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    Attracting Mallard Ducks?

    It's a 1 acre pond, about 8 feet deep at it's deepest point. It fills from run-off accumulated from rain from about 8 acres of pasture land above it. While there isn't an inflow source like a creek or spring, the wind keeps the water churned-up pretty well. There isn't any surface algae on the...
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    Attracting Mallard Ducks?

    I have a male and female pair of Mallard Ducks that I enjoy seeing on the pond. I've been thinking of making a Mallard Duck Tube and putting it out out there for the Mallard Ducks to nest in, if it wouldn't be detrimental to the environment for the fish ecosystem. Can anyone advise if having a...
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    What do you feed?

    I finalized on feeding either corn mash, which is almost like powder, or feeding crumbles, usually both combined with a little bit of scratch grain. My chickens waste pellets like crazy, digging through the pellets for something else, apparently, and leaving them on the bottom of the coop floor...
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    Finished Coop And Aviary

    This is the finish coop and aviary...
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    Photos 4

    Hello, thanks for visiting "MY PAGE"...We are located in East Central Missouri, not too far from St. Louis..We've only been at this for about 5 months. But, we're having a good time at it! We purchases the chicks in May from Orscheln's, primarily as pets for our grandkids. We suspected that...
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    Winter Water

    Quote: Yep, that's the exact one I have. Ordered it through Amazon.com too. It's got some pretty good reviews on-line. I'm waiting for an answer from the Cable Glan manufacturer to know what size cable glan to buy so I can bring the heater cable through the side wall up high inside the...
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    Never knew it...

    Hi Everyone, I wondered whether I would take to this or not...Been at it now for about 5 months, and I've been enjoying it immensely!
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    Winter Water

    Quote: Wow!!! That sounds like a really good system. Got a million questions... How many chickens does that provide water for over 40-50 days? we have 26 large breed cold hardy, astrolorp, giants, wyandots, NH red I assume you have a bucket heater in the nipple bucket then right? yes a...
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    Winter Water

    Quote: Wow!!! That sounds like a really good system. Got a million questions... How many chickens does that provide water for over 40-50 days? I assume you have a bucket heater in the nipple bucket then right? Any problems during the low temps with water trying to freeze in the pipes or...
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    Recycling Eggs...

    Quote: My brother-in-law has never wormed his either, and he's had 'em for many years. There's a huge percentage of people that don't worm. I just do it to cover all my bases. Actually, the only reason I learned about worming was after hearing the advice from a humane society worker one day...
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    Recycling Eggs...

    Quote: I affectionately call them "chicks," but they've been laying now for about two months, so they're actually mature birds...
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    Winter Water

    Quote: Well, coming from that kind of environment where you're experiencing temperatures plunging to -38F it's a pretty good testimonial that the nipples would would work well for me here, where the temps only plummet to around -10 to -15F at the absolute extreme. Much more than that, and...
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    Winter Water

    Quote: There is a 12Vdc submersible water heating element on the market that's available in 100 Watt, 200 Watt, 300 Watt, or 600 Watt. It can only be powered via 12Vdc...via batteries, solar panels, hydroelectric generators, as a wind turbine dump diversion load. You can run high voltage...
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    Winter Water

    Quote: That IS COLD! It doesn't get that cold here, but it does get down into the teens quite frequently, and sometimes down to -5 to -8 for several days at a time in the coldest months. I also have one of those Miller Brand double walled galvanized metal fountains. The cord from the...
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    Recycling Eggs...

    Just wormed them with Safeguard, and am waiting the ten days before I actually eat any of the eggs again. Can I hard boil their eggs day to day and just feed them to the chicks? Should I just mash them up, shells and all? I suppose their shells are good for them to ingest since I know I...
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