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    Comment by 'Carrie Rocket' in article 'Mixed flocks - How does it work?'

    Thanks. I have four ducks in a fairly large coop. The floor of the coop is straw and we have a small pond in the run. I want to get chickens and know I need to build something in the coop for the chickens to roost and a box for them to lay in. I’m wondering two things: 1. Will the chickens drown...
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    Dead chicken with a wet head? Three theories...

    I'm going to go with failed snake attack on this one because I found one of our five week old ducklings randomly dead with a wet head a month ago. I assumed it had drown, but that didn't add up to me because no other part of it was wet and the water dish was not very deep and the duckling was...
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    Female duck not eating/drinking and is being picked on.

    We just got 6 female ducks 5 days ago and I noticed that one of them is getting picked on by the other 5 and isn't eating or drinking. She's also seems to be separating herself from the flock on her own. She'll follow them, but not closely. She's also very easy to catch whereas, the others are...
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