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    Rouen Duck Genders???

    So they're both Rouens? Maybe the small one is just a runt. Thanks for the info!!
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    Rouen Duck Genders???

    Quote: That's why she's smaller! They came from the same place and both were identified as "Rouen". Aren't Rouens mixed with Mallards? Is that why she looks like the Rouen?
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    Rouen Duck Genders???

    They are both about a year old. They love to quack really obnoxiously and loudly. So they're probably girls, since none have the curled feathers, right? Thanks for the input!!
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    Using a Broody to Raise Chicks She Did Not Hatch

    First of all, welcome to BYC!!!! Glad you joined. :) It depends on how the hen is to newcomers. If she's low in the pecking order, I don't think she'll be to choosey on anything and she'll probably take your new chicks in. Just watch your oncoming chick, since the older chicks will probably...
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    Rouen Duck Genders???

    Hi! I have two Rouen ducks and one Peking. The white one is a girl, but the Rouens I don't know. We get two eggs a day (a white one from Al the Peking duck and a greenish-white one from one of the others, Archie or Esther). My brother thinks they're both girls, and that Esther, the smaller...
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    Leghorns vs. Your Favorite White Egg Laying Breed?

    I have Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Australorps, Rhode Island mixes, and Turkens mixed with my Leghorns. They seem do to fine together. :) All the different varieties do make the flock colorful. Especially the egg basket! Do whatever seems to fill your liking. :)
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    Leghorns vs. Your Favorite White Egg Laying Breed?

    Hi! I am a Leghorn owner. For the most part, everything about "flighty" is true. You can help with that if you wanted, though. When I first got mine, they would fly across the room and cackle. But the more time I spent with them, they got used to me and my family. Now they'll hang around my...
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    Rooster Questions!!!

    Thanks for replying! So just take any eggs from the nest; doesn't matter which ones? But that sounds like a plan. I'll do that. Thanks a lot and appreciated!
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    Need Cluck Info.

    Hi, I also have questions about finding clucks: truthfully, what really is a cluck? Is it a hen that frequently visits the nests everyday but still doesn't sit in the m 24/7? Does a cluck make odd quiet little noises while she's sitting but still can be obnoxiously loud when she's outside? What...
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    Rooster Questions!!!

    Hi, I want to start hatching my own chicks soon but I'm stuck on the rooster's part. When he mates with a hen, is the egg (whether it has a shell or not) immediately fertilized? Or do I have to wait until the egg that's done 'growing' and ready-to-lay comes out, and then then next will be...
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    Beak-clipping

    Yes, I'll definitely raise the protein levels. And get a few more feeders. :) The yard is 20-by-16 ft. for 30 birds. Thanks!!!! :)
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    Turken; hen or roo?

    Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Beak-clipping

    One feather-picked area is on the rear. When my hens eat, a few certain chickens go under them and jump to get a good bite of the plumage. In order to eat, a hen has to jump up a foot and half onto a board. Another area is the chest. When a couple of my hens sit by each other, one will study the...
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    PINE TAR Appliance

    I probably won't do it. My hens only get irritated. But thank you!
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    PINE TAR Appliance

    A couple of my hens pick on the others. I've received advice from several people that Pine Tar would give the attackers a bitter taste if they pecked the slathered hen. But my question is this: How do you apply the Pine Tar? Do you just smear it all over the hen, or something? I tried one hen...
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