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    3-4wk ducklngs outside?

    Recently we added more chickens, ducks and guinea to our flocks. The ducklings inside the brooder house were engaged in conversation with the ducks outside the house in the barnyard. The adult ducks would actually stand outside the brooder house and talk to the ducklings. When the ducklings...
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    Duck Eggs

    As we are enjoying our duck eggs over easy this morning, I came across this article. What do you guys think? http://www.safefood.eu/Food-safety/Cooking/Cooking-eggs/A-note-about-duck-eggs.aspx It says all duck eggs are unsafe to eat without fully cooking the yolk. I find it hard to believe...
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    HELP!!! Duck breathing with mouth open while at rest??

    As long as they have food, clean water, and the ability to move closer or further from the heat lamp, there isn't really much else for you to do. My ducks breathe through their mouth from time to time and there is nothing wrong with them. They did it while they were ducklings too. Sometimes...
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    Does this look like a Roo?

    I love buff orps. That one seems male to me too. I've had a couple hundred of them and hatched them several times. As for size, chickens are like people in that they can mature at different rates according to pecking order and how much they eat. But, they all mature within a reasonable...
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    Incubation Question

    We placed 100 eggs to hatch. We didn't candle them at any time. Set them in a cardboard box with a pan of water and two 40 watt bulbs spaced evenly apart. Two unused brand new fragrance fans were used to circulate the air over a pan of water. The room temperature fluctuated which caused the...
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    Black Ants in Brooder House

    Well, for those who are interested in what to do about ant nests in the brooder house, our solution was more simple than expected. Every morning and every night my husband stomped the nest closed. Every day the ants cleared them out. They spent a great deal of time doing this, so much that...
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    Other people's dogs and my chickens

    The mistake they made was talking to minors. They should have called the police and told them their $10,000 horse was about to be killed by the neighbors' dog. That is all they needed to protect their rights.
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    Black Ants in Brooder House

    Yeah, we have been looking. It seems the problems others have is the ants coming and going to the chicken coop. I haven't found where people have dealt with the actual ant nest in the brooder house. It's just that the chicks have outgrown their brooder cage and really need to go to the...
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    Other people's dogs and my chickens

    When chickens are terrorized, or even frightened, they may stop the egg laying process. The hen delays laying her egg until it is safe. Hens can be so terrorized that she stops laying. This results in an egg remaining inside and can be fatal. Also, if the dog manged to injure the bird, but...
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    Black Ants in Brooder House

    About 10 years ago we converted part of the barn into poultry housing. The barn no floor and is on sand. One stall is the hen house and the next is the brooder house. The brooder house was unused for about four months between hatchlings. Now we are ready to put the pullets in the brooder...
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