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    Muscovy Ducks

    Mine are not aggressive with my other free range poultry. In fact they are quite gentle and do not quack out loud...mostly a very soft almost inaudible quack. However. they will fly around and sometimes away. You MUST keep wing feathers trimmed to manage them. They do require a small water...
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    Muscovy Ducks

    you didn;t say what info you are needing. I love the muscovy ducks as they are friendly and do not quack like other ducks. Just a barely audible quack. They do have to have their wing feathers clipped as they will fly away if they decide to.
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    Musovy Duck wanted ASAP

    My female duck is missing her female companion. Would like to have 1 / 3 muscovies. Free would be good. Anyone know where in the Baltimore Md area I can find a Muscovy
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    Best way I've found yet to deal with snake problems!!

    I forgot to add to my earlier response that chicken predators include foxes, coyotes, and hawks. Hawks are notorious for swooping down and taking a chicken. With a fox/coyote, you will have feathers everywhere as the bird tries to fight it off, but not so with the hawk. Also, large rats...
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    Best way I've found yet to deal with snake problems!!

    Loosely roll the mesh around the bottom before you anchor it down. Snakes try to slither into the mesh but then get snared in it. I am sure some make it back out but enough did get trapped to make this my best option. If you've ever tried to re-roll this mesh you will see how hard it is to...
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    Best way I've found yet to deal with snake problems!!

    Hello all.....this is a big issue here in Maryland also. I live next to a state park and the critters just keep coming. Short of getting an mongoose, I did try the netting and have successfully trapped several black snakes, copper heads and garter snakes. Once they get entangled they cannot...
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    What killed my chicken?

    Have heard that skunks and weasels can slither under just about anything. And they are night predators. I have had a fox climb the fence to get into the yard. Couldn't believe it when I saw it happening. Leaving my dogs out during the day has solved this problem. But foxes come out around...
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    Hens loosing feathers due to rooster

    I've been distressed over the way my hens (8) were constantly being chased around by my three roosters. OMG!!!! They were all young peeps when I got them and I didn't know there were three roos in the bunch. Here's my story with this arrangement. While young they all got along great...
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    Roosters Pros and Cons

    Pros to having Roos - Protection alerts hens when a predator is around so they can scamper to safety, Beauty, Fertilization, Alerts hens when he finds food Cons - Crowing, If more than one Roo, they torture hens for constant sex --tear feathers off of preferred hens during mounting. had to...
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    Best way I've found yet to deal with snake problems!!

    OMG!!! Thank you for this tip. I have been having snakes (not copperheads--at least not so far this summer) and wondered how to get rid of them. Did you put eggs in the trap?? BTW....it looks pretty dangerous to have those dogs with the snakes...what if it is poisonous and they get...
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    I've been cooped up in here all day...CAN I HAVE A LITTLE PRIVACY PLEASE.
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