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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    Quote: I'm flattered that you found my writing impressive. I did indeed stray at times from a discussion of science to a discussion of logic, but, as you say, these two are related. I understand you are a non-native speaker, but you studied in Wales so I think that's a poor excuse; and...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    Quote: i actually liked the heated argument i guess we agree that we disagree .although i still believe you have not realised what i am trying to say ,but instead everybody attacked me with grandmother stories and took things personally i never offended anybody personally i always talk...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    so my fellow scientist .what you are trying to say to me is that i am wrong . science should be based on logical assumptions with rational results . what i mean is i hope as a scientist you know that there are cross species diseases and parasites ? if we agree up to here we must logically come...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    Quote: ask him if it would be better if you kept them separate, see what he says
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    i can understand that people may not be able to keep birds separate and they may love them and take care of them the best they can,i can respect that. what i cant respect is people having a strong opinion on a subject they have no idea about when at the same time every educated person on the...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    again i need to say that just because your mixed birds survive it does not mean you are doing the right thing. you can state that you have no space , you have no money for separate coops or just you can not be bothered to make one but saying that this is the right way to raise birds is a...
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    mandarins and wood ducks mating all day(but too early in the year)

    Quote: i placed the nest boxes out yesterday . they are checking them out .i would feel terrible to take the babies away from their mother. i only take them away from her to give them away to people when they start flying. they are really emotional creatures and can feel grief and loss i...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    Quote: O.o Define "Duck Feed" I don't think there is anything specifically made for Ducks, other than Mazuri Floating Waterfowl Maintenance Feed, which is insanely expensive and impractical to feed. People have kept, raised, and bred Ducks on "Chicken Feed" for decades. Almost everyone...
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    can I keep running ducks with my chickens?

    if you want to take good care of them keep them separate and never feed them chicken feed. just duck feed if you do not care about their well being to much then i guess you can keep them with the chicken and feed them chicken feed ,they will not be very healthy though and will survive for only a...
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    Aviary netting... need help!

    no aviary can be considered safe if there is even one gap large enough for a rat to get in. i use the finger method (means if my finger can get through then rats can too). rats have tried to get in my aviaries but have failed miserably .some even made a tunnel parallel to the wire that protects...
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    Aviary netting... need help!

    yes i think tin around the edges of the top would eliminate any climbing attempt,nothing can get a grip on tin .you can bury the rabbit wire in the ground or you can build it in the cement and create a small wall around your coop.of course you either need rabbit wire on the bottom too or you can...
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    Getting ready to butcher some ducks.

    what can you do this is the natural order of things. i have heard that the chinese never bleed ducks because they say the blood has to stay in the bird .i have never tried it so cant be sure if this is good advice (some chinese guy told me this once).
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    Anyone have pet Mallards

    they are beautiful and they bring me allot of memories. you will love them
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    Anyone have pet Mallards

    hallo i live in Greece i visited your country for a field trip when i studied biology in the UK i spend 15 days living in a camp on the Picas studying the vegetation there,i also spend around 5 days in Bilbao to rest after that. i loved Spain it looks allot like Greece. i used to own mallards...
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    Aviary netting... need help!

    Quote: breaking strength has nothing to do with resistance to being chewed by sharp predator teeth. plastic polypropylene and polyethylene is a piece of cake for any fox or other animals(for example rats love to eat plastic, dogs too) . no animal would try to chew metal chicken wire because it...
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