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    What did you do with your flock today?

    In my experience, it's better to not let them get used to roosting on places you don't want them to be in. I think a lot of my chicks have tried it at one point of another, but the vast majority of them learned to roost in the coop after a day or 2 of getting herded in at night. When I had to...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    The flock is good, they've been getting a lot of cool or frozen treats lately. It's predicted to get to 95⁰ (35c) today, which isn't too bad. The over 100⁰ (38c) days keep me hopping to make sure no one over-heats, and my eggs don't start incubating themselves. My chickens go after frozen eggs...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    I did, indeed, mean a cockrel that was all man very early on. I haven't seen him try to mount anyone, but he was tid bitting for his mom by week 2 or 3. Ngl, the first time he crowed, I thought he had been stepped on by his mom. It sounds really funny when they're still in the peeping stage...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today was a bit warm, about 95⁰. Most of today was spent making sure the flock had cold water and coolish places to be. I've taken to breaking up my excess eggs and freezing them in a little baggie so the chickens can have cold treats. They treat them like I treat ice cream, so it seems to...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    I don't feel guilt, but I do get the worry.
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    I had a bird that magically recovered too. She went from happy and healthy to shrunken comb and pale and breathing hard in like 2 days. I figured she was egg bound, but she wasn't. Gave her all the egg bound treatment, but she didn't lay an egg. After 4days I figured it wasn't egg bound, because...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Woke up this morning and gathered the troops (my kiddo) to pull this out of the yard. If y'all have it in your yard, it's silverleaf nightshade... And it's toxic. The flowers are typically purple, though they can be white, and the unripe berries are green with stripes. The ripe berries are...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Some of my hens have names. Most of my roosters have names. The hens that have names should probably all be named "miss priss", as I have spoiled them rotten... Today was actually 90⁰. It's the first time we've gotten there this year, so the birds got a frozen berry and kale mixture at about 5...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    Even if they do, they're still going to eat dirt and throw it into their bowl. I'd suggest worrying about them having enough water to drink more than if it's super clean. (Still change it once a day, but after that... Make sure there's enough to drink) They swim around in ponds and poop in them...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    .... So the Ducklings from tsc... ARE DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DUCK I HAVE EVER HAD. They're incredibly shy. They don't want to be with in 10 feet of me... (Unless I have treats). They run towards the flashlight, at night... Until they figure out I'm behind the beam, and then they run away...
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    19 Chicks For Sale In DFW Area

    I'm working on building more room for the chickens I have, so I can separate them out and sell purebreeds. I can't get more chickens for a hot minute. Thanks for thinking of me though!
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    I don't blame you. The problem with caring enough to want to try something new is that it hurts your heart if it doesn't work. You're still an incredibly caring person, and I think you're pretty awesome.
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    You're trying to do something that mither nature can't do. You didn't let them down, you're just not perfect. I'm very sorry it didn't work out. The yellow mark might very well have been there before, and it also happened to be where they were trying to break thru. You're an incredible duck...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    How's it going with this?
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    She seems to be good. I did check to see if I could find anything wrong, but she seems healthy. Comb is the right color, crop is doing it's thing, abdomen is appropriately squishy, no odd droppings or poo sticking to feathers. She's eating and drinking fine. She actually perked right up when I...
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