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    New chicks sneezing. Need advice on treatment.

    Hi. One week ago today I bought 6 chicks from a local farm store. Four are pullets that are a little over a week old and the other two are 3 week old bantams. They all seemed healthy enough but now they are sneezing alot. These sneezes sound very wet. I haven't noticed any discharge from their...
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    Help, duck trying to mate with the chickens..

    I have 4 five month old ducks. 2 males & 2 females. I also have 6 five month old barred rock pullets. Everyone has been getting along just fine until last week. The dominant drake has started chasing a certain chicken and attempting to mate with her. That chicken is missing several neck...
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    No patience.... And its killing me!!

    Reading these post makes me smile! While our new TSC will not open until April 18, we have an Orscheln farm store. That is where I bought my ducklings and let me tell you their employees are clueless!!! The first shipment of ducklings they got in were Khaki Campbell but they had them labeled...
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    ducks nipping at blood feathers on wing tips...

    I'm having a problem with my month old ducklings. They now are getting their wing feathers and some have started nipping at the tip of just one duckling's wings. This paticular duckling has new feathers coming in that are lighter than the rest of it's body color, and I'm wondering if that is why...
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    My first Ducks ever!! *photo* and questions

    They are sooo cute! I've always heard of chicks and ducklings being dyed for Easter but this is the first time I've seen any. For some reason I always thought the dye job would be sloppy.
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    Catching Escaped Muscovies

    I use my "have a heart" trap alot but never for catching ducks. You would have to bait it with something very tempting and the duck would have to step on the platform that triggers the door to close. Also, that door comes down quick and with a lot of force. I'm not sure that it wouldn't catch...
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    4 day old mallard?????'s help

    I keep water and feed out for my ducklings at all times. They are now 3 weeks old. They seem to be doing fine. Growing like weeds. How old are your ducklings? If they are really young I would be concerned that they might eat their bedding material when they got hungry, if there is no feed out...
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    What breed is this?

    The yellow one is a Pekin. (You knew that already) I'm going to guess the dark chocolate colored one is a Khaki Campbell. I'm only guessing though. I'm no expert. It will be interesting to see what others say.
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    When I had Guard Geese...

    Years ago when I had my geese, they sure did a lot of silly things. No doubt because of the way I raised them too. The first year we kept them in our yard. They soon discovered the joys of sleeping on our front porch. They started looking into the windows and scaring our house dog. Not to...
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    Best Housing for Geese?

    I had geese once. 3 White Chinese. 1 male, 2 female. Loved them so much. Raised them myself. They bonded to me, but as they grew older only the male remained sweet. On the rare occasion that both females were away from the male, he would enjoy being petted and sometimes held. But when the...
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    momma hates me since hatching chick /any suggestions

    Two years ago I let some of my girls hatch their own chicks. My hens are all very tame and they stayed that way even when they had little ones to protect. But one barred rock hen named Fergie went ballistic on all the other chickens. She especially hated the other orpington mom who had more...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I got 9 eggs out of 17 hens today. Not the best production. I also have a very broody bantam hen (black tailed white japanese) who tries her best to sit on any eggs she can. Blossom doesn't take to kindly to having eggs removed from underneath her. I've got cuts on my hands to prove it! I...
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    Ducklings and their drinking water supply...

    Thank you! I'll go raise their water right now. You have a 5lb Min Pin. We have 2 Min Pins. They are 11lbs each. But oh so loveable! If only they didn't bark so much.
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    I ordered my...........

    They sound so sweet and cute! Are they coming soon?
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    Ducklings and their drinking water supply...

    I've not raised ducklings before. I just read a few post down that they need to be able to dunk their nostrils in their water. Why is that and what could happen if they can't? I just raised my ducklings waterer high enough that they really can't do that. They were making such a mess sloshing...
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