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    New babies and how to get them accepted into the "family"

    These are the new additions to the family this year! Another New Hampshire Red Thelma 2.0 (to replace Thelma, who had an unfortunate accident last summer) and a female duckling Angel to be a companion (I hope) for the Devil duck. I am not sure of the breed of the duck yet, the feed store doesn't...
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    winter and egg laying

    Hope some one can tell me if this is normal! I have three chickens, 2 Buff Orpingtons and 1 New Hampshire Red. I know that it is normal for egg production to slow down in the winter but until last week my girls have been averaging 2 to 3 eggs a day. Then all of a sudden ALL three stopped laying...
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    Biting Duck

    Alpha duck?? LOL I might try to hold him down. When he comes up and nips me I always turn around and scold him, stand over top and act intimidating.
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    Biting Duck

    He was raised with four chickens. :) Actually they will sleep in the bottom of the coop with him instead of up top. I hope he lightens up with this issue, the granddaughter is so upset at the idea of him moving away. Thank you for your help.
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    Biting Duck

    I have an 8 month old Welsh Harlequin drake that has suddenly turned mean. He hasn't been hurt, abused, or anything. He will come up and nip you hard enough to leave marks. Anyone have any ideas why he would suddenly do this or how to stop him? If I can't get him to stop I am going to have to...
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    Brown eggs looking faded

    I have two breeds of birds, New Hampshire red and Buff Orpington, both breeds lay brown eggs. The last few days I noticed that one of the girls is laying eggs that look faded. Every day one egg is getting lighter and today it looked almost white. Is this normal or is she having problems?
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    Watering the duck

    He has his little pool that he dunks his head in, swims. etc. I was just hoping to come up with a water system that he can't make so yucky! He makes the one we have nasty pretty quick lol but I wasn't sure if he could actually drink from it or not.
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    Watering the duck

    Got a question that I hope you experts can help me with I have one duck that stays with my chickens. I am thinking about making an automatic water system with nipples for them. Will Ducky be able to use a nipple system? Since he does not have a pointy beak I did not know if he could manage it...
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    Great way to end the day!!

    I gave credit to the wrong girl yesterday. I caught Portia in the act today
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    Great way to end the day!!

    Every since my girls got to be about 17 weeks I started going on a nightly egg hunt. My girls free range while we are home and I have been so worried that they would lay eggs somewhere besides the coop. I have a huge yard with fields on three sides and yes they will cross the fence where the...
  11. Went for a walk around the yard to see if we could find any eggs and lo and behold one of the girls left me a surprise in her nesting box!!!

    Went for a walk around the yard to see if we could find any eggs and lo and behold one of the girls left me a surprise in her nesting box!!!

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  12. First Egg!!

    First Egg!!

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    Chicken humor

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    current pictures of my girls and Mr. Ducky

    Thank you for the advice and the complement. I had been warned about that before so I watch him close. So far he has shown no interest but if he does I plan on finding a little girl duck, hopefully another Welsh Harlequin so I can breed them. Why I say he thinks he is a chicken is his quack...
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    current pictures of my girls and Mr. Ducky

    This is Ellen aka little bit, the duck hurt her when they were little but you wouldn't know it now! This is Portia, the crankiest of my birds. She seems to think she is a dog, jumps for treats lol Thelma is the calmest of the birds but she isn't fond of being held. I do think she is going to...
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