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    help! I can't tell if these Welsh Harlequin ducks are male or female

    I am starting to think the idea of paying hatcheries - even very reputable ones - for day old waterfowl of a sex you choose is a crap shoot, and an expensive one at that :( I ordered two female Embden goslings from a top notch hatchery, and a combo of two female Blue Swedish Ducks and two female...
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    Goslings with ducklings in enclosure?

    Thank you for your good wishes! I just a few days ago co-mingled my four, two-month old ducklings with my two Embden goslings, six weeks of age. They have all been outdoors (very warm here in TN) each in their own coops within small fenced enclosures, so could hear and see each other. Then I...
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    Goslings developing bald patches on sides

    Hmmm. My 2 goslings in their brooder are showing bald spots and one's has raised irritated red skin under it. They had a nice bath today then right back under the heat lamp and a good grass treat. Both want to get at the shaved pine bedding under the puppy pads I line the brooder with. Maybe I...
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    Goslings with ducklings in enclosure?

    My first question post! I have so much to learn from all of you! I am brand new to raising birds. I have four ducklings about a month old who are outside now in a secure pen, with a heat light at night, and come out into a 42 sq ft temporary fenced area around the coop during the day. I have two...
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