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    Will this little duckling be confused?

    Looks like my Peking duck slipped an egg in my hen's nest. The little duckling hatched the other day. Anyone else ever have this happen? kg
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    How old until the baby chicks meet the flock?

    I hatched out 7 chicks. They are going on 5 weeks and I was wondering when I can turn them out with my other birds. The chicks are living in the barn in a 6 by 10 foot dog pen. The main flock are next door in there coop/run. I have 12 hens and a rooster. They get turned out every morning. Any ideas?
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    sudden death of 2 birds

    I'm getting worried. Three weeks ago I found my lead rooster dead in the outside run. There was no trauma, no blood, he was just dead. Yesterday I found one of my hens sticking out of the nesting box. Dead. Again- no trauma. I run a clean coop. 13 hens- one rooster. The coop is large, clean...
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    peking ducks

    Couple of questions on my new ducks I picked up 6 ducklings this summer. All Peking I am now grinding my own feed My chickens eat a cracked corn/wheat/oats and sunflower mix. . . .with a once a week protein crumble mix I make with venison I also add the avian 2000 vitamin supplement to the...
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    homemade feed

    I've been reading the forum to get some good feed formulas. my neighbor and I grind our own feed with a hammer mill. We have corn, wheat, and oats, and sunflowers from our harvest. Both of our new flocks have just hit 18 weeks. How fine should we grind a mash feed? Do the sunflowers get...
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    eating feathers

    My flock and my neighbors flock seem to love eating feathers. I have seen them gobble up an entire wing feather. Is there something they lack?
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    My flock won't use the hen house

    I have a new flock. 20 birds- 16 weeks old. Very healthy. A good mix of breeds. I build a new hen house. 10 by 12. solid roosts with good spacing. I took the design out of a poultry book. (The birds are high and dry. The run is completely fenced in. A 20 by 20 foot area. The issue is that my...
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