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    male on eggs

    both the male and female will pick the nesting spot, but yes Im pretty sure both male and female sit on the eggs. baby quail are the cutest!:)
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    Duck has parasites but WHAT are they!?

    sounds like all should go well!! good luck!
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    Duck has parasites but WHAT are they!?

    Have you ever heard of diatomaceous earth? its all natural and works as a wormer for humans and animals. its a fine white powder that tastes like chalk/dirt but if you put it in a smoothy you'd never know its there. im pretty sure you can buy it cheap on amazon
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    Sexing chicks by their feet?

    Glad to help!
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    Waiting on a quack!

    Yeah! your ducks are beautiful! God Bless!
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    Waiting on a quack!

    Im not sure, they normally get their drake feather at 15 weeks. and same with the quacking. Best of luck!
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    Sexing chicks by their feet?

    I have been raising chickens for 6 years and have only heard of that a few times. I have never figured out if its true or not. as long as they are under a week old it should not hurt them because they are light, but once they gain weight it could hurt them. Good luck with your chicks and your...
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    Tips on showing turkeys in 4-H

    ok, so im showing turkeys for the first time on wednesday. Does anyone have any tips or advice? This is the first time i have ever raised turkeys and I'm pretty new to them. Im showing 2 large white hens as a market pen and a BBB in open class. Also, what is the difference between BBW and large...
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    What the heck happened here?

    looks like an underdevelped egg, they happen sometimes randomly but sometimes they never happen at all! good luck with your chickens!
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    can I add something to chix water to boost for the cold?

    Haha maybe if ya give em coffee they'll learn how to fly! Lol
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    can I add something to chix water to boost for the cold?

    Yes you can add things like that, I have added eletrolytes to their water when they werent looking so well or if it was kinda chilly out. I usally get some from fleet farm. Sugar would work to, but Im not sure how much. I have heard of people giving their chicks/chickens coffee! kinda weird...
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    Duck Brooder Pictures...please??? Also, New Cayuga Owner Questions!!

    Everything looks great! yeah they are pretty small! I raised 6 of them this spring. Just make sure as he/she gets bigger so does the pen!:)
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    Weird Cayuga egg!!!

    Ok so today I decided to cook some of my cayugas eggs, and I cracked one into the bowl with a Rouen egg and it was black!! Well not quite black but real dark compared to the Rouen egg. I read that they can only be black on the outside. Anyways I went and cracked all the other cayugas eggs and...
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    I think my rooster is depressed.

    Hopefully all goes well. I think that should help:)
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    Anxious chicken

    I just had to do this... lol
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    I think my rooster is depressed.

    Do you have any banty hens?
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    Did I just poision my duckling?

    No he wont get hurt from that small amount. I don't know if a lot will hurt them or not, but.... I'd rather eat it with out sharing with my ducks:)
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    Margarine??

    margarine was originally made to fatten turkeys. but they stopped feeding it to them because it killed them. so they started selling it to people. If they ate a little it will be ok. The turkeys only died because it was they're only food
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    Silver Leghorns

    How much do the silver leghorns weigh at adult age? I got some from murry mcmurry and they are 5 months and the roosters only weigh 1 pound!! Im not new to chickens but this is insane!
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    Green Tea?

    Yeah glad to help:)
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