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    Show off your house ducks!

    Weeblez was born with a hole in the top of her skull so that fatty tissue can stick out and that's where the crested top feathers grow from! All Crested ducks have that. But there is always the possibility of the back of the brain not developing correctly because of this natural annomoly! Some...
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    Show off your house ducks!

    Thanks! Weeblez is a year old now! She still falls over if she goes too fast. But for the most part she is a lovey dovey duck! heads to the bathroom to use the dogs water bowl when she wants a drink (and still falls in sometimes-that's why it is in the bathroom). And she bitches at me when she's...
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    Show off your house ducks!

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    Best Pool For Ducks

    Hi! Thought I'd add some more suggestions. I have 30 Call ducks, a pair of Pekins and had a pair of Cayugas....a raccoon killed my Cayuga hen (on a nest) recently and today I am hatching out her 5 eggs....so I have ducks of all sizes! I've been raising ducks for 6 years now. For summer time...
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    What to feed baby call ducks!!

    You are absolutely right. NEVER feed ducklings MEDICATED CHICK STARTER!!!!! Ducklings eat 10X as much feed as baby chicks and would consume way too much of the medication - which is for preventing coccidia. Ducklings do not get coccidia so there is no need to medicate them. PERIOD! You can start...
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    How to hatch call ducklings? ***Updated questions!****

    I've been hatching Calls for 6 years now so I will tell you some of the things I have done that worked and some things that didn't work out so well, at least for me. 1st: I always turn my own eggs at least 4 times a day! Automatic turners didn't work so well for my developing ducklings! Make...
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    Are Call Ducks difficult to hatch??

    I too help my calls to hatch. Once they pip I'll peel off the top part of the shell...if the veins are dried up I'll peel that part away also. But I never take the duckling out of the shell. I'll lay them back in the incubator with about 1/2 to 2/3 of the shell to protect the egg yolk until it's...
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    "Settling" Shipped Eggs: Necessary? With Auto-Turner?

    Hi there! Just wanted to give you a heads up on candling eggs. The air cell should be located in the fat round end of the egg...not the pointy end. Have you ever noticed when you hard boil an egg you will find in indentation in the egg whites at the round end. That is from the air cell. Fresh...
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    New to Incubating and Hatching and, well, everything! Anyone want to hatch with me? *with PICS**

    I've had eggs hatch within 30 minutes of the first pip. And other eggs have hatched almost 30 hours after the first pip. So I wouldn't worry. If it's the first egg to pip and it's only the 19th day (now) you should see other eggs pipping soon. With my first batch the majority hatched on the 20th...
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    Comment by 'Featherfarmer' in article '10 Health Precautions For Backyard Chicken Owners'

    I like the ear loop masks you have but haven't found any around my place. I have the type you fit the strap around your head and they are not cheap. Plus they're a pain in the butt to use. But it sure beats breathing in any dust. You have some great advice. All new chicken owners need to learn...
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    New to Incubating and Hatching and, well, everything! Anyone want to hatch with me? *with PICS**

    The easiest way to check and see if one breed of chicken egg is more porous then another is to watch the air cells in two or more breeds at a time. If the air cells are growing at a similar rate then you should be fine. But don't get too worried if you see some slight differences between the...
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    "Settling" Shipped Eggs: Necessary? With Auto-Turner?

    Check posts 138 and 139! I did a reply instead of quote. So the answers at the far end of the posts on I think page 14!
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    "Settling" Shipped Eggs: Necessary? With Auto-Turner?

    I just did the dry incubation method and hatched out 23 BCMarans from 24 eggs - one was infertile. Just keep your humidity no higher then 40% for 18 days. Then put humidity between 60% and 65% for the last 3 days during lock down. This is the first time all my fertile eggs pipped and hatched...
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    "Settling" Shipped Eggs: Necessary? With Auto-Turner?

    When you candle a really fresh egg you may not see an air cell at all. Like one of yours from the backyard. But eggs that have been sitting for a few days will get a little pocket of air forming at the center of the fattest part of the egg. This pocket gets bigger as the egg develops.With a...
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    "Settling" Shipped Eggs: Necessary? With Auto-Turner?

    With the dark brown Marans eggs - you can candle to see the development of the air cell. Make sure the room is totally dark and with your candler move it over the fat end of the egg. If the egg is developing then you will see a light spot formed inside the shell. Check at 7 days and then again...
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