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    A house for a duck

    We started combining ours as well, but quickly went to their own duck area. Short (5 to 6 inch) rubber made boxes worked great as a pond and they were easy to clean out. A friend of mine kept her ducks with her hens for a while, but the constant moisture caused issues with the hens and they...
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    My chicken have small black spots on their combs?

    My chickens have small black spots on their combs. After researching a little I wonder about the possibility of Fowl Pox. I have a few questions. For starters I have 7 week old ducklings and I am concerned that this disease could effect them. Should I vaccinate them, and if so what with? Is...
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    Strange death... is this a disease???

    The vet said that it might be Mereks disease.... is there a cure?
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    bathing chickens

    My daughter in 4 H bathes her show birds in Aussie shampoo for dry hair and then rinses them thouroughly. They love it and they feel soft and clean. Somehow their natural oils seem to stay.
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    I think my chicken has lice!!

    In addition, my daughter in 4- H has learned that if you put mint and/or orange peelings in the water and in the coop, it will also help with mites.
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    Strange death... is this a disease???

    Question... We have 9 Brown Leghorn pullets... they are about 5 months old... Yesterday they all looked fine, running around the coop. Today, I found 1 still alive but the bottom half of her was almost paralyzed. Her feet looked like a paralysis set in and she had labored breathing. All of a...
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    New to call ducks

    Thank you everyone for your ideas and comments... We loved Steven's comment on how Boston Blackie (the drake) will get over it. I think that we will try the pen next door and see what happens. Right now Boston is in the shed with the girl's 4-H show birds and he is driving them crazy with the...
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    New to call ducks

    I would love that, THANK YOU!
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    New to call ducks

    Help... We have a new hatching of call ducks. It is our first. We did not try to breed them on purpose, nature just took its course. We are very excited for the surprise 4-H project. Anyway, Penelope hatched out 13 little ones. She was having trouble keeping them under her and keeping them...
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