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    Serious moulting or something else?

    Yes, I feel so sad for the poor girl, I've never seen a moult quite so bad. She's shying away from the rest of the flock, and hiding out in the bushes - as you said, probably more aware of predators. I'll probably separate her from the rest of flock and up her protien until she starts feeling...
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    Serious moulting or something else?

    Hi All! One of our girls appears to be experiencing a severe moult, but I want to make sure that it's not something more serious. The reason I'm asking is that she seems to be having trouble walking this morning, side-stepping a little but making it to where she's headed. Is the walking issue...
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    Are Welsh Harlequins aggressive?

    The younger ones were 2 females. The drake was just very violent with them, moreso than we'd seen with other ducks in the past. It was mostly normal mating behavior, but at a much higher level. We've sent several roosters to the stewpot for such behavior but have never seen it with our ducks...
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    Are Welsh Harlequins aggressive?

    This is a follow up to a previous post. Are Welsh Harlequins an aggressive breed? We have a breeding pair and when we introduced 2 two month olds the drake immediately became overly aggressive, to the point where we took him out and put him in with our Blue Swedish girls who recently lost their...
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    Welsh Harlequin drake beating up on new girls

    Hi We have a 10 month old breeding pair of Welsh Harlequins and just introduced a pair of girls that are 2 1/2 months old, incubated from the 10 month old's eggs. We moved the younger ones into the duck house 2 weeks ago and they were separated from the older pair by a hardware cloth fence. We...
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    Whistle and Humm

    Yes, that's it exactly! I figured that it had something to do with impressing the girls as he only does it when they're on the pond with him
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    Whistle and Humm

    Thanks so much for responding! I thought that it might be normal but hadn't seen that type of behavior in the past Steve
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    Whistle and Humm

    I'm very curious about a behavior that my Swedish Drake is exhibiting. I call it "whistle and hum" and it occurs when the drake is in the pond with two or three of his ladies. He starts by rising up in the water while giving a short whistle, then gives a low hum while dropping back down into the...
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    2016 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    Here's two of our beautiful hens - Scotchie, a Sebright and Einstein, a Polish Crested
  10. Scotchie, our Sebright

    Scotchie, our Sebright

  11. Einstein, our Polish Crested

    Einstein, our Polish Crested

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    Ducks and Chickens

    We've kept ducks and chickens in the same yard for 3 years and most of the time they don't even acknowledge each others' presence, unless the drake chases down a duck to mount her. Two of our NH Reds and an EE have made it their job to protect the 'poor' duck and start pecking at the drake and...
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    Moving a clutch

    Thanks Everyone!
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    Moving a clutch

    We ended up moving the fencing instead of the clutch - Billi went on to hatch 8 of the 10 eggs! Such a good mommy!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    28 layers, 18 pullets & 1 roo 28+18+1 = 47 47+733= 780
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