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    Straw V Hay for Bedding

    Hey (pun intended) everyone. I was wondering what peoples thoughts are about hay and straw? I am currently using straw as the begging in Duckingham Palace for our two Pekins. Are there advantages to either one? We use hay for the nesting boxes in the chicken coop as it seems to be softer...
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    So many flies!!!

    I think I may try this! Do you reuse the plastic jar?
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    So many flies!!!

    We have a large (20x30 foot) pen. Inside that is Duckingham Palace with its screen porch (about 4x6 feet). The pen is just bare ground with leaf litter (i dump raked leaves in the pen since the chickens love to scratch through it. Keeps them well entertained) and inside the ducks screen porch...
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    So many flies!!!

    What are DE and PDZ?
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    So many flies!!!

    What is the best way to control flies in the chicken pen. We have seven chickens and two ducks. We’ve never had a problem with the flies being bad before. This summer though, the flies are terrible. Is there a product we can use that will easily help control the flies?
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    Duckingham Palace

    Yeah, anyone could do this with a few tools, materials and the time.
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    Duckingham Palace

    Thank you! It was pretty simple, but took a little while.
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    Duckingham Palace

    So here is what we have built for our two Pekins, Lady Penelope Peep and Lady Regina Quackenbush. It came out pretty goood. The screened in “veranda” detaches for once they are big/old enough to mingle with the chickens. The whole thing is in our poultry pen which is about 25 feet on a side...
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    Another “when to move outside” question

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    Another “when to move outside” question

    Thank you all so much for the info. We will probably be putting them out that week.
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    Another “when to move outside” question

    Right now they are only about 20 days old. So currently they are mostly still chick fluff, but you can start to see the white through the fluff.
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    Another “when to move outside” question

    Hello, our 2 Pekins will be 4 weeks old when we want to move them outside. It will be July 3rd and the day/night temps are suppose to be 80 to 90 in the day and 58 to 66 at night. Since they will be 4 weeks old we were hoping this would be ok. They have a secure duck house inside our poultry...
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    The ULTIMATE list of DUCK Treats and Supplements...

    Is it ok to give thawed peas to ducklings under 4 weeks if we mash them up first?
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    Make Room for Ducklings

    Thank you so very much for the idea!
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    Raising Ducklings

    Thank You! Very Informative!
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