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    Muscovy keepers share your pics!

    We can just meet at the border, and maybe some ducks just happen to waddle across of their own accord ;)
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    Muscovy keepers share your pics!

    I sort of had a test year to see if my "lavenders" really are. I swapped one of my "lavender" drakelets last year for a solid black hen. She hatched out 16 babies, 14 of which were black, one "lavender" and one dark ripple. She does not have white head, and almost half the ducklings were...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I voted in the poll, but was wrong, will have to go back and see if I can change it. My flock is actually mostly Muscovy ducks now (14, 3 drakes, 11 hens), but I still have 4 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte hens, and one male Guinea. They have .145 acres fenced on one side by I think 4 foot chain...
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    Dahlia Growers Unite!

    I'm very excited for next year and hope it goes as good or better than this year! Cornel Bronze is not a typical color for me, but I just loved it for some reason, that's one I'm pretty excited about. I can't wait to see pictures of yours next summer also. It's so much fun seeing those...
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    Dahlia Growers Unite!

    You have some on my want list and ones on order list! I'm ordering from 2 places this year, and hopefully I get the ones I ordered and not substitutions from the one place. I have read some not so good reviews now, and my mom got hers subbed this year without knowing it was going to be and...
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    Dahlia Growers Unite!

    @Offshoreorca I'd love to hear about your pest protection protocol. I went to using organza bags around buds because the Japanese Beetles are so bad here now, and then when they finally subsided some, I got some kind of corn borer little green bugs that were horrible. I'm not big on using...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The broodiness difference between breeds is interesting to me. I had Wyandottes that I purchased as chicks, and one that I hatched out of shipped eggs and was raised with Muscovy ducklings since none of her eggmates survived. None were raised by an adult and go broody allllll summer long. I...
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    Dahlia Growers Unite!

    I am brand spanking new to the hobby and had only 3 this year. I can say that I have many more on order for spring, and kept some seeds to plant just for fun and see what I get also. I am also really into peonies and between the two and having some fun learning to grow flowers. The three I...
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    Feeding chicks and ducklings

    I feed my flock all flock pellets. When my scovies are newly hatched to about a week old I use my nutri bullet to make my own crumbles out of them. By about a week they can eat the pellets just fine. I've never had any issues doing this with them, and all have been healthy!
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    Cheep feed storage bins. Any suggestions?

    I use an old chest freezer. Most people give them away when they don't work anymore, and depending on size can hold anywhere from 200 lbs+ at a time. They still have the seal around the top and can't be chewed into. If you get a really large one you can store the feed in bags, with mine I...
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    Red laced blue Wyandotte

    Nothing right now other than my own suspicion is saying cockerel so hopefully I'm wrong!
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    Red laced blue Wyandotte

    I'm probably wrong since it's been a while since I've hatched and grown out any BLRW, but the amount of red in the wings is kind of saying cockerel to me. There's something about the body shape and head that also kind of looks that way to me. Again, I'm out of the game a couple years so I hope...
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    I need your chicken pictures!!

    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Rooster
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    ~~~Muscovy Duck Club~~~

    Look at the perfect eyebrows on this little one hatched this weekend!
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    Surviving Minnesota!

    We actually got rain last night/yesterday, not sure how much, but it was measurable. Unfortunately, the storm that came with it had baseball size hail! It hit more in the Lake City, Wabasha, Buffalo City/Cochrane(WI), area, but they did get some in Ridgeway that size which is far too close to...
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