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    Can we add a stray duckling?

    That's great! Definitely a better deal than was offered to us. <insert envious smiley here> Never met, but we do not live very far apart - about 3.5 hours by bus.
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    New member from Cambodia

    Well, not sure, really. Someone here should be able to let you know for sure, though. I know, without a doubt, we have to immunize our chickens. Maybe ask one of the other duck folks and see what they say. SR is great. We just got back from there. Stayed for Khmer New Year. Only 3.5 hours...
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    Can we add a stray duckling?

    Lina, We had a chance to buy a number of ducks at 1,500r (.375c US) each, some time back (March 30). We did buy all of the chicks caged in the photo below. There were 41 of them in all. (I couldn't leave any of them in the cage. I just didn't have the heart to.) I just did not feel like we...
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    New member from Cambodia

    Hi Lina, We feed the chicks regular commercial feed that is sold by the farm supply store, here in Battambang. We feed the chicks the starter feed, and the older birds (1 month +) the maintainer feed. Basically, the feed for the older birds appears to be larger pellets. We also feed them...
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    One chick walking around with its head hanging down

    Hi Eggcessive, Sorry for the late reply. We isolated the chick from the others, as soon as we noticed its condition. But, not long after doing so, we noticed the bird seemed to be doing better. We gave it meds, vitamins, food and water. We kept it in a box in the house over night. The...
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    One chick walking around with its head hanging down

    I realize it isn't. But, it looks as though the little guy has a broken neck. That is the only thing I can compare what it looks like. My wife seems to think it hasn't been eating? This is my first flock, and I really don't want the little thing to die, if I can help it. Please advise,
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    Filtering water for my flock?

    Now you know one of the reasons I live in Southeast Asia, and have for almost fifteen years, full time. When we built our solar array, we didn't have to deal with permits, inspections and approvals. When we set up our rainwater harvesting, we didn't have to check local laws to see if it were...
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    Filtering water for my flock?

    Been that way for some time now, in some states. Others, not so much. http://lucas2012infos.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/collecting-rainwater-now-illegal-in-many-states-2-may-2013/
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    Newcastle Vaccine Frequency Question

    I have 61 chicks. They are 17 days old now. We vaccinated them on the 4th of this month. The farm supply company insisted that they had vaccinated them as well, upon the birds arriving on the 25th of March. The vaccine we used was kept cold, and once mixed was to be used within two...
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    Yogurt???

    OMG! You will turn them into - cannibals!
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    Yogurt???

    Well, just keep one thing in mind. When it's all said and done, you are at the top of the food chain. So, if you don't succeed the first time, try, try again.
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    Filtering water for my flock?

    knudsonclucks, how about harvesting rainwater to supply their drinking water? It's not illegal in Texas, and you wouldn't need a huge storage tank to provide for their needs. Just a thought.
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    Newbie: First chicken accommodations - solar cooling included.

    Thanks, Linda. Being my first coop, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. As it was being built, I made some mid-construction-changes. All in all, I am pretty happy with the results. I didn't have all the tools to work with (hammer, saws, chisels, etc.), so I had to buy them. But, even with the...
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    Yogurt???

    Today marked five days having our first chicks here. They are one week old, today. We tried them on yogurt. Well, I will say I tried them on yogurt, offering it to them in a small bowl. They did not like it very well, and slung it off their beaks onto each other. I then tried setting the bowl...
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    Newbie: First chicken accommodations - solar cooling included.

    I truly appreciate your time to look for that, Chad. The problem with some eBay sellers is, they do not always ship to Cambodia, where I live. I have had some items shipped to my little brother's home in California, where he would forward them on to me. However, I typically reserve that for...
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