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    Red Mite.How can it be?

    Thank you for the reply So basically my buying and dusting with DE is not really worth the time? If it takes a year I will be better off buying a third coop and just alternating the birds every 3 months and blasting the spares.? How do big poultry farms manage?
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    Red Mite.How can it be?

    Hi all. I have 2 small chicken coops built for about 6 to 8 in each. Each are in separate parts of the garden, at least 20 or 30 feet apart. After fox trouble I was left with NO chickens. It took a long time to try again as it is very upsetting. This was the third kill and I just wanted to give...
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    Help!!! I can get my call ducks to hatching day then they die. WHY

    Mcbird lady Get it out Be gentle, but pick it out.
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    Help!!! I can get my call ducks to hatching day then they die. WHY

    I am probably so wrong on this? But, I help them. I had one chicken pip and then another and so on. The first was still struggling hours after the others had hatched , so basically I just picked the egg away. Her name is Vivian and she sits on my lap and lays beautiful blue eggs for me. I did...
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    Duck in distress?

    Duck strutting around now like...........whats the fuss about? I am glad, but cannot beleive how ill it looked? Maybe this can be a lesson to all. that sometimes ducks play wolf? I have now let the male out and he so missed his mate and i have put the youngster back in the enclosed coop...
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    Duck in distress?

    Been out first thing this morning fully expecting to find the Duck dead. It has laid an egg and seems to look a lot better? The egg was no bigger than normal, perhaps smaller. I think it probably was egg bound? I hope it doesnt have the same problem next time, I would rather not have th eggs. It...
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    Duck in distress?

    Egg bound? Please explain. I have now taken the young 8 week old out of the coop and put the male in there. So , now I have the 2 girls running free if they chose and the rapist locked up as it should be. I have also had to pick up the cross and put it in the hay filled shelter. The little...
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    Duck in distress?

    Update: Just been back outside and the duck is facing the corner. It is not twitching anymore , but it looks to be panting, It reall looks traumatised to me. I also noticed now that there are a couple of loose white feathers on each wing. The duck is predomanitley black and the only white...
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    Duck in distress?

    Hi all. I have 5 chickens and 3 ducks. I live in the city and that is all i can have. I keep the ducks and chickens seperate overnight in their own parts of the garden, but let them run together during the day so i can watch for bullying etc. I was very happy that all the hens/ duck are laying...
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    Whooowhooowhooo

    If face book is no good I have added to you tube
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    Whooowhooowhooo

    I cant beleive it. My Duck egg has just hatched and it is beautiful. I had 7 chicken eggs and 5 hatched, they are now 2 weeks old and thriving. I bought 6 duck eggs but they came late and i had a week gap between the two lots. I only have one incubator. I am a learner and knew no better. So I...
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    Fighting

    Thanks for the replies. They seem to all cuddle up together lovely under the bulb as night draws in. The light I have is a red light. I cant dim it and I daren't turn it off as it is getting pretty cold at night now in the UK. As I said they are in my print workshop out the back but there is no...
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    Fighting

    Hi everyone My little balls of fluff are now 2 weeks and 1 day old. All 5 are doing well and growing nicely. Up until last night I have kept them in a fairly small container with a lamp for warmth. I decided they needed a bit more room as they were growing and too be honest they were making a...
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    Its happening

    24 hours on now since the last chick hatched. Here are a couple of photos. They are so cute. BR Tony
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    Its happening

    Thank you so much Melissa. I really feel bad that i maybe did something wrong. Maybe when i open up to help the big one it killed the others? I guess I can take consolation in the fact that this was my first hatch and 5 out of 7 is pretty good? The 5 I have are beauties. Pics soon I have 2...
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