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    Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

    Quick question. I'm not going to be using my greenhouse this summer and I was planning on letting my mandarin pair take it over for a while. What is a comfortable temperature for them to tolerate in the summer? The greenhouse is equipped with exterior sunshades and even has a heating/cooling...
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    Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

    Most birds actually do really well in the cold months with just your typical winter care.. The ducks and geese are fine with just extra straw in the barn. I haul water for them twice a day because its less hassle then giving them a heated bucket to make a mess of. My chickens get a heat lamp...
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    Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

    Sigh, I know. Just needed to hear it from someone else, I guess. It took me months to find someone to ship my pair here (Alaska) originally so I'm just grasping for a solution that won't involve me forking over a ridiculous sum of money to a commercial hatchery. I'll just have to keep looking...
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    Mandarin Duck thread ( for posting pictures and discussing)

    I know under normal circumstances it is not a good idea to keep mandarins and other non-duck species together, but I was wondering if it has worked for anyone? I have (had) a pair of mandarins and found my female dead from a broken neck last night. It appears to have been a freak accident. My...
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    Dark air cell?

    I have a batch of duck eggs that just went into lockdown last night and one of them has a dark air cell. It happened gradually over the last 2-3 days and now I can clearly see the shape of the cell on the outside of the egg without candling. The duck is still alive (I can feel him moving)...
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    Can someone tell me what kind of breed this is?

    Looks like an Embden.
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    Hello everyone!

    Hello everyone! I've been lurking around and borderline stalking you all for a few months now (creepy, right?) and I figured it was about time to introduce myself. My family and I have been raising Nigerian Dwarf goats for about two years and we decided to add poultry into the mix this past...
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