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    How did you succeed introducing ducklings to a broody duck?

    Hi everyone! I have a female who couldn’t decide if she wanted to be broody or not. I let her set on a nest with no luck. We successfully incubated ducklings and after they were nice and dry and had been shown where to get food and water, I introduced them to the maybe-I’ll-hatch-babies...
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    Help needed, please. Drake bald spot. Molt or something else?

    Wow Mike! This is the best check list. Thank you very much. I will use it to monitor and this will help him so much because I can help him! 🙂 I will up his protein and food mix because all their increased activity would suggest a need. I appreciate your caring and empathy for the feathered fiend.
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    Help needed, please. Drake bald spot. Molt or something else?

    Thank you so much. I am mostly concerned about parasites. Your suggesting on the hard winter/flash spring and mating are accurate. I have had to send him to “jail” in a separate full run with coop to allow them all some space. I will supplement the feed because I am sure I have stressed him...
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    Help needed, please. Drake bald spot. Molt or something else?

    Hi all! I have a drake Rouen and three females. The drake has formed a bald spot at the base of his neck down between his wings. No other area is impacted and all the ladies are okay. We are located in North Dakota and I feel it’s a little early for a molt but I could be wrong. The only thing I...
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