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    new duckling hatched by mamma duck

    we are growing our homestead. we are up to 100 chickens and 12 ducks. hoping for more. normaly we would incubate but our three ladies went broody so im letting nature take its course. we also have a nice 1/4 acre garden.
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    new duckling hatched by mamma duck

    i have the water and food in the brooding size containers. no i kicked my drake bob out and locked the pen this morning. hopefully some more will hatch. i have three mammas on three nests, with a total of 36 eggs.
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    new duckling hatched by mamma duck

    i was filling the water pan in my duck pen where i have 3 ducks laying on nest. this morning i noticed a duckling laying with its mamma. i put food and water for the duckling near the nest. will it find the food. or do i take the duckling and brood it myself? thanks john
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    Old fashioned Broody thread for ducks 2013 edition

    hi i have a i beleive a pekin sitting on eggs. shes buit a very big nest from hey. i have two other females that share the pen at night. and i know they are all laying there eggs in that nest at night and only the pekin sits on the nest during the day. there should be 12 eggs in the nest by...
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    getting them laying again

    i just went through a rough time with fleas and mights. i now have that under control. my 25 easter eggers havent layed an egg in over a month. i know its from weakness. what can i do to put some pep back in there step and get them laying again.
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    MIGHTS AND FLEAS

    no takers, so i guess ill sterilize the coup, dust the heck out of it. dust all 40 birds, give them a dusting area and hope for the best .and take over.
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    MIGHTS AND FLEAS

    Just moved to Missouri with my family to live on my mother and step fathers land. theyve already broken so many rules with there flock and now they have fleas and mights and havent been laying eggs for about four months. whats my best course of action tomarrow. ive always kept great chickens...
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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

    oops lol. how well they lay.
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    Blue Laced Red Wyandotte THREAD!

    hi, could some tell me how Blue Laced Red Wyandottes lay?
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