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    Nocturnal Ducks noisy at night

    Yes, if only I had my ducks in a row....
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    Nocturnal Ducks noisy at night

    I have tried and tried to herd these guys. They don't have a house of their own per se. The chicken coop is huge. I call it the chicken house! (Complete with artwork...and the Red Room is insulated with my Budweiser boxes!) Anyway, thanks all for responding. My ducks sure do party at night! And...
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    Nocturnal Ducks noisy at night

    My flock of 20 ducks stay up all night are very loud! They cannot be corralled into an enclosure and wander around the yard waking me and the neighbors. It's getting worse! I tend them during the day, when they rarely sleep, and they have food and water at all times. When can I get my flock to...
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    Day old Duckling's Feet are Curled Under

    Give your birds Diatomaceous Earth. Baby Ducks lack silica. I cured many a duck/chix with DE. I take it myself! I coat their food with it. All my animals get DE. FOOD GRADE ONLY!
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    Comment by 'The Widow Flanagan' in article 'Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens'

    My Ducks love cat food! I was feeding them some almost exclusively, but I ain't no more! Betty White with the bum leg loves it so much it's the only way I can get her up and moving. I plaster the stuff with DE and it really helps that leg. I have a new feeding system now they like and just put...
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    Lethargic with clear fluid from vent

    Unfortunately, she died yesterday. She had bugs, so I dosed her with DE and as I was getting it to all the places, found she had a broken breastbone! She died last night. I loved Fuzzbutt! She laid the best beautiful green eggs I have ever tasted! I have looked everywhere to see what breed...
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    Lethargic with clear fluid from vent

    My beautiful girl has been doing this for a couple of weeks! Now she is going into hiding in "the Dark Room", which is a board she can go behind. She does the same exact thing and I walked into the coop to see the rest feasting on an egg on the floor. It was gone before I could even check it...
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    best feeders/waterers for adult ducks

    All great for areas that do not freeze for months at a time. How about some recommendations for us Freeze Zone Alaskans?
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    Pine and Cedar shavings are dangerous

    My chix won't eat their scratch in the coop! Snow, ice, and so slick they can't stand up, and they want their scratch in the open air! I'm down to three chix and a rooster. My two best girls disappeared without a trace a couple weeks apart. With the exception of Mizz Fuzzbutt, the Sister...
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    Pine and Cedar shavings are dangerous

    I don't care the weather or temperature, which can get to Minus 20 around here. I open the doors every day until my birds want to be put to bed! No build-up of ammonia, a natural dirt floor they love scratching in, and they can ALWAYS go outdoors. Even when there is no vegetation to be found...
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    Anyone doing fermented feed for their ducks?

    I have been doing this for a couple of Winters for my Chickens/Ducks. They love it, whether an overnight soak or a week long ferment. I ferment my own food, too! I also add Diatomaceous Earth to their food for great leg development in the chix and ducks. I have a batch of 14 ducklings! I saved...
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    What is your daily routine?

    Yes. Their coop is quite large and I keep regular bulbs in metal fixtures. Some natural light. But the most important thing I do in the winter is awaken them with a hearty and warm-to-them-at-below zero breakfast (at around 11:A)...I ferment their feed! I give them 1/4 cup each in the...
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    What is your daily routine?

    Too much, no good. Too little, no good. Plenty, just right.
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    What is your daily routine?

    Alaska is full beautiful and plentiful>chix and ducks. Morning, turn on hose and open coop doors. Out come 5 chickens and one rooster! Wash out fresh water bowls and fill, , even if it rains. because 6 ducks like me fussing, open feed locker and start throwing! Catfood for ducks, corn/grain...
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    Comment by 'The Widow Flanagan' in article 'Hespo-clucky Inn (pallet coop)'

    Excellent! Mighty fine coop.
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