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  1. Carob2017

    Texas

    I have Welsh Harlequin ducks but our drake is an Ancona. Are you looking to start into ducks by hatching / hand raising them with your existing flock? (Context of my question is if you want a mature flock, I am actually working on rehoming my flock of Welsh Harlequins & Anconas). I am in...
  2. Carob2017

    Texas

    Hi all, cross-posting at suggestion from another BYC forum - we are in Central Texas and looking to rehome our ducks. Short story is that we are preparing to move cross-country and while we initially planned to move our 'backyardigans' with us, working through logistics is a concern - as is...
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    Rehoming 8 Ducks (5 Welsh Harlequin, 3 Anconas) - Austin, TX

    We are are looking to re-home our backyardigans as we are preparing for a move cross-country in a few months. We had initially planned to move them with us but as we’re working through logistics of how we’d do that - we’re realizing we made a lot of assumptions, and this may be really traumatic...
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    Young Australorp Cockerel in need of new home!

    At 28 weeks old, he's starting to show his true colors and unfortunately we have little ones that he now sees as threats. We've raised him and the rest of the flock from day 2. Albus is gorgeous and loves his ladies (currently has 11). If you're interested in adding this gorgeous boy to your...
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    Duck egg +1 day overdue - receding bruise

    3 of 5 Ancona duck eggs have hatched so far with a 4th due to appear very soon. Our 5th egg had a nasty growing bruise but appears to have subsided (or it's on the other side that i can't see!). The staggering around of the ducklings finally pushed the egg up to the side so I can see a nicely...
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    How do I help my dog lose weight

    We do not free feed but have dedicated eating time - otherwise they will graze all day OR our GSD will eat everyone's food. When it's diet time for the GSD, we cut his food by 20% but substitute in green beans (be sure to get the 'no salt' kind). You want to very slowly increase the green...
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    New to Ducks - need help with Run ideas ASAP

    We just finished building our duck run/coop on Tuesday (and picked up our ducks that night). (The picture is of it in-progress, I'll post one later of the finished deal.) We bought a 10x10 dog run sold at Lowe's from Blue Eagle, a LOT of hardware cloth (5 10" sections and 4 25" sections), 6 of...
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    The sign said 'Ameraucana' but ...

    And we do! It's been quite the experience watching my family replace their normal TV/electronics/whatever with watching the chicks.
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    The sign said 'Ameraucana' but ...

    The chicks have been in a brooder under a heat lamp since we picked them up over a week ago. We brought them out for 5 minutes yesterday into the small coop - as seen in the picture.
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    The sign said 'Ameraucana' but ...

    Thank you! That was door #2: rooster. Here's hoping that if Hermione is really a Dumbledore (as my son explains it), the hens will be producing enough eggs for our neighbors that they might tolerate him.
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    The sign said 'Ameraucana' but ...

    Howdy all, I'm new to Backyard Chickens but I've been consulting the forums and articles to help get us started and through our first week with 12 chicks. We picked 4 Rhode Island Reds, 4 Australorps, and 4 Ameraucanas. One of our girls is significantly larger than all the others and her...
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