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How do I move cross-country with ducks?
Next summer I will be moving across the country - close to two thousand miles. I will have a rented moving truck, and behind it a trailer with my car on the trailer. I am moving with two large dogs, one of whom thinks ducks are tasty snacks, one cat, one hen and fourteen ducks. The dogs will... -
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Paper towels are very slippery. They work for chicks that are very strong, but weak ones can't get a grip. I suggest something with more texture so it can try to get on its feet. An old towel often works well, or something else that provides more traction. Don't give up on it. Some chicks...- Duck Hill
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Research Reading
This article talks about what diseases wild geese and swans can spread to backyard flocks. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443079/?fbclid=IwAR3sif0pEP2t2rujsSSB25rO0FqgUZ7jAfuH3Bnj92Bn8KmfXI4HVSoxzv8#__ffn_sectitle -
Research Reading
This article talks about how well ducks see, including movement, shine, and ultraviolet. https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/master-class/2013/10/how-ducks-see-science-behind-waterfowl-eyesight/?fbclid=IwAR10D2xIEB0LVH_4-mkjnffbf1uFzn1CTkg0rNo2z0OeR8W0fxOvcR0C07Y -
Research Reading
This article says that when ducks eat fish eggs, a few of the eggs may still be viable when pooped out. This can spread fish to new lakes and habitats. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fish-eggs-can-hatch-after-being-eaten-pooped-out-ducks -
Comment by 'Duck Hill' in article 'Going Mobile: For the Love of Chickens'
Having a small tractor with small wheels (which doesn't really work) - I love the way you incorporated LARGE wheels!!! What a great idea!- Duck Hill
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Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread
Hawks are incredibly smart. They will also hunt in pairs as a team. For example, one will appear to fly off. You relax and stop watching the babies. But the other was sitting in a nearby tree, waiting for just that opportunity, and now they swoop down and get one. (Didn't quite happen to me...- Duck Hill
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- Forum: Random Ramblings
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Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread
I haven't had a coyote issue, but I do have raccoons. My dog recently lost a piece of her ear to one. Dog --> Minus one piece of ear. Plus one rabies booster shot. Plus one whole package of smoked turkey. Plus lots and lots of praise. Raccoon --> Minus one life. Ducks and one chicken...- Duck Hill
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- Forum: Random Ramblings
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Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread
Just found this thread - wish I could have found it a month ago, but my Internet was not working. It really would have helped! Covid time has been very difficult for me. The Covid virus does not scare me much. But the unrelenting loneliness has been one of the worse things I have ever lived...- Duck Hill
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- Forum: Random Ramblings
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*~*Runner Duck Club*~*
UPDATE: I lost my very favorite Indian Runner "Cinnamon" a couple of years ago after a long fight with Aspergillosis. At the same time I lost her son and two grandchildren who looked like her to West Nile virus. I was afraid I would never again have a duck like her. I simply didn't have the... -
Review by 'Duck Hill' in article 'The Pole Barn coop'
So smart - I though I built big at 9x12 but it is way too small.- Duck Hill
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*~*Runner Duck Club*~*
Like this? This girl is a blue trout. Two genes for li (trout) and one blue gene. -
Yogurt, for Walking In?!?
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- Post #26
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Egg coloring
This is a bit different, but the next to last egg on the right front has a bluish spot. It also has some whitish marks on it. This is a duck egg, but this duck usually lays eggs of a solid greenish color.- Duck Hill
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying