night and My flock was decimated! 11 hens and roos lost! It's amazing because they were handling the winter so well! My group...

Wow, we're forecast for 1-2 feet, this will be my first time shoveling out the coop, so far this winter we've had about 8 inches, not enough to have to worry about. Coop has an overhang, and a porch, so chickies were all set...but this one sounds like a big one! Any tips? I guess I'll go load...

hey Guys, anyone interested in one or more beautiful buff orp roos? My hatch in july yielded lots of the little sweeties! They're beautiful, ebay eggs, supposed to be from show quality parents, certainly awesome looking boys. Its give away or cull, there's just too many of them!

my luna was acting odd this morning, didn't want to leave the coop. looked for her this afternoon and found her beneath a shrub. She was severely egg bound ( I think this was her first egg). The egg was out, but covered in a membrane, she was pushing and pushing and as a result her...

I have a 3 1/2 week old silkie who has always been a little 'different'. She's a little smaller than her litter mates, last to hatch. The biggest thing is that she frequently 'peeps', (by frequently I mean most of the time). This morning when I checked her, her neck is completely twisted...

I have a 5 week old mille fleur rooster with a lame leg. The injury occured while in the brooder, it wasn't witnessed (although some little girls had been over visiting the babies that day, and may have inadvertently hurt this one) The poor thing has had the injury for 3 weeks now, it is no...