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    Near Jim Thorpe, PA (3) Free Drakes Need Home Anacona and Pekin

    I have too many drakes that I'd like to rehome. I have two Anacona and one Pekin. They are gentle with people but shy. If you can catch them, you can hold them and pet them. Send me a PM if interested. I will not ship. Must be local pick up only.
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    How to keep ducks and their pen mud free during winter.

    My ducks free range but I leave their pen open during the day so they can go in and out as they like. That keeps the manure down, but I'm not cleaning out their house at all now that the weather is cold. I just keep putting down fresh straw on top so that the poop underneath starts to break...
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    How many eggs do you EAT a week?

    Just for myself, I average 21 a week. If I eat more than this, I start to lose weight.
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    How to keep ducks and their pen mud free during winter.

    Do you have a photo of the bucket with the wood notch?
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    Neighbor's Rottweiler Killed my Chickens and a Duck

    First I want to thank everyone for your responses. My neighbor came through and offered to pay for the replacement of my livestock and has an invisible fence put in place. She said she was sincerely sorry. I think the initial reaction was just defensiveness and fear to my husband's threat to...
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    The ULTIMATE list of DUCK Treats and Supplements...

    Mine, too. Every morning when I let my ducks out of their pen, they wait by the various tubs in the yard. They wait for me to flip them over for the stash of worms that make their way to the top overnight. Poor worms but the ducks slurp them up like spaghetti.
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    Neighbor's Rottweiler Killed my Chickens and a Duck

    Thank you for the reply, insight and suggestions. I'm calling the county animal warden when the office opens this morning, mailing a bill to my neighbors for the cost of replacement of those killed animals, and getting estimates for the fencing. I've not lost a single animal to a predator...
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    Neighbor's Rottweiler Killed my Chickens and a Duck

    So several months back, I got fed up with the neighbor's Rottweiler coming on to my property and charging me. The thing is huge! I told the neighbor to keep her dog on her property. She shrugged her shoulders in disbelief and then said "OK." I was relieved that she seemed to keep her promise...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    Mine like blueberries, strawberries, bananas and tomatoes. Peas, too.
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    How are you eating your duck eggs?

    A friend on FB who is a grain farmer asked me if you could EAT duck eggs! So some folks don't even think you can....
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    I provide my flock the Mazuri Maintenance feed and oyster shell, too. The duck eggs my girls lay have a nice hard shell. How do you know the food did not meet their needs? Was this your own conclusion based on their soft egg shells-no eggs or something a veterinarian determined, a combination of...
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    How are you eating your duck eggs?

    I've fried them over-easy and poached them. Thick, yummy warm egg yolks. I've also boiled them and scrambled them, with a little butter, milk and basil. I've also made omelets. The local store in town has an organic section and sells duck eggs for $9.99 a dozen! I'm getting about 4 duck...
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    The ULTIMATE list of DUCK Treats and Supplements...

    I'm curious. Why would you want to feed these kind of peppers to your ducks?
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    Best brand of duck food.

    I feed my ducks Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance pellets. They love it and it's only 14 percent protein. The local feed store orders it in special for me and I get it for $35 for a 50-pound bag. That's more then the regular chicken feed, but they EAT it up and waste less.
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    Ancona Ducks

    I keep my ducks penned up till 9:15 am. My one female lays by this time and I can find her egg then.
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