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    Shipping experiences this year? (2022)

    Update: Received another order from Purely Poultry this morning. They were shipped yesterday. 6 call ducks. 1 DOA. But this batch was shipped with the gel cups (still no heat). And they are processing store credit for the 5 that died on my other order but said they would also refund...
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    Shipping experiences this year? (2022)

    I just received 2 orders this morning. 1 from Purely Poultry and 1 from Breese Farms. Breese Farms I received 21 Breese chicks (I ordered 20) plus 2 rhode island reds (he seems to throw those in for fun). The box had 4 hand warmers stapled to the sides and 4 cups of gel stapled into the box...
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    Odd Duck

    Thank you! She just looks so different from my other 4 females.
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    Ducks pictures! Post your pictures of your ducks! (They can be any breed)

    Thank you! 😊
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    Odd Duck

    She is dark brown but not black although her bill and feet are black and pink.
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    Odd Duck

    So I thought I knew what all my ducks were but this one seems odd. Was supposed to be female golden hybrid but doesn’t look like my other 4 females. Is it a male golden hybrid? Just another look for a female? She is bibbed but definitely not one of my Swedish. Anyone have a female golden like...
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    Ducks pictures! Post your pictures of your ducks! (They can be any breed)

    These are all my babies (I lost 2 ducks and all my chickens to a daytime coyote pack attack a couple weeks ago.) So I am down to 22 ducks. 2 crested, 1 fawn runner, 1 buff, (the big ducks) the babies are 2 cayuga, 3 black runner, 1 chocolate runner, 1 blue swedish, 1 black swedish, 4 golden...
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    Tiny crest? on Blue Magpie

    Yes, it does cause her issues (she is noticeably less coordinated than the others) but as long as it doesn't seem to cause her pain and she can eat, drink and walk on her own I'm not going to worry about it. Not sure if its related or not but she is also the nicest one of this lot and lets you...
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    Animal killed my chickens!!! Don’t know what it is

    I thought I had my coop predator proof. But as it turns out it wasn't - a very small juvenile possum got in and killed 3 of my birds. My coop was ADULT predator proof - but I didn't think about little ones getting in and causing damage. (The gate was chain link - although the sides of the gate...
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    Tiny crest? on Blue Magpie

    Looks like a tiny crest to me. We got a bunch at a farm supply and all the white ones turned out to have crests. One actually has her spot of the side of her head. Yours looks about like the one of ours directly in front of the green chair - so just a tiny puff.
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    What hybrid runners are these?

    OMG there are not enough peas in the universe for my ducks. I'm pretty sure my local grocery stores think I have some weird thing going on with peas.
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    How do you call your ducks?

    "Hey Duck Duck Duck Ducks" just to get their attention or see where they are in the yard. To put them up we say "Nighty night" and they all run back to the coop. :)
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    What hybrid runners are these?

    I would say fawn runners. We have 2 (sometimes called Indian runners) (first pic aren't mine - these are from Metzer hatchery, second pic is mine with my other teenagers.) All ducks (other than Muscovy) come from Mallards so its hard for me to tell if something is a mallard mix or not (I'm...
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    Temporary Buddy for Injured Duck

    Thank you! I found him a buddy. He’s still a little sad but I think will be ok. I’ll give him some supervised time with the others one at a time during the day so they don’t forget about him.
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    Temporary Buddy for Injured Duck

    So this morning when I went to check on my ducks I only counted 5 (should have 6). I looked everywhere and couldn't find the 6th one. Heard a faint peeping that sounded like it was coming from under the shed. I crawled around everywhere (in my work clothes in the pouring rain) looking for the...
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