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    Muscovy Duck hatching Help

    Oh no! Maybe I have had them on too much humidity. I was just terrified that I'd shrink them in there. And since I had no idea how long she'd been on them I was worried. I hope they hatch
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    Muscovy Duck hatching Help

    Thank you! I can't see and movement but lots of veins and stuff in there.
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    Muscovy Duck hatching Help

    They look about 24 + I had 1 that started smelling. I took it out and cracked it a bit and there was a partial formed duck but a bunch of what looked like puss and smelled. I got rid of it. Now I'm worried about the other 3.
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    Muscovy Duck hatching Help

    Please help! I have 4 Muscovy duck eggs that are now in my incubator. My momma duck got eaten by a fox and she was sitting on these. I have no idea how long as we didn't find them til after. They have been in our incubator for 6 days now. I candled them and 2 are solid black with a small air...
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    Muscovy duck behavior questions

    Thanks so much for the replies! I released them in the backyard enclosure with my chickens about 4 days after we got them. At first the chickens were a bit standoffish but they quickly made friends. We have a Creek behind their fenced in enclosure and the ducks fly in and out and even roost on...
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    Muscovy duck behavior questions

    Ok great! Thanks! We have raised chickens for some time and that's what we do with them but I have never had or raised ducks so I didn't know. The chicken coop is fairly small and these a large ducks so I was worried about that. Any other tips would be appreciated! I've read a lot but I don't...
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    Muscovy duck behavior questions

    I am in a predicament and I'm hoping someone on here can help. My husband ran across a man who was giving 2 female and 2 male Muscovy ducks. He took them knowing that I have been wanting some. No I have no of a what to do with them. We put them in an old chicken coop we had. Do I just let them...
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    How long to leave hatched chicks in incubator?

    I have a batch of 15 eggs. 5 have hatches and others are pipping. Can I leave the 5 in the incubator until the rest are done hatching? They are dry and hatched about 12 hours prior. I'm just wondering if I can leave them in there another day or so until the others are ready?
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    My boy and HIS Rooster! Yes, sadly my rooster has decided he loves this boy more than me! Lol, I am SO proud of him and the confidence he's shown with our 12 week old pullets and this Rooster. I really regret not doing this YEARS ago!!
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Thanks I've been working on it. They now come running when they see me at their gate. So tonight I will begin letting them out around the outside of their home and run area and hopefully in a week or 2 they'll be able to do their thing and come and go
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    THANKS!I have been working on this. They now come running when i come to their gate. So tonight I'm gonna work on slowly letting them out around their "home and run" and hopefully in a week or 2 they'll be able to come and go.
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I have a question. We want to free range our chickens in our front fenced in yard but their coop and run is out back with,a pool and out building in between. How can we train them to go the front yard and then come back to the coop at night? I have been taking them to this area for the past 4...
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    I have a question. We want to free range our chickens in our front fenced in yard but their coop and run is out back with,a pool and out building in between. How can we train them to go the front yard and then come back to the coop at night? I have been taking them to this area for the past 4...
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    They are so beautiful!
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    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    This is "Big Daddy". He was gifted to us along with 10 7week old longhorn and comet pullets. We named him Big Daddy because of his cocky attitude. Lol I am brand new at having chickens and have only had them for a cpl weeks but they have already brought me such joy and I'm continuously thinking...
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