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Ducklings from purely poultry
I got 4 khaki campbells from Purely Poultry 2 weeks ago. They arrived 2 days after hatching and are healthy.- smccuen
- Post #3
- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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What does your duck house look like?
My ducks live on an old swimming pool, sharing it with bull frogs and koi. They have a floating duck house to protect them from predators. This Spring I will be adding a pen at one end of the pool and another duck house within the pen so that the floating house isn't their only option. Thus... -
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Pekin Duck Club!
Hi. My Pekin ducks (hens) live on our old swimming pool (chlorine free for at least fifteen years now) on a floating duck house. Near the steps on the shallow end they have a bivouac area surrounded by stacked straw bales where I keep their food dish under a small sloped roof. They are about... -
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Despite the frigid temperatures my two Pekin ducks laid a dozen beautiful white eggs this week on the floating duck house. -
in this random rambling thread we post random pictures
It's rained here a LOT since these were taken a couple of months ago - so the water level is up to close to the top of the blue tiles now. And I have made another shelter for the ducks at pool's edge.- smccuen
- Post #32,607
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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What is this chicken thinking?
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- Post #38,264
- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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in this random rambling thread we post random pictures
I was driving down the road when something caught my attention outside the passenger window. A snake was writhing there. I pulled over, searched for it and as I lifted the hood of the still running engine I saw it slither into the engine compartment. I waited and it didn't emerge so I drove...- smccuen
- Post #30,462
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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What is this chicken thinking?
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- Post #31,819
- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Ended Contest #8 Funniest Chicken Picture Contest - 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong
she's walking across a layer of ice formed in the rainwater trapped on top of the pool cover. No risk beyond slipping.- smccuen
- Post #138
- Forum: Official BYC Contests, Etc.
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in this random rambling thread we post random pictures
I've wondered where my mother and her mother got that expression - sometimes my grandmother elaborated with "oh my stars and garters!".- smccuen
- Post #28,303
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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calling all wild bird feeders!!
Several Cardinal pairs, goldfinches, red finches, junco, a pair of bluebirds, mourning doves, red bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, Eastern Towhee, nuthatches, blue jays, titmouses, wrens and my hens who hang around to clean up the spills- smccuen
- Post #170
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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in this random rambling thread we post random pictures
it is a red bellied woodpecker in a dead tree across the road.- smccuen
- Post #27,178
- Forum: Random Ramblings