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    Muscovy ducks

    I’m trying to establish a free range flick of Muscovy ducks here on my farm in central Ky. I have a clean two acre pond about 400 yards from my house. Probably 50/50 trees and open space. Bought 4 adults and one left immediately and the other three were lost to predators over the next month. I...
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    Fermenting vs sprouting. Is one better than the other.

    Is fermentation better than sprouting?
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    Muscovy Ducks

    Thanks for your reply. I don’t quite understand what you mean about a cage for at night. Just an open dog crate? Would I have to herd them in and close the door to protect against predators? I do have trees on maybe 50% of shoreline. Will they roost in the trees? If I feed them will they hang...
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    Muscovy Ducks

    I have heard great things about Muscovy ducks and would like to start a flock on my two acre pond. I have a clean two acre pond about 600 yards from the house. What kind of shelter will I need to provide? What about predators? If I give them feed will they hang around or will I have to clip...
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    Chicken Tractor Kills My Birds

    I just built a chicken tractor using 4' sheep and goat panels. It's a lot heavier than I expected. My problem is when I move it the chickens will just stand there and be run over by the bottom edge (3" PVC) of the tractor. I try to go very slow but sometimes they just won't get out of the way...
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    Mites

    I think I have a mite problem. My birds are loosing feathers and are having trouble walking. I treated them with a dust bath os sand diamatecious earth laced with Sevin Dust but have seen no improvement. What do I do?
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    Low Hatch Rate

    I'll try next time not floating them. I'll also Google how to check my hygrometer. Thanks for the suggestions.
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    My hen are killing my roosters!

    I had 5 hens and a rooster in a cage 24" X 30". They are all September hatch-lings. I guess I'll have to find a way to get the newby associated with the flock but safe from them until they get familiar like in the articale suggested above.
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    My hen are killing my roosters!

    How do you do a gradual introduction on a new rooster. And why did they attack the old one in the first place?
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    My hen are killing my roosters!

    My hen are attacking my roosters, pecking at their eye and leaving them a bloody pulp near dead. I removed the old rooster and introduced a younger one and they nearly killed him too.
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    Low Hatch Rate

    I'm fairly new to quail and have been raising them since October. I bought 6 young Coturnix quail (5 hens and 1 rooster). I've had 4 hatching so far with the first at about 30% and the last three at under 10%. I'm using a forced air incubator from Farm Innovators. It's a Pro Series Incubator...
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    Coturnix Quail not laying

    I bought 6 (5 hens and 1 roo) Japanese Coturnix quail two weeks ago. They are supposed to be August/Sept hatch-ling. I brought them home fully expecting them to begin laying nearly immediately. I have yet to get an egg. I'm giving them 23% protein show bird feed at the moment until I can get...
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