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    Big Goslings Little Ducklings?

    I brooded Muscovy and Ancona ducklings with my Embden and American Buff gosslings and had no problems. I just had to make sure there was enough room and food for everyone and of course change bedding super often, but I didnt have any bullying or picking. I say go for it.
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    Anybody has a clue why Holderread quit supporting ANCONA breed?

    Stromberg's sells them too. They are out there, it is just a matter of finding them.
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    efowl afoul?

    I had a hatch this season of 12 muscovy, and only 3 are girls, leaving me with 9 boys to send to freezer camp or rehome. Sometimes the ratio just sucks.
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    What kind of duck am I? Pics included!

    Ancona. Several of my blacks have green, navy blue, and teal in with their black feathers. I have noted it is brightest and most noticable after a molt and then the colors fade a bit and become less apparent. She just looks like an Ancona to me.
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    Do Muscovies mate for life?

    My male will mate indiscriminatly with anything he can pin down. All of our muscovy females, our Ancona girls(if he can catch them), the geese, a particularly fetching looking log, my boot, what have you.
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    How do you house your Muscovy?

    We have 10, 10 week old scovie ducklings, and mom, in an 8x8 pen at night, and occasionally when they are particularly mischievous escape artist during the day, like today when I found them OUT of the FENCED pasture and in the childrens pool in the back yard. They were hatched and brooded in...
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    Anyone with Pitties?

    Here's our Morgan. She was our surprise rescue dog. She wasn't what we were looking for but is exactly what we wanted and needed. The sweetest most well behaved dog I have ever had. We are so lucky to have found her. She is an American Staff/Pit/Something else mix. She makes our home complete.
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    How you know when your dog is hot! Funny story about my dog! lol :D

    When it is too hot Morgan, our pitbull, asks to go out. As soon as she is out the door she makes a bee-line for the kiddie pool steps in and lays down. She loves that pool, possibly more than the children do.
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    Whats the breed for me?

    I found a local-ish breeder, on Craigslist oddly enough, about two hours away in Michigan who was looking to switch to another breed. I purchased 3 adult hens and a drake, and then the same summer I ordered 15 day olds from...Strombergs hatchery. I ended up with 16 day olds and they all...
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    Whats the breed for me?

    Craigslist, local 4-H poultry person might know a local breeder, BYC auction pages and forums are great places to make connections.
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    Whats the breed for me?

    I want A Frequent Broody A Wonderful Forager A Fair to Good Layer A Fair to Good Meatie Anconas About half my girls went broody and were pains in the butt about it, the ones with the broody itch were impossible to break up, the ones without it could have cared less about hatching a clutch. Very...
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    I cant believe its been a year!!

    Ok, so I'm sure this sounds like a dumb question for those of you that have done this before, but what do I need to pack to have ready for the hospital? Obviously baby's car seat, clothes for me, etc, but what am I not thinking about? I suggest for the breast feeding Moma, some pure lanolin...
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    Around what time do your ducks lay eggs?

    Mine lay between 2am and 5am. We have been diligent to cull and breed according to early laying and other desirable traits we want. Occasionally when a hen restarts laying after a molt we might get the odd mid afternoon egg, but that is very rare around here. I think most ducks and geese lay...
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    How many Ducks does everyone have.

    So 2441+7+28+4 = 2480 Right now I have 12 Ancona and 16 Muscovy so 2480 + 28= 2508
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    please help ID our newly rescue duck

    I am with Goatwalker, unless the bill color is totally off in the photo, it is a scovie baby. That beautiful blush right at the base and kind of washed out top looks just like my scovie babies a couple weeks ago. It is beautiful! And very lucky to have you, congratulations!!
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    Where do your ducks lay their eggs?

    Our girls lay in their nest boxes in the barn. Their nest boxes are on the floor so they are easy for them to get into. We also leave a wooden egg, like the ones for crafting, in each nest and most of the girls use the same 2 nests. We have also bred for and picked laying hens that lay at night...
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    Cute pic of my Macey...

    Great Danes and Irish Wolf Hounds are two dog breeds after my heart. I LOVE the Giant breeds of dog. All the photos make my heart skip a beat, just beautiful dogs, thank you for sharing.
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    looking for advice on how to 'shop' for a shelter/rescue dog

    We just rescued a dog last fall and it was the very best thing we could have done. She was NOT AT ALL what we were looking for, aside from temperament, but she is exactly what we wanted. We went in looking for a big black lab and came out with a 50 pound pit bull mix, but she is PERFECT. First...
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    Best Duck?

    Really even if the breed is extremely rare, there are still birds that will be hatched, from every hatch, that should not be allowed to breed and should be culled. I think this is particularly important for "rare" breeds. They should not be breed for the sake of numbers, it should be a conscious...
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    Ducks: does this sound like mites/lice?

    With the age it honestly just sounds like molt to me. Around 8 weeks of age ducklings start losing their first set of real feathers and get a new set of adult plumage, they won't molt again till next season. They molt twice the first year and then once every year after that. I suppose it could...
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