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    California - Northern

    The Sacramento ban meeting went so well! I spoke and the first thing I said was "I have never met a rooster that wasn't a chicken. Roosters are chickens and its confusing to the public to say we arent banning chickens, roosters are chickens!!" Credit to my bf for the witty comment he whispered...
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    Major success in Sacramento! Tips for beating rooster bans

    On Tuesday we had a MAJOR victory here in Sacramento County for poultry owners. The Board of Supervisors had previously approved an ordinance 4-1 in favor of banning roosters, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, and peacocks in unincorporated areas of the county. This vote was in July of this year and...
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    Egg Bound BB Turkey Hen

    Does anyone have experience with an egg bound turkey hen? I can't seem to find much info on turkeys with this issue only chickens. She has been in and out of the nest for 3 days with no eggs laid. Her back end is pulsing up and down. We have seen her eat and she did poop although they are...
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    Ended Contest #8 Funniest Chicken Picture Contest - 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

    Baby chick surfing surrogate mama duck.
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    Muscovy Duck Hatching Chicken Eggs Surrogate Mother Experiment

    They love to surf her back..
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    Muscovy Duck Hatching Chicken Eggs Surrogate Mother Experiment

    Heres at 2.5 weeks still going strong! :)
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    Muscovy Duck Hatching Chicken Eggs Surrogate Mother Experiment

    Ok ... The experiment went over great for the most part. The only problem we had was a squirrel stole two of the 8 eggs. Of the six that were left all of them hatched including the small bantam. She hatched them over two days as we had put half in the nest a day earlier. :D The second day...
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    Muscovy Sitting on Chicken Eggs Will It Work?

    My female Muscovy is sitting on 7 chicken eggs at the moment. Does anyone have experience with this? My thread with info and pics is here under the incubating section. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/903669/muscovy-duck-hatching-chicken-eggs-surrogate-mother-experiment I would love...
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    Muscovy Duck Hatching Chicken Eggs Surrogate Mother Experiment

    Thanks for the input. Did you let the duck raise the chicks at all or take them immediately? I would love for her to be able to raise them but dont want to jeopardize their safety...... I was thinking take away bathing water and only shallow feeder in their pen. I dont know if I could take her...
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    Hi BYC! New member with pics

    Thread started on Muscovy sitting on chicken eggs https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/903669/muscovy-duck-hatching-chicken-eggs-surrogate-mother-experiment
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    Muscovy Duck Hatching Chicken Eggs Surrogate Mother Experiment

    Our 8 month old Muscovy female was broody and demanding to hatch whatever was in the nest, even with just a fake egg in there. Coincidentally, a friend gave me 8 fertile chicken eggs and asked if I had a broody hen or incubator. I told her I had a broody duck and would try to hatch them that...
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    Hi BYC! New member with pics

    Hi BYC Community! We have frequently read information on this site and decided to join the community to ask questions and possibly help others. We are in our mid 20's raising birds, which none of us have ever done before last year. We currently have 29 birds total: 8 Muscovies 9 Hens 6 Roosters...
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