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    Feed and water for newly hatched chicks and ducklings?

    Yes I'm aware about the medicated starter. The folks at my local feed store are really helpful about those things! Got home after work last evening and moma duck with 9 ducklings in tow had left the nest in the coop and was huddled up in a corner of the 20' x 30' fenced in covered run. My...
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    Feed and water for newly hatched chicks and ducklings?

    Thanks for the reply. I went out at lunch and picked up some starter just in case to be ready. This is starting to be very fun. Hens hatching there own eggs is so cool.
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    Feed and water for newly hatched chicks and ducklings?

    I have a hen setting eggs due to hatch in a couple of days and a mallard hen who has 8 or 9 ducklings that have hatched this morning. My question is; Do chicken and ducks hens feed their babies like some other birds or do I need to provide starter feed and water that the babies can reach? If...
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    cheapest place to get a digital hygrometer. .

    Incubator Warehouse has them for $9.99 to $14.99 http://incubatorwarehouse.com/egg-incubator-accessories/incubator-temperature-measurement.html
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    *Set eggs Tonight (Nov. 23rd) Any one due around Dec. 14th??*

    My 21 days was at 6:30 pm on Mon. the 12th. Was getting pretty discourged until I found my first pip this morning. Went home at lunch and found that pipped egg hatched out, still wet but peeping and moving around quite spasticly! Hoping for more!
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    *Set eggs Tonight (Nov. 23rd) Any one due around Dec. 14th??*

    Just found this thread last night so I'm joining in very late. I have 6 mallard eggs due on 12/19 and 10 chicken eggs due last night. Woke this morning and found my first pip! Yeah! My first attempt at this incubator thing! If this works I could see this becoming very addictive!
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    Do Chickens Grow Down for the Winter?

    I have BOs, RIRs, BPR's and NHR's and I've noticed that there appears to be some white fluffy feathers coming out on most of my hens. Is this something akin to down on geese and ducks? A winter coat per say?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Last 2 days I've had 14 out of 15 hens!
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    Chicks and ducks together...WATER PROBLEM

    I have 16 chickens and 4 mallards in the same pen. I have a small kiddy pool for the ducks to use and I put 6 of the "Avian Aqua Miser" watering nipples on a length of 2" pvc connected to a 55 gal drum. This is working good for me.
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    What are your favorite coop features?

    Quote: I believe it stands for diatomaceous earth.
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    What breed am I? I'm purchased as a chick from TSC

    Thanks for all the replys. Here are a couple of attempts at better shots. Picture of the hen below
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    What breed am I? I'm purchased as a chick from TSC

    Nic&Chickies : Is the hen the not-just-black one? She looks kind of like my Partridge Cochin. does she have feathered feet? No feathers on the feet.
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    What breed am I? I'm purchased as a chick from TSC

    Will try to get some better pics this evening. Thanks
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    What breed am I? I'm purchased as a chick from TSC

    Bought some chicks back in April from TSC and I have a rooster and hen that I can't seem to id them breed wise. Would that be a Pea comb or a Rose comb? Looking for some help from you wise folks here. Thanks The hen is on the right in this pic. The roo is out of fosus to the left. The roo...
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    2 important questions

    Can't really tell how your coop and run are set up by your picture but on the subject of a cover, I bought a black mesh tarp from harbor freight to cover my 10' x 30' run. I just streched it across the top and used bungee cords to keep it taught.
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