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    Help! can you look at this egg.. duckling hatching

    Let it try on its own otherwise the legs do not become strong enough and they do not develop correctly. Just make sure it has air to breathe. I helped one this Spring and its legs were never really strong enough and we finally had to put it down when 2 others that were born on their own were...
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    putting new hens on roost with established hens after dark

    I have done this many times but I have a smaller coop where the two runs are right next to each other and I keep them this way for about a month before I introduce them in at night and just put them on the roosts. I have introduced new girls at night this way but not really younger ones. I...
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    Dove injured found in road

    A friend of mine just found a dove that has been wounded in the road. They have chickens, ducks and parakeets. They were wondering as they try to nurse it back to health, what should they feed it - chicken food (grower/finisher) or parakeet food? If anyone has any idea, please let me know...
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    New to Geese

    So we got our 4 hatchery aftrican goslings this Wednesday and they definitely have a personality. Every time we go and work with them, they talk to us non-stop. They are very cute and so far, very friendly. I also got 6 female cayuga ducklings and one of the ducklings like to sleep on one of...
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    Need someone's knowledge with duck eggs....

    I think that my duck eggs taste the same as my chicken eggs, maybe with a richer flavor. I have 5 different people who want my duck eggs instead of chicken eggs. One family says the duck eggs taste better than the chicken eggs. I do put raw eggs on my golden retrievers dog food because he has...
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    Hatching duck eggs - temperature and humidity question - what should it be really?

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    Winter Housing for 3 ducks

    So how did your winter cover go for your ducks? This winter wasn't too bad for ours (considering we live in Western NY). I got a bigger container where all 3 can go in at the same time and we would put in a 3 gallon bucket of warm to hot water (to melt the ice) for them. Once there was snow...
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    Hatching duck eggs - temperature and humidity question - what should it be really?

    So far so good. I have kept the humidity between 45% to 55% and temperature is 99.5 degrees. 26 of the 27 are definitely developing! I did not get rid of the one yet until I can tell for sure. It is a dark green/almost black cayuga egg so it is hard to see through. Here is a web-site that...
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    I miss my ducks :(

    I am so so sorry for you loss of not only all your ducks but also by the sounds of it, a good watch dog for your yard. It is hard when that happens. We had a beagle who had a pen near the coop on one side and a golden retriever on the other. The golden retriever would allow the chickens to...
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    Setting eggs tomorrow night, 3/29/12, anyone want to hatch with us?

    I am sooo jealous of you guys - I have ducklings in so I have to wait an extra week but I candled tonight and of the 27 cayuga eggs, 26 are developing! I even saw alittle movement in a couple of them. Gotta love the LED flashlight from TSC. I am sooo excited for you guys. Make sure you put...
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    New duck owners! Wooohooo!

    Careful, they are additive! Once you start loving them, playing with them and watching them grow, you may end up getting more and more... I started out with 6 mallard ducklings 2 years ago and now I have an adult trio of Cayuga ducks, 27 of their eggs in the incubator to hatch in 2 weeks, 15...
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    Got baby ducklings and they had their first bath

    I got 15 baby "mallard" ducklings and 15 baby cayuga ducklings last week and they are so cute. They had their first bath tonight and it was so much fun watching them swim around. We only had the water up to their bellies in the shallower part of the tub and just enough to swim if they wanted...
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    Talking to a brick wall - advice!!

    I had bought a "mallard pair" from a lady who breeds poultry. What she really sold me was a Rouen drake and a mixed breed of some sort that looked similar to a rouen hen. The drake was diligent in taking care of her but when she went to lay eggs and make her nest, we never saw her again (they...
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    Newbie to BYC! Do I have the time to raise day-old-chicks?

    That is a good question. It really depends how much time you want to put into bonding with the baby chicks. Certain breeds bond much easier than others. I began my time with chickens in 2008 and got 6 leghorn hens. No bonding there at all. But I learned a bunch. Then my girlfriend got me...
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