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  1. analyticalblonde

    Help Please...My Buff has gone Broody...

    Hi All, I have looked at past posts to try and figure out what to do...I'm a newbie in my first year of raising girls... Anyway, I am having a problem with one of my Buffs...she doesn't get out of the box at all! Not to eat, not to drink, not to dustbathe! She's been this way since last week...
  2. V

    Candle?

    What does this look like to you dont be fooled
  3. YodaBat

    Lookie My Baby Duckies!

    OK so they are still in the egg. Goldie is still sitting for us her mother insinct is thick. She is our GOLD! What are your thoughts and warnings for the hatching. PATOS and I estimate the start of the brood was AUG 9. We don't want to loose a single baby they are gift of nature and deserve our...
    • YodaBat
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    • brood candle day 11-13 duck indian runner duck
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Soleil_A

    good daytime coop?

    hi everyone! i recently rescued two bantam chicks from being pecked to death from a auction. i think they were around 1 1/2-2 weeks when i got them. they have been in a warm brooder for about 2 weeks, and are now spending the day outside! i’m hoping to keep them, (still trying to convince my...
  5. A

    First Time Broody - Candling Help Needed! Pics!

    We’ve had 4 hens for about a year now. A couple of them had been broody before but none since we got them until a couple weeks ago. Our BCM “Scramble” went broody and I couldn’t break her. It was pretty clear she was committed. SO, I got 8 fertile eggs from a local breeder. 6 of the eggs are on...
  6. Squeak61

    How long do geese raise babies?

    I have a super crazy gander that adopted a 4 week old duckling and gosling (against my will) and he is insanely protective and rude now :barnie He’s usually such a sweetheart, so you can imagine why I’m so irritated with him biting me and hissing 24/7. How long do geese raise their babies for...
    • Squeak61
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    • brood ducklings goslings parent protective goose
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  7. ZoomuKeeper

    Brooder in hen house

    I live in Florida and we have fire ants. At times I have had ants in the one hen house going after the feed. I am hatching babies as I type and will need to put the brooder in the hen house with electric. I do not have any shelf large enough to hold the brooder so it will have to sit on the...
  8. A

    where did i go wrong

    so idecided to put some eggs under my broody hen and this is my second time hatching eggs and my first time not using an incubator. on day 16 i candled them and the eggs were about full and looking promising. i had one hatch on day 21 in 35c(95f) weather. on day 23 I candled the other egg and...
  9. Dfarago

    Muscovy duck surrogacy

    I have four female Muscovy ducks and one male. One of my females has laid and is brooding. She will be moved into a separate enclosure with her eggs as soon as it is built (which should be in a few days). But now another female has also started laying. Can I give the eggs to the already...
    • Dfarago
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    • brood brooding brooding ducklings ducks eggs eggs about to hatch incubate laying muscovey ducklings muscovies
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. mysgyn

    Take or leave the eggs? Advice and Opinions needed!

    I have a bit of a dilemma and I could use your advice. I've had Cayuga and Pekin in the past, both great layers but not brooding so it was easy to just scoop the eggs. Now I have two Muscovy. We were unsure of either sex but assumed the bigger to be male and the smaller female. Well, the bigger...
    • mysgyn
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    • brood duck egg fertilized layer muscovy unfertilized
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Duckstruck

    My Hatch Date Dilemma (First Time Hatching)

    I got 24 hatching eggs from a friend of ours on July 16. All they told me is that they were not incubated for a couple days before she sent them here by car. None came broken, they all looked pretty nice. Since I don't have an incubator, I sat them under my broody hen. Now, only 17 eggs remain...
  12. Feranix

    Question about Flooring

    I bought a house back in March that came with a shed that was turned into a coop prior to me living there. They had taken the nesting boxes with them so I am kind of working with a shell. They have a small section of the coop blocked off in the back and I was told it was used as a brooder and I...
  13. Haddy22

    Brooding Hen questions

    I have 2 brooding hens... I also have a rooster. Is it possible for the rooster to fertilize their eggs even if they are a different breed? And do hens only go broody if they have been mated with? Thanks!
  14. Mork.Mindy.Lucy.Maya

    Quite quaking

    Ok so my duck is broody and us very quite when she quanks I can't tell if she has ba us under her or not we do want baby's tho so ya. Should I be worried that she is so quite should I try to get her to eat? She looks healthy please get back to be thank you!
  15. littlecollier

    First-Timer

    Hello! After 5+ years of contemplating, planning and preparing for ducklings, we are finally ready to attempt our first hatch! I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve been lurking around BYC for some time and love the community and support it offers. Friends of ours have a pair of Ancona ducks and...
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    • advice brood brooding ducklings ducks hatch incubator
    • Replies: 421
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Pleasures

    Will chicks still hatch?

    Ok so I had 2 hens sitting on some eggs. 1 hen had 8 days and the other one only had 1 day. The hen with 8 days stopped sitting on the eggs so I removed the eggs from her and put them under the hen that had a day. I put the clutch of eggs from the hen with one day on my counter in case any other...
  17. Lillyanna

    Turkey and Geese brooded together?

    Does anyone have any experience brooding geese and turkey together. I see that turkey need 30% protein and geese are the same as ducks at 20%. I was thinking of using Purina Game Bird Chow, which is 30% and keep them together for a bit. Any suggestions or comments that would help? Thank you
  18. JasperMoon

    How do you get a chicken to go broody

    Stupid Question Time!! Id love to hatch eggs, the sad thing is none of my hens will go broody! Can you make them broody? pretty sure all but one are Leghorn mixes, and I have one EE but shes an older hen, not sure about her, please help!
  19. I

    Help when eggs stop coming

    I have been raising chickens for 1.5 years I thought I figured things out but I clearly need some advice. In the past I have successfully integrated different adult flocks, introduced mature chicks to the flock, protected coop and pen from coyotes. Last winter solved water freezing issues...
  20. B

    How Do You Make The Cheapest Home-Made Incubator Possible!?

    My Andalusian Bantam will not brood her eggs, so I need to know how to make the cheapest home-made incubator, can you help?
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