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    Duck poop smell

    Lowering the protein will not reduce the smell of their poop just as @Yardmom has said It would be detrimental to their health In my opinion, chicken poop smells far worse than duck poop If you clean the brooder daily it’s not bad. I use puppy pee pads underneath some pine flakes and they’re...
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    New to the group

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    Green spot on raw duck egg yolk

    Fine normal happens sometimes when the yolk is forming and going through the reproductive system, a little piece of flesh or something gets in there called a meat spot you can actually eat it, but I never do I give it to my dog or my chickens
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    New to chix: excited for first flock this spring!

    Welcome to BYC!
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    Weening Adult Ducks onto Less Food (by Volume) and Free Choice Feeding

    23.5 cups of food were eaten 10 cups kalmbach pellets 12 cups Mazuri 1.5 cups peas by my 21 ducks Who weigh average of 5 pounds each Sounds about right they are all eating approximately 1/4 cup for every pound they weigh. I like to give them a little more than they will actually eat...
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    Ducklings.

    Week number one 95 the first few days 90 -95 for the next few days Week number two 85 to 90 Week number three 80 to 85 Week number four 75 to 80 Week number five 70 to 75 Week number 6 65 to 70 But you must also have a cooler side of the brooder for them to get away from the heat if they...
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    What's the temperature where you are???

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    Duck feed during winter

    I would, yes.
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    Water needs??

    Sorry for laughing, but yes, Ducks love water and they splashing it, and if the buckets are open top, they will dunk their head and splash a lot out besides drinking. you can put a piece of wood like a short 2 x 4 across the top, which makes it harder for them to splash water out . I have 21...
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    Hello

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    Chicken joy

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    Young Ancona +Cayuga Drakes for rehoming Cecil co. MD

    These were adopted months ago / sorry
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    Weening Adult Ducks onto Less Food (by Volume) and Free Choice Feeding

    Well, you got me interested in finding out how much they actually do eat so …. I measured out exactly 36 cups of feed yesterday ( 24 cups kalmbach and 12 cups Mazuri) and at the end of the day I measured 15 cups leftover kalmbach. So 21 ducks only ate 21 cups of food ( one cup each lol)...
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    What's the temperature where you are???

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    How many duck eggs did you get today?

    Five!!
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    Hi!

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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Thank you so much!!!
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Oh yeah sorry I wasn’t sure if you were asking about my girls or someone else’s. They are big girls English chocolate Orpingtons about 8 pounds each. And so round they look like beach balls. lol and very, very sweet. Well, except for Hattie I call her my murder chicken. She doesn’t like to be...
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    Hello!

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    Back for a refresher course!

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