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    Culling a long time rooster. Is there a better time of day?

    I didn't mean to offend if I did. I meant that I see why people recommend culling. I'm not familiar with roosters. And I understand their explanation of trying but it not working out. And depending on someones circumstances they might come to deciding to cull them sooner than others because of...
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    Culling a long time rooster. Is there a better time of day?

    Ooh okay roosters are dangerous. Culling the rooster would be the quickest and cheapest way of dealing with him. And I guess maybe just some circumstances where training a rooster would work and be worth the time and effort.
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    Culling a long time rooster. Is there a better time of day?

    Here is one comment from an article I read- My rooster got worse as he got older. I don’t trust him anymore, but, I finally found something that works. A couple of years ago, I tried to get the chickens in the house but they wouldn’t cooperate, so, I thought I would stun them by putting a towel...
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    Culling a long time rooster. Is there a better time of day?

    I'm not so familiar with chickens, I have ducks but decided to read this thread. I have questions more than help. Do rooster claws make it through pants? Are rooster attacks hard to fight off? If you don't decide to kill him maybe clip his wings so he can't at least reach peoples head as easily...
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    4wk old duck smells weird!!!

    What's the bedding material? Is the bedding wet or damp for most of the day and why? Sounds like maybe they dont get to dry properly or stay dry. And the bedding smell is sticking to them. It might take a couple days for the smell to go away from them after dealing with whatever is causing the...
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    So the animal ingredients I've been told by someone from Purina is porcine meat bone meal. And I was able to get a refund for the duck pellets done by the store itself. The feed they have been on now is flock raiser crumbles since the local store does not carry pellets of it. I do have Manna...
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    4 week old duckling has problem with legs

    Update: The ducks are doing good. Seems like the buff duck is still the better one with moving around on her legs. She'll crawl under things that the cayuga doesnt. But maybe that's partly a height difference by just a bit. Cayugas are a little bit bigger than buff ducks. The cayuga is not...
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    Maybe not liver. Not sure about the smell of the feed. Reminds me of something. The smell has gone down since the bag was opened. Turns out returns are only for dog and cat food. The ducks are eating the feed so I guess I'll just keep feeding them this feed and get another feed to switch between...
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    I haven't heard from Purina yet. Maybe they'll reply within 2 days. When I first tried giving them the pellets they didn't eat it. I tried also breaking a pellet into smaller pieces but they didn't want it. I let it soak in water and the most recent time I checked on them and put some of the...
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    Yes I contacted purina earlier today to ask them about the animal protein just to know what that is. Yeah it doesn't list the amount in the guaranteed analysis. I see that it's in the ingredients after zinc oxide.
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    I found another thread from here. Apparently Country Acres manufactures their economy line. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/country-acres-poultry-feed-idiot-update.105619/ $ 18.50 plus tax cost was $ 19 I think I'll have to check the receipt.
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    Different manufacturer of Purina Duck Pellet Feed? 50 lb bag. different listed ingredients.

    Was looking for a less expensive feed for my ducks and got Purina Duck Grower W/O. That's what it says on the feed tag. Anyone else ever buy this version? It's not shown on Purina's website and only place I've seen sell 50 lb bags instead of 40 lbs is the local store I got it from. 16 % protein...
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    4 week old duckling has problem with legs

    I was thinking I should double check if I had read 10 mg. I don't know why I thought I read that in Dave's book. Maybe asides from Metzers I read 10 mg elsewhere or I was thinking that Holderread is about the same with amounts of supplementation. But yes it's definitely not 100 mg - 150 mg a day...
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    4 week old duckling has problem with legs

    quick update She did a little bit of trying to join in on running with her buddy for fun today. Ankles still look about the same. I still don't know if there's swelling or a bone growth thing related to injury or deficiencies. She's still good at climbing, she can climb onto my stomach or back...
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