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  1. TeeMom

    Moving Broody Duck's nest??? (for future reference)

    Yes...I do the same, but I didn't realize this was happening. Since they don't all lay every day, I just thought one of them wasn't laying, turns out she was waiting to be let out and sneaking off to lay in her own nest. She's not in a hurry, she hangs out with the flock for a bit, goes for a...
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    Moving Broody Duck's nest??? (for future reference)

    Has anybody ever attempted this successfully? I have a Welsh Harlequin Duck, Louise, who I realized a week or two ago was disappearing all day every day and then would rejoin the rest of the flock in the coop at night to be locked in. After my 10 year old decided to stalk her one morning a week...
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    Investigating Angry Birds

    Mine is the Motorola Z2 Play and I can go half a day without it happening and then suddenly it will do it over and over until I just exit and close the app altogether. Super annoying!
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    Pissed! Hubby didnt tell me. Hen has swollen head/ comb

    I had this exact situation about a month ago. It seemed to be an obvious wound, but when I opened it, I couldn't express anything out of it. I lanced it, but their was no liquid infection to express. We, unfortunately, ended up calling her. She just seemed so uncomfortable.
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    Investigating Angry Birds

    Yes!!! I'm having this same problem! Sometimes the app will then crash once I can get back to it. Really irritating!
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    Foster Failure

    Her name is Avedis as in Avedis Zildjian...my husband's preferred brand of cymbals (he's a drummer). This was supposed to be his dog, but she's stolen all of our hearts! Here are my most recent. I have a lot more posted on my Instagram if you have an account...search Kneuper Acres.
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    Ramp, stairs or nothing?

    You can really use anything. I used bricks to make stairs for a lower pool and the ramp was wood with some hardware cloth wrapped over the top for grip.
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    Ramp, stairs or nothing?

    I trained mine to a wide ramp, initially with walls on both sides to herd them on to it. Once they figured out the routine and realized there was water on the other side of it, they used it with ease...it took about a week of herding them to it and over it, though.
  9. TeeMom

    Brooding Ducks + Chickens Together?

    I wouldn't brood them together because of the mess as @casportpony suggested, but also because ducklings will outgrow chicks so quickly and soon tower over them possibly causing issues that way. I do house my adult chickens and ducks together, however and so far they have lived quite...
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    Too many ducks?

    I have 20 chickens and 6 ducks eating half that amount during the winter months...they are allowed free access to feed and free range. My ducks are Welsh Harlequins, which are smaller than Rouen and Pekins, but I can't imagine double the feed for half the flock, regardless. Are you sure you...
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    NEED ADVISE on Chicks and Broody Mom

    Just my 2 cents....I would move her out with the rest of the flock. Since she's already been separated, you will need to move the brooder out to the coop to reintroduce her, but after a few days let them all out when you have the distraction of treats or something for the rest of the flock and...
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    Olive Eggers vs Isbars: Which Breed is Better?

    I have mixed feelings on my isbars. It may just be my individual birds. They came from a breeder that I now don't entirely trust (for other reasons I won't go into). I ordered isbars from her along with BCM and a couple other breeds. She admitted to me that she was struggling with fertility on...
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    Have you ever had a nice rooster?

    I've never had a mean one! None of mine are pets....I don't pick them up and love on them like I might some of my favorite hens. They are here to do a job and I don't want to interfere with that ability. I only keep a couple at a time and select the one with a calm and confident demeanor that is...
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    Ordering Ducks?

    I ordered 10 ducklings from Holderreads last year. They don't sex their ducklings, so I can't speak to that part, but they all arrived safe and sound with an additional 2 ducklings added for insurance. They are located in Oregon and I'm in Kansas and the process was seamless!
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    Ducks being messy

    I don't think so...I think it's just an effect of being wet and making mud wherever they go. When I can actually get them to lay in a nest box, their eggs usually are clean, but they prefer to lay where they are and naturally those spots are already covered in poo after bedding down there all night.
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    Ducks being messy

    Yep! This is normal for ducks. Pretty much everything they do is messy. I have floor level nest boxes that I keep nice and clean for them, but they rarely use them. Instead they like to lay where ever the most poop is...or wait until I let them out and lay in the middle of the yard for the dogs...
  17. TeeMom

    To free range or to not free range? That is the question

    Our chickens and ducks are locked in a coop overnight, but free range exclusively during the day. We live on just over 7 acres, but the 2 acres immediately around the house is bordered on 2 sides by thick pine and cedar tree lines and then dotted with trees and cover between. This does two...
  18. TeeMom

    Rats and Mice

    We had a horrible mouse problem and also saw a few rats as well in our first years with chickens. The rats we were able to get rid of after figuring out where they were nesting and getting rid of that opportunity. We trapped the mice, but they were so numerous last winter that dozens could be...
  19. TeeMom

    Topic of the Week - Integrating ducks

    I've never added adult ducks to my flock and my ducks (6) cohabitate with my 20 chickens. I had chickens first and all ducklings and chicks added to this flock have been brooded in a built in brooding pen in the coop. If a broody hen has hatched and raised them, they have been allowed out of...
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    The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

    My Welshies haven't ramped up their laying yet this spring, but I plan to hatch as soon as they start. I won't ship, but I'm about 3 hours away from you...
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