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    What Makes WATER REPEL Off The Ducks?

    Bella, one of our ducklings who is about 8 weeks old (now and in these first two pics) has feathers that don't repel water. Which explains why she tends to avoid water while her sister, Rosa is constantly swimming and bathing. Bella also has a curvature of the spine that affects her gait...
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    chicken laying egg with no shell, just membrane...

    We just found our first "shell-less" egg and found the following helpful. "Soft or missing egg shells (sometimes called shell-less eggs) are quite common in older birds, especially high production hybrids / good layers, especially as they come into or out of lay for the season. A ‘soft shelled...
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    Duck Breed Focus - Welsh Harlequin

    Thanks Pyxis, we have five duck eggs underneath a broody chook for a week now and hope the results even the gender gap a bit.
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    Duck Breed Focus - Welsh Harlequin

    Is the potential for aggressiveness in Khacki Campbell nature? We just have the three Welsh Harlequins (so far) from the same hatch; two are Drakes and they don't bother their sister at all and while they do act like Peppy le-Pew around their favorite chooks, I wouldn't characterize their...
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    Duck Breed Focus - Welsh Harlequin

    We acquired our "Apple Yard" ducks (We didn't know the proper name until coming across your post ) - Welsh Harlequin's on 21 December of last year when they were still ducklings and raised them with our chooks, so we suspect they think of themselves as "chucks." They are truly characters and a...
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