Recent content by dancoyben
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New chicken owner with a rooster
Question about an issue I'm having, i have a hen that won't give into the advances of my two rosters. Every time the rosters try to mate with her the end up fighting and she's gradually losing her front feathers and is looking really disheveled. What can i do if anything separating them is ok...- dancoyben
- Post #25
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Pekin Duck Club!
Hey folks question for this who have hatched out ducklings, I still have 3 days to go with the time of 28days but one of my eggs is already piping is that possible and or normal should I be concerned at all. Thanks for your advice and responses. also how much room between eggs do they need to... -
Pekin Duck Club!
Hi folks question for the community, I have Pekin ducks that are almost five months is it to early to be getting eggs from them? I ask because either I got my first duck egg or my brown layers gave me a white egg. Which is possible but more of an indicator of issues with my chickens. So can a... -
Pekin Duck Club!
I give them a dip in the tub daily but just started that. -
Pekin Duck Club!
Hey folks need some advice please, I have four pekin duckings they're about three weeks old, one of them has recently started to squinting it's one eye and it looks a bit puffy. Nothing else seems wrong the other eye is fine wondering is it sick or could it have hurt it's eye some howi don't see... -
Pekin Duck Club!
Question my pekins are about nine weeks old and lately my backyard looks like a pillow fight has been had with feathers all over the place. Just wondering is it normal for them to be doing this around this age, or should I be concerned, nothing else seems to be indicating a problem. -
rent a roster
My girls lay so well I was hoping to continue the line. It does make sense just to purchase fertile eggs although a bit of a disappointment.- dancoyben
- Post #3
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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rent a roster
I was wondering about borrowing a roster from a friend who has one, I want to get fertile eggs but don't want to keep a roster. Any ideas on what Process I'd have to go through to get the roster acclimated to my girls then do his thing and then returning him home, and how long do you think the...- dancoyben
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Pekin Duck Club!
OK folks I have a question, my ducklings which are two weeks old are going through six quarts of water a day mostly just splashing their bills in it must they have constant water at their disposal or can I regulate it during the day and leave it at night. Whatever needs to be done im fine with... -
Stages of fertilised egg development and how long it can be cold
So if my hens are laying fertile eggs and I gather them and store them in the fridge are they OK to eat or will there be any type of blood spot inside or anything else funky that would put off eating or selling them.- dancoyben
- Post #6
- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Pekin Duck Club!
Is it to early to give them thawed peas or grass clippings, my ducklings are five days old if so what age can I start giving them these treats -
Pekin Duck Club!
Folks question for y'all, I purchased my ducklings two days ago they're about four or five days old now. Yesterday I noticed they were sleeping in the middle of the brooder box today they are at the furthest end of the box from the heat lamp. Its seventy degrees in the room they're in wondering... -
pekin ducks will they come back
I just picked up my ducklings, when should I start letting them play in the tub, any other advice would be appreciated. -
pekin ducks will they come back
So besides peas what else would be super special treats for ducks -
pekin ducks will they come back
So it would be a bad idea to let them go into the lake right away... Do you think after a couple weeks once I let them free range and they discover the lake they'll come home