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    Post your Duck names!

    3 Aylesbury girls 8 weeks old Amber (Orange Bill so a bit of Pekin in that one I think) Sapphire - bluest ducky eyes I have ever seen! Diamond - smallest and quietest at the moment. These may change though once they get their feathers !!!!
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    Got sand? You should!

    My hubby is a builder and I use building sand/red sand. It both works fine
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    My Duchess has now gone broody and seems to think she is male - she is crowing ! Is this normal Orp behaviour ??? Please help
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    Duck house designs

    I am preparing to get my ducks. I have a duck house made by a local chap, but do ducks need ventilation int he house at night like chickens do? Amonia gas from Poop?
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    This is The Duchess. Ive had her around three weeks and she is a darling!
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    Got sand? You should!

    My hubby is a builder and so I used 6" of red building sand. It's great whilst its dry, they pick the grit from it so no need for oyster shells Eric, but when it gets wet the white ladies get red chests from it. It soon washes off tho and in UK I can pay just £22 for a tonne
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    anyone in England ?

    Wales here, north Wales 12 miles from chester with six mixed ladies, one a black Orpington named the duchess! I'm due to get three white Aylesbury ducks shortly too. Another site with lots of helpful people , chicken people, is on Facebook Down The Lane.
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    The Duck Thread

    Thanks Mi Ranchito! What is your experience with Campbells then - do they fly? Noisy? Lay? Im really at the best stage for choosing as I know so little of any of them. If I can get info on all the domestic layers then I can weigh up the pros and cons before I make the mistake of taking on the...
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    The Duck Thread

    I have now been offered two Indian Runner Duck chicks......is two enough...is duck math the same as chicken math??? :-)
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    The Duck Thread

    What would you say is the quieter of the breeds you have. I live in the UK on a housing estate, already have chickens but would like some ducks but not if they will annoy my neighbours....
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    Got sand? You should!

    I agree with Winterlady AK, Im in the UK and in my part of Wales we have had the most amount of snow I have ever seen, that ontop of rain has made the runs a quagmire but the sand has sorted that out completely. I used 5 inches all over and even though the hens scratch and I rake it, the mud has...
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    Ended 2013 Easter Hatch-a-long Contest #11 - "Guess How Many Eggs Will Hatch?"

    4555
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    Got sand? You should!

    Does the sand work in an outside run though?
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    anyone in England ?

    Hi Geoff How about North Wales? Im on the Chester border up in the hills. I have four kids (human), 2 dogs (Dobie and Boxer both males) 4 chickens and 1 husband! Regards Waleschix
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    Newby

    I take it this really is an international site then! lol Hi Back to you all
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