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    Added a ton of leaves to the coop and run= chicken heaven!

    I've never heard of the deep litter method...New at this lol. Can someone let me know what this is :)
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    Comment by 'donnajeanne' in article '4 Dollar Chicken Feeder Water'

    I'm confused as to where the light bulb goes???
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    Winter bedding for ducks.

    Hi...I have two large Peking Ducks. I'm a worrier in the winter that they will be cold or ? Frostbite on their feet.... Can anyone give some good ideas regarding bedding....a good type of "home" for them. Do I put them in the shed with my hens and rooster?? Right now they have just a little...
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    Weasel?

    Can anyone give a guess on this? I have a coop out back, fenced in...I heard a commotion yesterday, looked out back to see my roosters who were free ranging, peering into this coop squaking. I think about 8 minutes passed before I could get out there. When I did I saw my black hen dead on the...
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    winter duck care

    Thank you. Yes they have a little hut w a door that is inside a fenced in area covered w tarp so basically it's with a windy storm that blows the snow in. They also can and do go underneath the chicken coop to get out of the wind. I think I worry too much about them being cold. I just am unsure...
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    winter duck care

    I have two Peking ducks that live in a coop with about ten chickens. They all get along. When cold, the chickens go in but the ducks don't...I get worried and catch them and put them in. There's a hut out for them but tho covered, it is not air tight by any means. Are they ok out in that...
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    Can people get lice from chickens?

    Thank you!! Im SO miserable....I'll go get some and try it..........thanks so much everyone for their input!!
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    Can people get lice from chickens?

    I was holding some baby/young chickens against my neck and now have what look like hives on those specific areas.....we do have chickens with lice?mites...whatever they are.....I am an itchy, painful mess....Does anyone have any idea what I should do??? and I def got from chickens...maybe im...
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Thank you!!!
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Oh my goodness...you were SO helpful. Thank you so much , really. (I actually took notes your ideas are so good, lol) I feel alot better just knowing you've done this and it works. :) I'll keep in touch through the winter!! Thank you, thank you!! Donna
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    I do have little rascals in the backyard. 9 Acres of woods behind me so I know they're out there. I did loose a bunch 2 years ago, it was terrible, had to have been something small because he got his ?teeth/? up through the bottom of a cage we thought was safe and the little squares were very...
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Oh ok...thank you...I will / the dog house will be good for winter??? do you think..........
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Your ducks will actually roost?? How would I try and get them to go up the ramp? I'd rather have them in in the winter. But they can go down the ramp; just not up...which is such a pain to chase them and put them in.....
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Oh thank you! I'll try the towel idea! We did put in (just today) a hand-made "coop" for the 2 ducks we have; I put hay in the bottom of it and they ran in and layed down :) I went out when dark and put a screen over the front (there is no door)....do you think they need to be locked in...
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    New Duck Owner, with questions about bedding and food intake

    Thanks for the info re: winterizing my ducks, lol.........Right now they live in the coop with the hens/rooster, but I have to put them in every night because they wont walk up the ramp! I think we need a little "house"for them to live in ....... will need towork on that. i let them "free...
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