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  1. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    Glad to hear he's doing well. He has a beautiful big crest and looks happier in the picture you posted.
  2. jillscoop

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    eltorres... how is your duck doing? the thread you started has kinda been hijacked with debate. I would really like to know if your duck is better.
  3. jillscoop

    Wire to Cover Run

    The best answer is Cattle panels 16'x4 so you'll need 10 and then another layer of chicken wire 1" over that. 2nd option, Welded wire fencing 2x4 inch squares. It comes in 100 foot length and 4,5,6 ft tall. so run it the 16 foot and then the next layer overlap it and use zip ties or baling...
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    breed? or hen or rooster?4 weeks

    He's a Silkie.
  5. jillscoop

    What should I do?

    Just keep them apart till they even out in size, (2-3 months). they'll still create a pecking order when they get together the first time but they can defend themselves when they are the same size. To finally acclimate them together when grown put them together at night while roosting, by...
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    Silkies and polish sex please??

    The polish, female polish look like they have a neat hair do, where as boy polish look like there in a 70's rock band. Yours looks like a rocker so its a boy. the blue silkie is a boy the show girl is a girl. Here's pics of a boy polish left and a girl right (Wolfeman and princess).
  7. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    Here are the instructions, posted from the manufacturer website. It's electrolytes and probiotics, nothing harmful in that. It's not like it has drugs/medicine in it. My question to you... For optimal health humans need electrolytes and probiotics daily so why wouldn't baby birds (human...
  8. jillscoop

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    Why wouldn't you want to give "save a chick" in their water daily??? Enlighten me. I obviously have been doing this wrong for 40 years. My Bird farm is my living, and I've never had to feed ducks niacin straight probably because I use Duck starter (GameBird Starter) at 28 percent protein with...
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    My ducklings has been acting very weak...

    I would boil eggs for them and then take the yolk and chop it fine into a crumbles. the peas are a good idea too. Your father may be able to set up a "maggot maker" for you. Here's a youtube video on making a "maggot generator" from just a bucket. You can chop up the maggots for them and...
  10. jillscoop

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    The easy, right way to do this niacin supplement is with a packet of "SAVE A CHICK". You just mix it in there water and it contains electrolytes, niacin, and other vitamins. It's available at Tractor supply, its cheap about $ 1-2. It's a little packet you put in there water. If he'll drink...
  11. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    This is what an animal oral medicine syringe will look like. and they'll have that at any fed or tractor supply too. You can get them in a variety of sizes, from cow to hamster. You'll want a small one
  12. jillscoop

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    Yes, get the B Vitamin. please understand that you don't put the needle in the ducks mouth.
  13. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    Make sure it has a picture of a duck on it and that it is NOT medicated, and that it is high in protein. and Make sure it's for babies,
  14. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    You're gonna want to ask for GAMEBIRD STARTER! It's available at Tractor supply. IT will have a Picture on it of BABY DUCKS, BABY TURKEYS, BABY GEESE.
  15. jillscoop

    NEED HELP!

    You can get game bird starter at any fed store, or for city dwellers, Tractor Supply or Atwood has a Purina GameBird Starter.
  16. jillscoop

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    I've got to put my 2 cents worth in cus from the looks of it you've gotten a lot of sketch advise. The duck needs "Game Bird chick starter." NOT medicated chick feed. you can kill a duck pretty quick with medicated chick food. Unmedicated chick fed still will not give her/him the nutrition...
  17. jillscoop

    Identification and advice Please!

    If you want more, they are a couple bucks at idealpoultry.
  18. jillscoop

    Identification and advice Please!

    SELF BLUE COCHIN BANTAM, All My cochin's have feathered feet.
  19. jillscoop

    My ducks only want me for food

    Female ducks quack ... Males make a soft whisper sound. It's been my experience that most ducks don't relish the attention. The exception to that would be one of our peking's that I raised from the hatch. One of our chickens sat on the egg that a duck had deposited into her next with the...
  20. jillscoop

    White JG x RIR would this be a sexlink ?

    Thank you. I really appreciate the information & clarification.
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