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    Almost 3 year old duck with original feathers

    I have a batch of almost 3 year old ducks. 3 of them are Welsh Harleqins and 1 of those ladies has never molted after she first got her adult feathers. All my others have molted and produced new healthy feathers once a year at least. She is otherwise seemingly healthy and active. But her old...
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    How common is the fibro mutation in EEs?

    Genetics question...How common is the fibro mutation in EEs? We have a common EE roo (parents from the Wilco bin), white with caramel colored wings and just a couple of black tail feathers. We crossed him with hen that is half California White, with some Salmon Favorelle and EE. They produced...
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    Giving Ducks Calcium Pills

    When my chicken was having egg laying issues I was told to give her a calcium pill incase she was deficient. Are ducks similar in that way? If I have a duck that has an egg issue (stuck or maybe internally laid), should I give her the same type of calcium pill in case she is deficient? They have...
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    Red Patches on Duck's skin

    Not for sure. Although I'm leaning towards another duck pulling some feathers. She is looking better but a different duck just got some bad spots all of a sudden this evening. I'm wondering if they are fighting over their puddle. It was frozen over for 4 or so days and now they are all crowding...
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    Red Patches on Duck's skin

    Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen anyone picking on her recently. Our drake picked on her during mating season months ago but he is only chasing ladies off now and leaves her alone. She had nice fluffy down a week ago when the cold snap came through. I put vetericyn spray on it.
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    Red Patches on Duck's skin

    I found one of my ducks this afternoon with a bright red patch and a bit of blood on her back by her tail. She was in their puddle so her feathers were wet. She is one of the last ducks that still needs to molt from our flock. When I looked closer I also found a few other much smaller red spots...
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    What Kind of Mite is This?

    What kind of mite is this? I just noticed them yesterday crawling on the waterer in the coop. I have only seen them in the coop not on the chickens or ducks as of yet.
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    Was this a Malposition?

    Perfect! Thank you.
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    Was this a Malposition?

    I had a duckling hatch today. It didn't hatch like my other ducklings did with a pip and then circular zip. It made 3 pips in a line going long way down the egg and then about 48 hours later made a hole in the one spot with the pips. It never moved to zip or turned its head. Once it started...
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    Duck Eggs - Black Spots

    The embryo was behind the others and the veins ended up slowly going away over the next 2 days. It was gone two days after I noticed the black spots.
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    Duck Eggs - Black Spots

    I am incubating some duck eggs. They are on Day 17. 6 of my 7 eggs look okay and have good movement and veins. One egg has a ton of veins but looks a bit behind the others. It also has some random black or dark spots when candling that weren't there a couple days ago. I wasn't able to get a...
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    Summer Broody - Is it too hot?

    Thanks for the reply. Chicks wouldn't be a problem. I just don't want to put the polish hen at risk if it is too hot for her to sit. I've never had a broody during the summer before.
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    Summer Broody - Is it too hot?

    I have a polish hen that has gone broody. It is summer right now and in the high 80s and low 90s most days. So inside the bird barn it can feel even warmer in the heat of the day. Is that too hot to let her try? Both for the eggs developing and for her? We had a silkie go broody this spring and...
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    EE Feathering Speeding and Gender

    Our EE Roo and EE hen pair produced a fast feathering (tail feathers by day 5) chick that is a rooster. Then they produced 3 new chicks that are slow feathering, just like flockmates (all EEs/mixes) that slow feathered and are hens. In EEs, can feather speed indicate sex of chicks once you know...
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    Duck Egg Air Cells Too Small

    I did weigh them at the beginning and again a few days ago. The little egg only needed to lose 1 more gram in almost a week. The others needed to lose double what they did I think. They are supposed to go into lockdown tomorrow. I've never had eggs that had this problem before and they were all...
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