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    Help please with my Pekin Duck couple

    They have been separated from the start due to being months younger than the others except when let out together under close supervision for sprinkler play. They are eating just not as much as usual. Maybe only half as normal
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    Help please with my Pekin Duck couple

    I am fairly new to raising ducks and I have had my Pekins well since maybe March. I have 5 in total but 2 that are separated due to them not all getting along. 1 is a drake and 1 a hen. They appear to be courting and haven't been eating normal amounts the past 5-6 days. I find it worrying. Is...
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    My English Orpingtons (2 of them) won't sleep in the housing?

    Thanks for the advise. Right now there are only 3 hens in this particular pen at night the pen is 10x8 with a chicken housing unit meant to hold up to 6-8. My birds are slightly spoiled. The two Orpingtons are sharing the pen with a small Rhode Island Red hen
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    My English Orpingtons (2 of them) won't sleep in the housing?

    Hey everyone. I have two english Orpingtons that insist on sleeping on top of the chicken house versus inside like the other chickens I have. They are safe however inside an enclosed pen with a roof at nighttime that is safe from predation but it baffles me. They will lay eggs in the housing and...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I have 2 of these beautiful ladies. They are roughly 6-7 months old. I can not get them to sleep inside of their housing to save my life. All of my other hens (different varieties) go in nightly. Now, these gals are however safely put away in a covered enclosed pen that has been predator proofed...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    Can we say spoiled?! Lol. Lucky and Clover have a spoiled rotten bedtime routine... After a long day of outside play it's inside for a swim in the tub and cuddle time in the chair to warm and dry with dad before headed to bed. Still to little for overnights in the outdoor pen.
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    Chick and duckling sexing help please

    Can anyone possibly tell me how to sex my 10 day old peking ducklings? As well as my approx. 6-8 week old silkie and polish chicks?
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    What do you wish you'd done differently with your duck housing?

    This is our starter pen for our young ducks. (Pekings) it's currently 6x12 with a small tool shed laid on it's side for nesting and filled with shavings. It also has a large tarp over it to protect from heat and rain on one side and chicken wire over the rest to keep predators at bay. Kiddie...
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    Pekin Duck Club!

    I brought home 2 new Peking babies today. No idea on sex but they are 10 days old. One is very relaxed once you pick it up and will just lay in your hand and cuddle up while the other will be more bold and wants to almost climb up to your neck and will give Ducky kisses and talk back to you and...
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    Looking for advice with my new venture "Pekin Ducks!"

    What advice can you offer for introducing new ducklings to my current older babies?
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    6 year old Orpington looks prolapsed?

    My oldest hen is starting to look prolapsed and is more attention seeking the past couple days as well as not eating as well as usual. Anything I can do? Or is it getting close to being "that time" for my sweet girl?
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    Please Post Your Funny Duck Pictures!

    On warm Florida nights we like to sleep inside the water dish. Goofy feather baby
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    Sex of my two ducklings

    I'm in the same boat as far as trying to sex my babies. I have chickens 15 to be exact and am well versed with them but ducks are a new venture for our family. We have 3 Pekins and will be adding 2 more that are only a few days old on Friday. (Stupid people got them and were going to dump them...
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    Looking for advice with my new venture "Pekin Ducks!"

    I'm trying to guess the age and sex of my babies (they "quack" non-stop if it helps) as well as gain advice on incorporating 2 more younger ducklings I'm adopting that are only a few days old. Of course they will be kept in doors for a couple weeks, but ducks are new to our family. We also have...
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