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    Crop not filing?

    Good ideas, thank you. I will get a bag of the youngest chick starter and see if that helps and try the wet feed, maybe adding in some yogurt for probiotics. She gobbled up the scrambled egg with kelp I made today, so I will continue that also. I usually use the pine wood chips but start with...
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    Crop not filing?

    The first one was 8 weeks when we got him, but was already having the problem regardless of what we supplemented him with greens, sprouts, scrambled egg, bugs ect. and passed at 4 months. I have one that was hatched here but is now 8 weeks and trying the scrambled egg with kelp. I use non gmo...
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    Crop not filing?

    Crop not filling? This past year I have had this experience with 3 different chicks from 3 different farms where it seems like their crop does not fill properly or fully regardless of having constant food available which seems to result in them not thriving as well as the other chicks in terms...
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    Duckling can’t walk

    The B vitamins for sure, especially niacin and B12, are really helpful for recovering leg injuries which I recently learned from a friend, and ducks and turkeys seem to be more sensitive to needing it for healthy growth and immunity.
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    Best breed for gardening. .

    The Australian spotted bantam duck is surprisingly small and since it is a duck will not scratch and so far it seems like they do not eat brassicas like bigger ducks have in my garden. Very interested in trying the fowl after reading this post, they seem like such an amazing overall protector...
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    Home made quail feed? Does anyone make/mill thier own?

    I have been working on making a homemade high protein non GMO feed using sunflower seeds, flax seeds, oats, and hemp seeds with free range foraging area. I will up date to share how the egg laying goes with it, as all the store feeds have corn, soy, wheat, and canola! Would love to hear of...
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