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    Integration done but no eggs.

    Is there anything in particular we can do to make her feel safer? I’m not worried about getting eggs from her we’ve more eggs than we can deal with from the 3 hens and 2 ducks. But I’d like her to feel secure in her environment.
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    Integration done but no eggs.

    We bought another hen, approx. 1yr old same as the 3 hens we have, as one of our hens was being somewhat ignored by the other two. Two Scot’s greys were ignoring the Plymouth Rock. I’d been watching a programme on chickens which said chickens seem to like other chickens the same colour and I...
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    Ducks and Chickens Living Together?

    Our ducks n chickens were housed together when they were young, the ducks really attached themselves to the chooks and are still attached to them. The amount of cleaning required was huge as the ducks make such a soggy mess and all the eggs, ducks and chicken, were dirty. We got a separate...
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    Drakes pros and cons

    Thanks Isadora. I don’t really want a drake, but feel bad for the girls.
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    Drakes pros and cons

    I’m really struggling with whether or not to get a drake. We have 2 LF silver appleyard hens and 3 chickens (2 Scot’s greys and one partridge Plymouth Rock). The ducks are head bobbing and mounting each other lots and one now vibrates its head when I go to stroke her or offer her treats. I...
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    Hubbie thinks there’s a stray dinosaur in our hen house.

    I know, can’t imagine passing something that huge ouch. We had a welsummer years ago pop an egg over 100gms and she prolapsed soon after. It was only a single yolk egg but boy it was huge. Sadly she went to the big chicken run in the sky as we couldn’t get the prolapsed to stay in.
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    Hubbie thinks there’s a stray dinosaur in our hen house.

    Got a random HUGE egg the other day. Used it this am and it’s our first ever (in 20yrs of keeping chooks) double yolker. both came from our Plymouth Rock who’s coming up for 1yr. Thankfully it wasn’t really any fatter, just a lot longer. Poor wee lass.
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    The mysterious duck eggs

    Did the egg make it to hatching? I’m guessing not or you would have some idea of what type of duck it was.
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    Fertile eggs

    Thanks, biosecurity is my big concern so I was wondering if there was any other way. Will look up insemination.
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    Fertile eggs

    We can’t have a cockerel due to neighbours but I really want to get fertile eggs from our gals. Any suggestions. Is there a way to get around not being able to have a cockerel or is it buy hatching eggs forever?
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    Cracking sound

    No. They used to all sleep together in the one coop and even then it was a bit hit n miss as to whether they went away. They now have shiny new separate coops and whilst the ducks rarely go away, the chickens were putting themselves to bed with only a sporadic camp out, now it’s most nights...
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    Cracking sound

    Thank you, I’ve been quietly panicking that I’ve managed to break something. She seemed fine. Will see how she is in the morning. For some reason ducks and chickens have all stopped going to their respective houses at night. All snuggle up together by the back door to the kitchen. We’re now...
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    The mysterious duck eggs

    Did you ever get to the bottom of the phantom egg layer?
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    How many duck eggs did you get today?

    I’m amazed, 5 eggs daily from 5 birds. I always thought they’d have a day off here and there.
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    Cracking sound

    I was trying to check the vent of one of my chooks by myself, normally hubbie holds while I check. Luna, the crook, struggled, ended up upside down with me holding her by her legs and there was an audible crack. She’s walking fine, and apart from some lost dignity and dirty looks I can’t see...
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