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    when to move outside

    thank you both... I have made an executive decision that some little feathered butts will be moving outside as of tom. they are fully feahtered and honestly I think they will be happier outside. I will not put them in the coop or with the big girls yet so they don't get beaten up (they are...
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    when to move outside

    thanks.... that is really helpful. I will throw their little feathered butts outside this week. I am going to contain them in a dog ex pen ... would you supplement with the heat lamp.... I don't use a red lamp but I do have a ceramic heat lamp that just throws warmth not light ... ???
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    when to move outside

    Right now I have 10 chicks in a puppy whelping box in my upstairs guest room making an ungodly mess .... They are currently about 5 weeks old and seem to be feathered out. I have taken away the heat in the room at this point but I would love to move them outside. I will not be moving them to...
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    2 ducks vs. 3 or 4

    thank you for the insight... but could they be introduced in the same way as new chickens??? slowly but surely .... S
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    2 ducks vs. 3 or 4

    So I have two adorable Pekins, Tommy and Fiona.... I also live in an area with predators that are always a concern. Tommy and Fiona are now 2 and are doing great and very attached to each other. They live with my chickens and use the same coop (their choice not mine) and all seem to get...
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    wintering with ducks .... How???

    I do worry about a fire with electric but also we don't have water out near the coop and run hose from the house spicket out to the chicken yard which is about a hundred feet .... any hose that is not drained will freeze and burst and leaving it to a trickle will create a skating rink so I can't...
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    Sons sick after cleaning the coop? or just coincidence?

    cleaning the coop is hard work... and it is dusty. I do try and wear a face mask not for fear of diseases but simply because I don't want to be breathing in all the dust that is generated when I clean the coop (I have asthma and allergies) I am not good about wearing gloves but I probably...
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    strangeness happening

    thanks guys, it just seemed so coincidental. I know that fall is molt time and I have seen the trail of feathers to verify that. I guess that is what it is... coincidental. thanks for the reassurance... I usually put a light on for a few hours in the coop in the mornings once the days get...
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    wintering with ducks .... How???

    Hi Everyone I am a relatively new duck person, this will be our first winter together. I am in Northern New England where the winters are rough; we get a lot of snow and the temperatures can be rough. I am trying to make sure that everyone is set for winter and I am curious as to how...
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    strangeness happening

    So I have a 5 buff orpingtons who are now 2.5 to 3 years old, I realize that the laying will slow down at this age... I have a broody cochin frizzle and a gold laced polish who are both 1.5 to 2 the cochin has never been a good layer but she is cute and the same is true for the polish...
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    Favorite Dog Breed

    For me it is all about the big dogs.... Irish Wolfhounds!!!!
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    Show dogs!!

    We show goldens and Irish Wolfhounds. We have taken dogs to Westminster Kennel Club and across the country to show. Right now my Irish Wolfhound Natalie has finished her Championship and will be going to Westminster in the spring hopefully.
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    EMERGENCY.... very very sick Pekin duck

    I dont know how to tube feed.... I wish I did ... I just don't I can tube feed a pupppy but not a duck
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    EMERGENCY.... very very sick Pekin duck

    I have a very sick 4 mos. old pekin hen. I took her to the vet today who took two xrays, she sounds a bit raspy when she breathes the xray showed her lungs were fine but her gastrointestinal tract was obvious and fluid filled. The vet put her on sulfatrim. I am giving her that (she has had two...
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    very very sick Pekin duckling EMERGENCY

    I have a very sick 4 mos. old pekin hen. I took her to the vet today who took two xrays, she sounds a bit raspy when she breathes the xray showed her lungs were fine but her gastrointestinal tract was obvious and fluid filled. The vet put her on sulfatrim. I am giving her that (she has had...
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