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    wondering about breed of duck?

    I have a duck that looks like a buff but has a top knot, is there even such thing as a topknot buff?
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    Mixed duck flock?

    The only thing is that if they mate then they will create mule ducks.
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    Too early to put ducklings outside?

    Its not to early to let them loose. Though my ducklings are two weeks and three weeks old we have a goose that took them in
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    2 embryo in 1 egg? Please look at picture

    It was a fertilized double yoke egg that is actually going to hatch, that happens very rarely.
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    Spots on my roosters comb, what is it?

    It's frostbitten, it's common on roosters with large combs.
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    My chickens keep dying

    They could very well have gone down with energy deficiency if you are not providing sufficient feed. They might also be sick with a simple sickness, maybe you should water with medicated feed.,
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    8 healthy hens, but only 1 egg per day total?

    My layers are sometimes stunted when there are extreme weather changes. If you are also admitting new livestock to your flock the pecking order may be out of wack and will stress your poultry out, causing less laying.
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    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    We use it to feed our quail, geese, ducks, chickens, hogs, and chickens. We have multiple horse troughs that we use to ferment feeds we have one for soybeans, scratch, and then one with mixture of both. We have been doing this in the spring, summer, and fall for multiple years. We feed laying...
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    Will a Double-Yolk Egg Hatch Two Chicks

    They will either both hatch, one will out compete the other in the egg, or you will have twin chicks.
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    can different geese create mules???

    So would an American Buff gander and a Chinese goose produce mule geese?
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    Cochin killed by owl - help on taking care of her best friend

    I recommend getting another easter around its age and of the opposite sex.
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    PLEASE HELP! Chickens foot fell off!

    I also have a chicken that this happened to and it can walk just fine though is sometimes picked on.
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    My chickens are all fighting! Why?

    Has it rained? Most chickens fight for the first time after or during their first experience of rain. They might of also just matured and are fighting over hens. What is your hen to rooster count, if you have more roosters than hens then it can create and abundance of problems.
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    Are my chickens feet dead? Are they going to fall off? Leg mites the cause?

    I have a bantam white leghorn that has the same exact problem and I put her on full feed with my chicks in a stock tank for she wasn't getting enough feed with my ducks, geese, pigeons, and chickens all fighting to get food and yes your chickens feet are going to fall off but she might be able...
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