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    Ducks and chickens together- do rooster and drake pose a problem? Will they fight?

    thats awesome thanks!
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    help! Duck Drake mating with chicken hens!

    Hey all- Thanks so much for the replies. Life gets a little crazy sometimes but we are back in business now! Looking at 9 chickens, 2 incubators, 5 ducklings and a goat cage looking for some sweet milk makers! The previous duck problem worked itself out- he did have a mate by the way. But he was...
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    Ducks and chickens together- do rooster and drake pose a problem? Will they fight?

    Well, I may have guessed wrong with Daisy vs. Donalds....anyone who can tell me for sure how to tell male from female Pekin duck?
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    Butchering chickens?

    Thanks everybody for your answers.. I guess I'm just "chicken" to try it. Maybe after the first one it gets easier?
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    Ducks and chickens together- do rooster and drake pose a problem? Will they fight?

    I have 7 hens, 1 rooster, would like to introduce 4 "Daisies" and 1 "Donald" (Peking) to the same pen/coop while free ranging in the daytime. Or do I need to separate them? Also, the ducks are 5 weeks old and almost adult sized. What age or outdoor temps can I put them outside? They are...
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    Ended 2013 Easter Hatch-a-long Contest #11 - "Guess How Many Eggs Will Hatch?"

    My guess is 1907, exactly 25%.
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    Butchering chickens?

    Can someone give me a good resource for butchering/cleaning/skinning chickens (or roosters)?
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    Chickens not laying eggs

    Thanks so much!!! Anyone else have the experience of duck (drake) mating with hens (chickens!) He was way too mean! Had to find him a new home!!!
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    Chickens not laying eggs

    I think we have seen it all... we have have five hens and one female duck (who thinks she is a hen)... we had a drake who was mating with the hens. Not trying, but really mating with all of them. (He found a new home in a lake far, far away!)... We usually have around 3-4 eggs a day. They stop...
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    help! Duck Drake mating with chicken hens!

    He is 6 mos old, rather rough with 6 mo old chicken hens and causing stress and feather/neck trauma! What should I do??? Let him go in the local lake? Give him away?
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