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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    We have a young pyr but have not left her out with the chickens alone yet but in the future yes! Our lab is pretty good too at driving anything unfamiliar away but I had both out with me!
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    Thank you!
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    Our confusion was in the lack of feathers or blood especially from the pekin who was fairly big and dropped feathers just walking around!
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    We have two dogs but both were in the house when we were gone and quite likely asleep! The foxes in VA would hunt day and night and weren't in the least bothered by humans but we were more suburban then. We are more rural now on almost 7 acres but have neighbors and a few subdivisions around us...
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    We had a fox in Virginia who was absolutely relentless! Were your other hens traumatized after? Mine have seen others taken by hawks and resumed normal behavior straight after whereas my oldest hen is traumatized.
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    Thanks. I was thinking maybe that too.
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    Pekin duck and pullets missing

    Sorry for the long post but we are so confused as to what could have happened. We had a 4 month old pekin drake who seemed full grown and rather weighty and three almost at point of lay pullets go missing two evenings ago. The flock which includes turkeys ducks and chickens of various ages free...
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    What went wrong?

    I’d also love to know what went wrong with mine! We have hatched Our own before using the same incubator and a broody hen. No issues. This time I actually purchased eggs and had them shipped which arrived in perfect condition only one day in transit. Out of 9 2 hatched. 2 I dumped after 10...
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    Day 23 for chick eggs

    Thanks. Do you know about how many days past 21 would be a good cut off? I don’t want to get rid of anything viable but also don’t want something that may be rotting away.
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    Day 23 for chick eggs

    Good morning, I purchased 9 Orpington eggs and put 6 in my incubator and 3 under a broody on June 10. I candled all three times discarding two that were not fertilized and one that stop developing. The other 6 all looked good by day 18 when I left under the broody. So far one hatched on day...
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    Injured Poult

    He didn’t make it unfortunately. Poor little thing.
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    Injured Poult

    Thank you!
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    Injured Poult

    My dog went after one of my turkey poults this morning. Not sure what she did with him as other than a few plucked feathers I don't see any external injuries. However, the poult does not look well at all. He still chirps a little but but is not drinking. I have him inside now under a 100w...
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    Can anyone comfirm that my mallards are female?

    Do your ducks have a slightly green top of their heads? Not bright green but underlying green almost. I have a five week old duckling that looks like yours but just a slight tinge of green on top of the head so I was thinking definitely male but then saw a wild mallard that looked very similar...
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    Strange wings on baby chick

    I see that now. Thanks again!
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