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    What are these? Abandoned ducklings! Help!

    Update... Yesterday afternoon momma came back! She kept calling from the trees and all 7 babies went running to our thicket (and momma) as soon as we brought the brooder box outside. Saw momma and babies head to the woods together. 😃! Definitely a weird day but glad they are back together!
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    What are these? Abandoned ducklings! Help!

    Thank you very much for all the advice and responses! I really appreciate it!
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    What are these? Abandoned ducklings! Help!

    Thank you! I appreciate it!
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    What are these? Abandoned ducklings! Help!

    For some reason a mama duck in my yard was spooked by my child sitting on the porch and left these 7 babies running around my yard! She flew away and these guys were running in all directions! We rounded them up and after20 minutes we think we got them all. We have them in the brooder, with...
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    What are these? Abandoned ducklings! Help!

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    Greetings from NC

    Welcome to BYC from NC!
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    Is my chicken broody or just a drama queen?

    I guess my girl is an oddity? Some say leg horns aren't known for being broody but my white leg horn Sonic is by far my broodiest girl of all my assortment. She goes broody at least 3 times a year and sounds like a velociraptor from Jurassic park when we go near her nest. She's done it since...
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    Possible polyvisol alternative?

    Little Rhino the wry neck duckling is absolutely perfect! Thank you!
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    Salmon faverolle rooster?

    Looks very similar to my Cornelius, he's a Salmon Favorelles. Sweet boys.
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    911 Emergency!!! Partially hatched premature duckling

    Keep an eye on the membrane! Don't let it dry out too much or the baby won't be able to move around very well when it is time to come out. Your veins look really good for being so early. Sometimes under a broody (chicken) hen they get to hatch day faster because the mama doesn't take as many...
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    Only Duck Worries

    There is a hatchery in Tennessee called Valley poultry, that ships eggs, and has many call duck, appeyard, and other bantam duck breeds. They are on Facebook and have a website. They are also downsizing their adult birds now for pick up only to make room for their babies. Might be an idea?
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    How to cover run to protect from aerial predators?

    The bird netting on Amazon is cheap and has worked for me for hawks. My outdoor run is 35x40x7 with 3 ft hardware cloth around the sides bottom. I got a 50x50 piece and haven't had air strikes since. I string the support poles with coated clothesline cables, built a tower in the middle for...
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    Chickens won’t go in coop at night!

    I tried rehoming black (racer) snakes before but they keep coming back! The two I found have since lost their heads. I didn't know they were even there until one late evening check because the girls were being weird. I don't have deep litter anywhere in the coop, (Southern heat), but they...
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    Possible polyvisol alternative?

    So I hatched my first batch of 5 incubated ducklings last week, 2 were fully assisted, and one of those had rye neck ( badly). Poor bug couldn't walk, did somersaults, and her head was flat against her back. After reading all the amazing posts on here I went out in search of th elusive...
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    Chickens won’t go in coop at night!

    Hi! Random thought other then ventilation and roosting bars, have you checked for snakes? My girlies were being very strange for about 2 weeks, I checked the coop, changed bedding, couldn't figure out what was going on. Opened the coop one afternoon to find TWO six foot long black snakes...
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