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When is it time for new blood?
Wow... it's as I suspected! Lots of variety in opinion. For the record, these chicks would (some of them anyway) be from a brother-sister pair. The Roo and most hens all came from the same Original Roo (different original hens I'm sure for most). I found a post here about line breeding...- brewsacks
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When is it time for new blood?
We've had buff orpingtons for 3 years now, and thi sis the first year we've had real hatching problems. In the past our broodies would easily hatch 14 out of16 eggs, and we never had problems with the chicks. This year has been different! First we had 3 broodies... out of 30 eggs, we were...- brewsacks
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Muscovy Ducklings sick, infested, or otherwise dying
We haven't supplemented niacin, as we were told they could eat the same grains as the chicks. It seems that the niacin supplement is a heavily debated thing when I've looked into it. We're willing to try anything at this point though! Have you actually seen this, and niacin helping? What do... -
Muscovy Ducklings sick, infested, or otherwise dying
We recently acquired 5 muscovie ducklings (at a day or two old) to add to our flock of Buff Orpingtons. We've had them for 5 weeks. They spent their first week in the house with us, and then we moved them out to a chicken tractor with 5 new chicks. It's just a 4x8 tractor on our untreated...