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    Keeping ducks - ratio of males to females/various species

    Yes, I do but I have not had problems in the past with that and I have 25 acres for all of them to free range on. They are only confined at night.
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    Keeping ducks - ratio of males to females/various species

    I think I may order 3 or 4 varieties of ducklings to raise together. They will be free ranging during the day and in my chicken coop at night. I have a large full/running creek for them. I think I mainly want Appleyards - as they sound like a good fit for us and I am hoping they might be...
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    Muscovy questions

    Sounds like I need to go for a duck that likes water! LOL I have a very wooded 25 acres but their is an uninhabited 1000 acres next to me so lots of predators. When I kept ducks in the past I never lost one during the day, only at night. If they will stay near or on the water they should be...
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    Muscovy questions

    Ok...I do have a safe place at night for all my birds. Can even keep the muscovies in a large fenced in orchard during the day if I need to but would prefer to free range them. Why kind of mallard type duck would be best for meat, if any?
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    Muscovy questions

    am wanting to raise Muscovies. I have a very large brood area, chicken coop and run that I can keep them in but my goal is to have them free range on my predator prone 25 acres. I have a large creek full of water all of the time. I ordered white Muscovies from a hatchery in October and they...
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    Blue egg chicken id

    So the one in the background of this pic is a Crested Cream Legbar? Is the one in the foreground one also? The foreground bird is much younger and I thought was a CCL but it hasn't developed comb/wattles. I got the background bird at either Orschlen or Tractor Supply, can't recall. The...
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    Blue egg chicken id

    This hen is about 8 months old and she's just started laying eggs. She is laying blue eggs. Honestly I thought she was going to be a cream leg bar but she does not have a crust so can someone tell me what she is tell me what she is?
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    Strange disappearance of 2 roosters

    Haven't seen foxes but I'm sure we have them. They should be here. LOL We have coons, coyotes, hawks, bobcats and more.
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    Strange disappearance of 2 roosters

    I just checked and my closest neighbor does not have chickens.
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    Strange disappearance of 2 roosters

    We don't think anyone else has chickens near us. I don't have but a few neighbors and all have many acres and I'm not sure what they might have. I'll check with my closest neighbor is the most likely that the birds could have travelled to. I have nothing but 100's of acres on the other 3...
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    Omlet Eglu Cube with 13' run & Raccoons

    Ok. I can't really see in the pic what you did exactly. I would like to be able to leave mine in the run at night and not lock them in the coop. It is super hot here in Texas and I have found in the summer they don't want to be in a coop and resort to trees. This is my adult chicken coop...
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    Eglu Cube vs Raccoons

    I just purchased the Eglu Cube for a grow out pen and coop and didn't realize the size of the cage is large enough for a coon's hand to reach through and grab a chicken. I just purchased an Eglu Cube and didn't realize the size of the run grid is large enough for a coon to reach through and...
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    Strange disappearance of 2 roosters

    I had 29 pullets and young roosters, all about 4 to 5 months old, all kinds of breeds. I live on 25 acres in hot Texas with some woods and pasture and large wooded creek, plenty of predators. I've been letting out my birds for about 6 to 8 weeks to free range. They typically hang around our...
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    Omlet Eglu Cube with 13' run & Raccoons

    I just purchased the Eglu Cube for a grow out pen and coop and didn't realize the size of the steel cage holes are large enough for a coon's hand to reach through and grab a chicken. Somehow I overlooked that and since it said predator proof I assumed they were smaller. Any ideas how to easily...
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    Another Easter Egger?

    Is this an Easter Egger pullet? Hatched around 3/28
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