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    What to put at the Bottom of Duck run?

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    What to put at the Bottom of Duck run?

    Update*** A little update about my post. I now use wood chips instead of straw for the dry half of the coop. The straw would not work for garden use as it would grow what the straw was from. The wet side I first had pebbles and concrete pavers for steps to the bathtub. The ducks kept getting...
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    What Knife do younuse to slaughter the birds?

    This is very educational. Thank you for taking the time to write it out.
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    What Knife do younuse to slaughter the birds?

    Our first batch of meat chickens, we did a nose and yanked the head off and the broomstick method. However we are about to butcher our first ducks soon. We prefered using a noose over the broomstick but we are concerned doing that method with ducks. We want to try slitting the throat with a good...
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    How old can duck eggs be before incubation?

    I did not anticipate having a low hatch rate. I'm using two hovabator gensis. One for incubation and one for hatching. I also have a thermometer in each so I know the temp and humidity. I don't think it was the incubator, I think it was the eggs themselves. Hatch #1 4/6 ducklings out of 6...
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    Ointement for duckling eyes?

    Yea I don't think it will make it. It's eyes are basically shut and it cannot open them when dry.
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    Ointement for duckling eyes?

    Is there any ointment I can add to possibly help this duckling I hatched eyes? It can't see or is not responding like it can see. This is after I flushed it with water.
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    How old can duck eggs be before incubation?

    4 Eggs piped Saturday afternoon. This morning, I woke up to 3 ducklings hatched and a 4th piped. I assisted with the outer shell on the 4th and then it hatched. I have 4 happy healthy ducklings in the brooder. 5th egg piped before i realized when pulling out the ducklings and assisted outside of...
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    How old can duck eggs be before incubation?

    Eggs incubating so far. I will be adding a few more eggs in a few more days. Lockdown on the first weeks eggs start tomorrow. I have my second incubator warm and ready.
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    How old can duck eggs be before incubation?

    Everything seems to be going well with incubating. However. I have lost a cayuga hen and I am down only to one hen. I started with 3 in October. I believe both passed due to being eggbound. I should be having my first hatch on March 3rd. I will keep everyone posted. This is my first hatch and my...
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    Still Air vs Circulated Air Hovabator 1588

    O wow! Good to know about cleaning!
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    Still air V. Circulated air incubators?

    Did you test out switching the incubators? I'm debating on what type of incubator I should get for my hatching incubator still or fan. I have a fan hova bator.
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    How old can duck eggs be before incubation?

    I never hatched eggs before. I want to hatch out my cayuga duck eggs. The problem is I get 1 cayuga a day. My current plan is to collect eggs for 1 week and then place them in the incubator. I olan to keep doing that ubtil my i cubator is full. I will have different weeks of eggs going into...
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    How to attach woven wire to corner round metal post?

    I'm pretty upset with the situation... Thank y'all giving us some solutions. It seems like we can install the wire by wrapping the woven wire around the round corner post, tieing the wire to itself just like on a wooden post. Instead of stapling the wire, we can use hose clamps to help with...
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    How to attach woven wire to corner round metal post?

    I made the corrections.
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