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    good duck coop design?

    Quote: then i would still have the problem of draining the pond, i would ahve to lug it out every day and dump it (where i would dump it is pretty far thats why i have the hose)
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    good duck coop design?

    their wings are clipped and they will be let out in the warmer months for a few hours each day, but only if we are outside with them ( we dont want anything taking them)
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    good duck coop design?

    D'Angelo N Va. : Ok. Maybe I missed something. Why do u want your ducks off of the ground? Because we have lots of coyotes and foxes and racoons in the area and i dont want something digging under the pen, I also dont want the mud problem, and with it raised i can put the stall mat under it...
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    good coop design?

    There are suport boards that run under the pond to help hold it, and the door is much larger and acually in front of the pond, i am just terrible at drawing on a computer, and had no way of getting my hand draw designs on the computer.
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    good duck coop design?

    thanks for the picture I want them off the ground too, and there shelter has a wooden floor with rubber over it, so their little feet do get a break
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    good duck coop design?

    yup, we are using coated wire, and its for 3-4 call ducks
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    good coop design?

    alright, so first excuse my terrible drawing of a duck in this, then excuse my overall drawing skills. The stall mat underneith the wire pen is to catch the poo so that it doesn't end up on the ground, but the ducks dont have to stand in it, and rubber horse stall mats are easy to wash. the...
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    chicken leashes

    Alright, so i was remebering when I was around 10, I had 2 mille fleur hens, Ruby and indiana jones, which bought at a local fair and kept in my best friends chicken coop (we tryed to blend them in with her other chickens so her parents didn't know, we suspect they caught on, but never really...
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    good duck coop design?

    alright, so first excuse my terrible drawing of a duck in this, then excuse my overall drawing skills. The stall mat underneith the wire pen is to catch the poo so that it doesn't end up on the ground, but the ducks dont have to stand in it, and rubber horse stall mats are easy to wash. the...
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    Call duck breeders?? and ducks homes!

    Alright, so I'm looking for a way to build a place to keep a pair of call ducks. It needs to be raised from the ground (we have rather large pack of coyotes in the woods behind our house and i dont want them digging under a fence) and it needs to be able to house ducks in the ever changing NH...
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    incubator

    is this a good one to start with? http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Still-Air-Observation-Incubator-Hova-Bator/basic-incubators I just want to hatch some duckies i dont need anything fancy
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    Call Duck help

    Efowl.com is the ONLY place i've found that will ship day old calls. but they're just too delicate and tiny for shipping i would try looking at local fairs and getting a male and female, and hatching your own chicks
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    help!! duck questions!

    alright, so i have decided to buy 2 call ducks, a black & white female and a pastel male. I plan on showing the male (in 4-H) and just keeping the female as a pet. and I also plan on breeding them (yes, i know, the chicks wont be "purebred" but i am only keeping some as pets and the others are...
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    to many duck eggs!

    alright, so i dont eat duck eggs ( i know some people do, but i just cant, i dont know why) but when my ducks arive and they start laying, what happens when you get to many eggs? say i only want to hatch 10-15. and my duck keeps laying, do i just throw the rest away? do people buy fertil duck...
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    New duck owner. some questions :)

    alright, so i have decided to buy 2 call ducks, a black & white female and a pastel male. I plan on showing the male (in 4-H) and just keeping the female as a pet. and I also plan on breeding them (yes, i know, the chicks wont be "purebred" but i am only keeping some as pets and the others are...
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