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    Need help with duckling ID

    2 eye stripes, typical of a rouen, but I have no idea what runner ducklings look like so that's a possibility too
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    Retrain a hen?

    Be grateful you don't have ducks - it's an egg hunt in the yard, the pond, the coop, the run, and the woods! I never win
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    Call ducks and call mixes.

    Thank you @MillersFarm ! I've tried to research the color myself, but don't have enough experience to say for sure. And when I ask fb groups I get different answers :lau And @Upper Brook House Farm I don't breed them, I have them just for pets and giggles :) Calls are just the cutest little...
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    Call ducks and call mixes.

    Here's my babies - not totally sure what color the lighter tan ones are, but the others are grey and snowy. ❤️❤️ And this is the whole flock!
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    Why do so many people breed mealworms for their chickens?

    Or it's just more plausible for it to occur in the wild? My ducks will begrudgingly eat the crumbles when hungry, but they go nuts for mealworms, so those are just treats.
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    What's in a Name? tell me the names of your chickens/duck/birds

    I LOVE giving very regal names to even the silliest of pets: 2 Pekins - Sir Hamilton & Meredith 3 Khakis - Elizabeth Swan, William Turner, & Jack Sparrow 1 Grey Call - just got today so ???
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    Duckling enquiries

    Ohh nvm that's not just a feather lol, not sure now.. but silkies have 5 toes, maybe your ducks are polydactyl too just with an extra little wing tip!
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    Duckling enquiries

    I think that's a feather follicle? As for quivering, my Pekins either shiver or pant if I've pissed them off too much.. could be him trying to get some sympathy? Maybe I've just convinced myself that ducks are master manipulators :D Meal worms, even just a few, rile up appetite for my ducks. For...
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