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    DIY whole grain feed mix

    Yes the kelp is available for the duck also, I have never noticed them wasting it, it doesn’t go very fast so I think they just take a bit now and then. I had been looking at BOSS but can’t find a good affordable source unfortunately. I will keep looking. Thank you for your input
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    DIY whole grain feed mix

    Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my post. Yes I don't fully trust chatgpt so didn't want to blindly go with what it said. Sorry the protein content is actually based on what the information the farmer has supplied me with and not chatgpt. I soak my grain in water for 2-3 days...
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    DIY whole grain feed mix

    Yes I have oyster shell available at all times for them, chatgpt has calculated the protein to be 17.8% They free range over an acre of very good pasture so was hoping that they would balance it with this. ChatGPT did think the amino acid Methionine could be low so I am considering giving them...
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    DIY whole grain feed mix

    Ok I hear you, so I would be aiming it for my laying hens then(I have edited my post to take out the duck and geese
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    DIY whole grain feed mix

    My free ranging flock of chickens are being feed a whole grain mix that I ferment for a couple of days before feeding. I have sourced organic grain and beans locally so I am going to change there feed but am unsure if this is a healthy balanced feed for them? ChatGPT has helped me with grain and...
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    Roosters feet red and swollen

    It seems that some animals can be sensitive to certain plants but not all. A few years ago I had a gosling the was sensitive to hogweed but none of my other goslings have had any issues
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    Roosters feet red and swollen

    No he is fine and is showing no signs of pain, he is the top of the flock and shows no reluctance to stand on his feet, I have secured him a new home where they do not have hogweed in his enclosure.
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    Roosters feet red and swollen

    I have a rooster that every year around late spring/early summer his legs go red and a bit swollen. Pretty sure it is not scaly leg mite, all of my 12 hens that roost with him have very healthy legs and it happens around the same time every year and his legs are fine during the winter. It...
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    New chicks wondering about breed mix

    Had some chicks hatch today and wondering about sexing cream legbar crosses First two hatched out of my cream legbar hens eggs so father must be my French copper Marans rooster can they be sexed? Or does the father have to be the cream to sex at this age? Second is from my Bel
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    Incubation questions

    Glad to hear that was a bit worried by it being so humid for the first few days I will aim to keep it lower from now on until lockdown. Yes the last photo is the one I think is not developing, I bought a few eggs to mix with my own ones and two out of three of that breed seem infertile The...
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    Incubation questions

    I have 14 hen eggs in a Brinsea maxi day 9 and I am looking some guidance regarding humidity and the eggs. Humidity I am following the incubator guide filling half the water tank, I got a cheap hydrometer and have put it in and it is showing 60-70% I have reduced the water a bit since to be...
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    Advice for moving ducklings out of the house

    I have three 11 day old runner ducklings that I am brooding in a box in the house and feel they have outgrown there brooder and need more space to move and explore plus they are messing up their brooder so fast. I have a glass house that I would like to move them out to so they will be sheltered...
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    Duckling low hatch rate with dead ducklings

    I set 15 runner duck eggs in my bransia maxi eco, water was kept topped up and they were tuned three times a day. Two eggs were infertile Five eggs stopped developing around half way through Four baby ducklings successfully hatched on day 28-29 Today day 31 I opened the remaining four eggs to...
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    Hatching ducklings

    Thank you, first time hatching duckling in an incubator but my chicken hatched are usually 80-90% successful so was not expecting this
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    Hatching ducklings

    Have they been shrink wrapped?
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