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    What’s the best bedding/substrate to use for an outdoor pen and very messy ducks?

    Update, i saw a curly Q feather smack in the middle of his tail. Def a drake, but still polite. If anyone wants a pekin drake in the SE wisconsin area, he is free to a good home. Until then (or if never) he can stay as long as he doesn’t become a douche canoe.
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    Ducklings hatch 8/4

    Are these straight run or sexed ducklings? What area are you in? I am in SE wisconsin and would be happy to take sewdish blue and rouen if still available.
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    Easter egger vs olive egger??

    That’s what i thought. Its just that I am terrible at figuring out who is laying what lol. I mean, i “think” i know but just when i think ive got it all figured out, i find a different egg and have no idea where it came from or if its a variation of the norm from the same hen(s). I’m going to...
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    Easter egger vs olive egger??

    I purchased 3 easter egger chicks from cackle that are now about 12 weeks, hatched out May 28th. At about the same time i picked up a couple of olive eggers from Fleet Farm (i know they get theirs from cackle too). I had bands on them to mark who was whom but they out grew those and the bigger...
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    3yo Australorp hen needs bigger flock - Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana

    HI!! I am in SE Wisco and i have a flock of 15(ish). One young rooster that has so far been very respectful of his ladies and has even accepted 2 new mature ones into the group with no problems (he broke up the first disagreement between girls and they have been fine since). Although my flock is...
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    Help me convince my bf to let me dispatch a sick chicken

    PS, my experience is admittedly mammal centered, but i think that eating is one of the last things to go because its necessary for life and animals often have such a strong drive to survive that hunger is a powerful motivator even when sickness sets in. We humans are weak and will stop eating...
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    Help me convince my bf to let me dispatch a sick chicken

    I am so sorry to hear about poor Juicy’s troubles and decline in quality of life. The worst thing about caring for animals is having to make decisions for them that we would want to make for ourselves. Its very hard because some people would rather die before suffering and some people would want...
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    Is there a way to stop roosters crowing or at least quiet it down so neighbours dont complain?

    Off topic, i know but i just had to reply. I know this an old thread but I respectfully disagree with judging a woman who walks her dog with a muzzle. I implore you to be kinder to her and try to understand her motivation and situation. As long as its a basket muzzle so the dog can still pant...
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    Any tips for keeping duck pen dry?

    Pea gravel sounds genius!! I will talk to my farm manager (my dear daveed) about it and see what he says. After the most recent pummeling here, the entire duck pen is a mud hut and all of my ducks are brown, despite being different breeds lol.
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    What’s the best bedding/substrate to use for an outdoor pen and very messy ducks?

    I guess technically it would be a “queendom” given that they are all female except for one who apparently identifies as a “they” (mostly because i can’t tell if its a drake or not, even though its of the age that male sex characteristics should be present and they are not, but it doesn’t quack...
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    I am hoping so. We are currently displaced from the house to to a small fire and a lot of smoke damage so i don’t really know how noisy he is but when i’m there i only hear him crow while i am physically within the chicken yard and when i am out of sight, he is pretty silent, or at least seems...
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    What’s the best bedding/substrate to use for an outdoor pen and very messy ducks?

    The square within a square works out well. They can access the “L” outside of the inner square but the inside inner square is completely covered and provides shave and protection from elements to some degree. Within that square poultry pen is a wooden coop. They get locked up at night and they...
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    Good idea. I will look, however my hopes aren’t high given that the three county area that i live in all restrict roosters for most chicken owners. Wish us luck 🤞🏻 I’m hoping to be able to bribe my neighbors with eggs lol. Once all the ladies are paying egg rent, i should end up with a dozen or...
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    This was taken a few weeks ago, hes gotten even more regal and handsome since.
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    He does seem like he’s going to be a lovely roo all around, so far at least. He’s not aggressive with people, kind to the girls from what i’ve seen, and regularly can be found laying with his brooder mates (all pullets). doesn’t seem to be hen pecked by the older ladies and doesn’t harrass the...
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    Rooster breaking up fight between hens?

    I saw something curious yesterday, and i am wondering if this is normal rooster behavior. I have about a 4-5 month old cockerel. His comb is red and hes a very pretty boy. He has just started to crow randomly in the last couple weeks. He is a cream legbar, and was hatched from eggs i purchased...
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    Layer feed??!! Mixed age flock.

    https://www.amazon.com/%E2%80%8ETgeyd-Chicken-Galvanized-Feeding-Chickens/dp/B0D3KZMRT6 I like this one because i do not have food and water inside their coop. It’s strictly a night time dwelling and a laying place. Because i feed outside, i wanted a more protected feeder. The ladies (and...
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    Expanding a Small Prefab Coop for 3-4 Chickens

    My partner did the same. Knowing i wanted chickens, he purchased a (too small technically for the 14 hens i ended up with) coop for valentine’s day. It was a gift and i was raised to not look a gift horse in the mouth so i thanked him. But to keep our ladies safe, he built an entire chicken yard...
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    Layer feed??!! Mixed age flock.

    As a vet i am used to reading nutrition labels and i am learning that what is academia does not always translate to real life. I am mostly looking for practical solutions to my questions. I am curious as to what has worked (or not worked) for others in my position.. a busy professional that also...
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    Ideal duck feeder…need recommendations

    i am currently using a feed bucket turned feeder with DIY holes and those feeder inserts to keep water out but the ducks are so messy, they end up getting the entire bottom layer wet and then it cakes to the bottom of the bucket and does not flow properly. Has anyone found a duck feeder which...
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