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    Starting off advice, Please help :s

    Hi We are looking at getting some peafowl and would like some advise please Bit of background information We have 8 acres of garden, 1.5 is woodland. On our land we have 10 free range chickens, 8 enclosed runner ducks, numerous doves and 2 well behaved dogs. We live in the north west, near...
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    baby doves lost there mum today help please

    also this was there first set of babies
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    baby doves lost there mum today help please

    The doves are all quite young only about 8 months old (father) and the babies are less than a day old!!! Should i let nature take its cause or step in if needed?? can the father bring them up on his own? can he provide the same nutrients that the mother could?
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    baby doves lost there mum today help please

    Hi all we have a dove house and had 5 doves. One girl had 2 babies hatch last night and we saw them for the first time. Unfortunately mum got attacked today and has died :( Dad appears to have gone with the babies in the dove cote. Will the dad be able to look after them on his own?? or do we...
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    baby doves lost there mum today help please

    Hi all we have a dove house and had 5 doves. One girl had 2 babies hatch last night and we saw them for the first time. Unfortunately mum got attacked today and has died :( Dad appears to have gone with the babies in the dove cote. Will the dad be able to look after them on his own?? or do we...
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    So what brands of food are people and links to websites? ideally UK based sites
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    Ok getting confused now so you don't feed them layers pellets until spring time and maize is a treat ? What do you feed them now ?
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    Thanks guys. Is cracked corn just maize ? So you feed them cracked corn in the winter and when the warmer weather comes you give them layers pellets ? How much per duck roughly should I be giving them ? How soon can I leave the 2 males with the 2 females as I won't be able to get 2 more...
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    Oh No this is not good so I should get rid of one male then? or get two more females? thing is because there black indian runner ducks I don't think getting another 2 more females nearby would be that easy How long can they last together as they are? Hi Dan thanks for your message. When you...
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    Thanks for the replies will reply better after a meeting I have to shoot too. Quickly is it a big problem I have 2 males and 2 females ?
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    New duck owner - Indian runner ducks

    Hi all new to the group so hi ! After some advise We brought 4 black Indian runner ducks yesterday - 2 drakes and one duck from 2014 hatch and one duck from 2013 hatch. Initially when I visited to look at them I was unsure to take on two males as I heard you had to have a higher ratio of...
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