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    Duckling Hatching Advice -- Day 27

    The one I was concerned about did not -- it looks like it never managed to pip, period. It was dead and underdeveloped when I checked on it the following morning.
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    Duckling Hatching Advice -- Day 27

    ...tissue. What else should I do other than leave it be? Make sure the membrane stays moist? Am I confused about shrinkwrapping? Does that involve a *different* membrane then the one with the veins in it? This was clearly a dividing line between the duckling's part of the egg and the large air...
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    Indian Runner Ducks vs. Cambell Duck vs. Muscovy Ducks

    Just to nip any misconception in the bud; runners are hardly "wingless". They aren't fliers, but they definitely do have wings. They can and do get a bit off the ground when they want to, but I've yet to see any of mine fly off any substantial distance. Also be aware there is a wide mix of...
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    Young Ducks and Egg-laying questions

    The quacking/non-quacking gave our ducks away well before the curly feather. I'd say just listen to them. The quacky ones will be your girls and the non-quack noise makers will be your boys. As you've noted, all ducks are randy critters, so that's not a great way to tell boy from girl. If you...
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    My ducks are too NOISY!!

    Ducks are just noisy. Noisy and dirty and horny. We have one indoor duck who can get VERY noisy and it's just her alone. We have another 15 or so in the yard and three geese -- they are always making noise unless they are sleeping/sleepy. They chatter when they walk, when they eat, when they...
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    What's your least favorite breed?

    From personal aesthetics POV, I do not care for the Showgirl or Turken look, and then I'd say the Silkies/Frizzles/super puffy chicken look.
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    Eggs, but no egg song!

    I've heard my roosters (you read that right) do the noise I thought was the egg song (buk buk buk buk bAKOK! ::repeat: -- they got flustered when we were moving coops and rearranging things, and one started and then all the other boys started. I've yet to hear a hen do it. I watched a hen lay...
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    Chicken behavior question

    How about getting a small chicken tractor so you can build up your small flock again without worrying about hawks? That's what I'd do. Hen will be happy, you'll get eggs, you can still move them around to get fresh grass.
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    Rooster Business

    One of our Silver Leghorns has crooked toes on both feet. Others from presumably the same hatch did not. A few other chickens have a couple funky toes. Toes do not stop roosters from 'doing their business' unless, perhaps, they have none at all I wouldn't worry too much about it. He looks...
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    Shouldn't I know by now?

    I've noticed that roosters tend to have thicker legs than hens; that's how I'm trying to sex my young EEs. I have two that I am pretty sure are roosters, just from the big thick legs. Otherwise, everyone looks the same. Little combs, no crowing (yet).
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    Minorca thread!

    Quote: Do you know if there is a way to get in touch with Adrian Radamacher? Does he have a website? I'm interested in getting more SC Black Minorcas, just have one hen and two roosters.
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    My favorite breed topic! FWIW, I'm interested in obtaining good quality (not hatchery -- trying to improve what's in the backyard) SLW (possibly Golden) hatching eggs. Been keeping my eye on various sources, but good SLWs are hard to find! I'd prefer not to have to bid on auctions, I prefer...
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    Indian Runner with warts on feet

    Thanks. I wasn't sure if warty feet were not uncommon or what. I will make a point of looking at a couple of the other duck's feet to see if they have this as well. I'll give the soak and what not a try. Thanks!
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    Indian Runner duck with warts on feet

    ...-- has done so out of the egg. Today I was righting her and noticed that she has several wart like objects on the bottoms of both feet. They are *not* swollen with a plug in the middle, but look more cracked and warty than anything else. They are along her toes and on the tips of a couple...
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    Indian Runner with warts on feet

    Hi, I have about an eight week old Indian Runner who seems to have warts or corns (?) on both feet. They are not inflamed or swollen with a plug like bumble foot, but sort of craggy/cracked looking. All of them are on the underside of both feet, along her toes and the tip of her toe. This...
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    Lethargic Pilgrim Gosling

    Oh and I call her Petunia. There's Peter, Bonny and Petunia Goose. (Easter names! Peter rabbit, Easter Bonnet and Petunia for the flowers
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    Lethargic Pilgrim Gosling

    It's not just swinging her neck. It's clearly something convulsive -- she arches her head down, then turns her head straight back up and twists it as if she's trying to tie her neck in a knot. She'll flip over at the worst moment of it trying to "unscrew" herself and distress peep. Saw her...
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    Lethargic Pilgrim Gosling

    She's eating on her own, grass at least. I did end up syringing some mash down her throat, which is a messy job but today she seemed to be wanting to graze on her own. I put her in a little coop outside (it was pleasant) and let her snack all day on grass. Didn't see any twisting head...
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    GOSLING SCREAMING AT ME! how do I get a break?

    True, to many birds, silence is disconcerting. Silence means "ut oh, something is wrong, everyone went quiet!". Also, geese and ducks and chickens and what not are social; they get a bit disconcerted when alone, esp. a baby. My teenage chickens get worried when the rest of their 15 bird flock...
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    GOSLING SCREAMING AT ME! how do I get a break?

    If you reward him by picking him up, he'll keep yelling for you to come pick him up. You think of it as making him not yell; he processes it as "I yelled and I got picked up. Win!".
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