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    Drake prefers immature females

    That’s interesting ! I was actually planning on culling the two younger males when they get a little older and just having one drake. The younger group all have the same father so I’d prefer to have an unrelated drake. Are drakes typically more aggressive with more females? And is that...
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    Drake prefers immature females

    He’s been fine with the other birds so far, luckily. We actually got rid of one because he showed too much interest in the chickens.
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    Drake prefers immature females

    Right. That makes perfect sense, just leaning towards inviting him in for dinner. When does breeding season slow down? If I could separate him until then, maybe he’d be less obnoxious next spring when he has seven mature females...
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    Drake prefers immature females

    Yeah, the problem is I’ve done that multiple times... doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’m okay with having roast duck if it’s not normal behavior 🤣
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    Drake prefers immature females

    I would but I don’t have the facilities for a long term separation, especially more than 1-2 animals. I’m more wondering if this is normal drake behavior and if it’s something he’ll grow out of.
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    Drake prefers immature females

    I have a relatively young flock of ducks ranging in age from 2 months to 6 months. It's a relatively good ratio of ducks to drakes - there are currently 3 mature females, 1 mature drake and 6 immature ducklings (4 female, 2 male). The problem is that the drake more or less ignores the mature...
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    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    Yolko-Ono Amelia Egghart Raspberry, Blueberry and Blackberry (our Asians with names corresponding to degree of red) Myrtle Batman, Robin (inseperable EEs) ABBA (swedish duck) Baby Huey (Pekin) Debbie and Harry (our two blondies) Fred and George Weasley (our two indistinguishable red sex link hens)
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    What white egg layers are best, but also relatively cheap?

    Honestly, I always dyed brown eggs. The color always seemed a lot more vibrant- you might give it a shot and see if you’re happy with it
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    Has anyone bought older poults? How long to settle in?

    Settling down to get some writing done; let’s hope this works
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    Has anyone bought older poults? How long to settle in?

    I bought some four-week-old poults this past weekend and they are extremely skittish and stressed. I walk up to their pen and they try to run through the fence to get away and don't settle down again until I leave. I've tried treats (mealworms, overripe melon), but they won't touch it even...
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    delay - pip to hatch

    Patience is paying off!! 13/19 are hatched so far!
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    delay - pip to hatch

    I opened a few of them and they don't seem to be shrink wrapped, but there's not any visible blood in the membranes either. I guess I'll watch a little longer and see what happens with these that I opened
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    delay - pip to hatch

    Hi all, I currently have a batch of duck eggs in the incubator (d26). When I locked down the incubator yesterday, I noticed that about half had already pipped, and yet no one has hatched yet, 30+ hours later. They're still alive, the eggs are rocking and they're peeping in their shells, but...
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    Anywhere in central KY

    Not sure if you're still looking, but I have 5 show quality bantam Wyandottes - three pullets, two cockerels.
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    Free horses from Texas A&M

    Sorry for the late reply - I was out of town for Christmas. We used them to collect their oocytes (eggs). They would have their oocytes removed by transvaginal aspiration once every 2 weeks (or less) so we could use them for research. Please let me know if you want more information. Thank you.
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