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    A ferret killed our chickens!!

    We live in Orange County New York. I never heard of weasels or minks etc. in the area but after looking them up on the computer they do live in this area. Crazy.
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    A ferret killed our chickens!!

    You are right...upon further research we think it was a mink or maybe a weasel. I didn't even realize minks and weasels were indeginous to this area. It just looked like a ferret at first but then we realized it didn't really have the markings for a ferret. It was chocolate brown with just a...
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    A ferret killed our chickens!!

    Thanks for your thoughts. Yes the ferret is no longer living and I can't say I am at all upset about that!!!
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    A ferret killed our chickens!!

    I can't believe it but we caught a ferret in our trap. Over the past few weeks our chickens have been getting killed and we just couldn't understand what could have been killing them. Our coop is what we thought to be quite predator proof with double wire all along the run outside etc. and...
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    sick ducklings

    Thank you I will try the niacin. They are currently on chick starter as we have some chicks and quails.
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    Pekin duckling sick

    Thank you for your response. I did repost in that section when I realized that this went to the new member post. Hopefully someone will be able to help me out. Thanks Christine
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    sick ducklings

    Hi I posted this incorrectly in the new member forum... We hatched 3 pekin ducklings almost 2 weeks ago. We had trouble keeping the humidity up therefore 2 of them had trouble hatching. They pipped but then struggled for approx. 12 hours when we carefully hatched them. One was able to hatch...
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    Pekin duckling sick

    Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and I am finding out alot of info reading old posts. We have a small farm in Orange Cty NY. We hatched 3 Pekins almost 2 weeks ago. I had trouble keeping the humidity high enough for the duck eggs but they did pip but had trouble for approx. 10 hours. One...
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