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    Chicken flock management? 1 big coop vs 2 or 4 smaller ones

    Over the past 3 years as I ordered day-old chicks, I bought a coop that would house each year's new pullets. This year I have a total of 17 big hens and 6 Silkies (2 roosters and 4 hens) with 3 coops each with 6 foot dog runs; 1-coop houses 7 older hens, 2nd coop houses 10 hens and the 3rd...
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    Will drakes kill ducklings?

    Thanks! I think my drakes killed duckling last night. So sad…. 😥
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    Created a water saver for my duck brooder

    Great idea!
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    What is the longest a duck should sit on eggs before The eggs hatch?

    My Silver Appleyard mama Duck has been sitting for 30 days from my calculation. Can you tell when eggs are about to hatch? Mama has carried out 3 or 4 empty egg shells away from the nest in the last 2 or 3 weeks. They are not bloody nor have any smell to them. A Pekin has been trying to...
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    How long can Broody duck hen stay off her eggs?

    Thanks, everybody! She continues to lay on her eggs. This is her 7th day. It is funny as she squawks at me whenever I look in to check on her in the duck house.
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    How long can Broody duck hen stay off her eggs?

    Thanks, Lydia, for the reply. Momma Duck is a Silver Appleyard. I have a Silver Appleyard drake and a Rouen drake plus, 2 female Perkins, 2 Rouen females, two Cayuga females and one other female Silver Appleyard. I also have 7 chickies too! The ducks are so fun to watch and listen to...
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    How long can Broody duck hen stay off her eggs?

    How long can a broody duck hen stay off her eggs to eat and drink before it hurts the incubation of her eggs? My Momma Duck will eat, drink and preen herself for 10-15 minutes and then go back and sit on her eggs. This is the 5th day she has been sitting on her eggs.
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    Unused Thread

    I like the two chickies butt picture!
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    Keeping my chicks cool!

    Thank you!❤️❤️
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    Keeping my chicks cool!

    Here in Central Texas, it is 103 degrees at 1:3 pm on August 21st. I saw a note about keeping chickens hydrated in extreme heat by putting black sunflower seeds in ice water. This is Top Knot, my Plymouth Rock, standing in the ice water and eating some seeds! I got my baby...
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    What makes a coop "Fort Knox" predator proof?

    Wow! Great pictures of your run!
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    What is Your Favorite Word to Describe Your Flock?

    Girlfriends Chickie girls "Diva darling" especially the Blue Cochin My chickies
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    Mixed Breed Ducks!

    Wow, beautiful duck!
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    melamine layered wood bad

    We didn't buy it and went with vinyl covering the floor. Thanks! TXGal49
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    melamine layered wood bad

    We are building a new duck coop. There is melamine covered plywood that would work well for the floor. Is melamine toxic to ducks?
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