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    a group of 5 ducks 1 being ostracised by the males

    Ok so I have 5 ducks 2 of them are Silver applyard duck hens They were a year old this past spring & I'd gotten another 3 ducks that are Khaki Campbells 2 of them are Drakes & 1 a hen, so total there are 5 ducks w/2 of them drakes & 3 of them hens. I had wanted more ducks because the predators...
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    Chickens and the Garden can I ask the question here?

    Ok I was looking to see how people handle the combination of their chickens with their garden & the "behaviors"? I can't seem to keep my chickens out of the areas with garden plants & I've got no produce this year except a few tomatoes & even those the chickens have taken to eating. And are...
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    Just ordered 13 ducklings from Ideal

    ohmyword I just ordered 3 Khaki Cambells, 4 Cayugas & 6 Domesticated Gray Mallard Ducks all St. Run all from Ideal Poultry. They were all available to be shipped out on 5/5 & so I picked that date figuring it would be that much less time for me to freak out about them traveling in too...
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    will ducks eat eggs like chickens some times will?

    Hi all I have 2 silver appleyard ducks & I'm here in New Jersey where we've been like buried in snow the past couple of days. I had an egg disappear yesterday from a bunny hutch/coop that is open. The 2 ducks in question aren't a year old but over 6 months old & I've been waiting to see them...
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    intergrading ducks is it like chickens with a pecking order?

    If you already have a a pair of ducks & you want to add more do you have to do it gradual like you do with chickens or can you just allow them t mix in & they'll all get along? I have a pair of silver appleyards & I'm debating getting a 2 or 3 adult ducks in the next couple of weeks or waiting...
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    WTB Silver Appleyard hatching eggs

    Hi all I've a pair of ducks right now but I've been so affraid of something happening to 1 of them & the other duck will be all alone in a sea of chickens.... I'm looking to ad to my duck flock & I need hatching eggs or ducklings. Anyone have any?
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    processing a couple of roos today, I know to rest them in fridge but

    Hi all. We've processed a few roos now & we've let them rest for 24/48 hrs. in the fridge but I always forget I'm suppose to be soaking them while they rest in fridge.. What do I soak them in & will that make them tender enough to roast? Thedy're probably 28 or 29 wks now so I thought maybe...
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    article "Sheriff: man admits shooting dogs"

    ok here's another dog attack where the chicken owner hadc enough. I don't know the whole story but just wanted to post here so I'd know other chicken fanciers would have heard of it. I hope this was the right place to post this. http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1169477.shtml?cat=300
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    Isn't it funny how they all want the same box?

    there's like 5 or 6 boxes that were built into the premade chicken coop I'd bought & I swear the other day I had a hen in laying an egg & alonger standing outside the box that hen was in like waiting & it seemed like they were forming a line for the same one. I often find 2 or 3 in the same box...
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    new broody how many eggs?

    High all I was just wondering how many eggs are good for a first time broody? I was going to offer 6 is that enough or too many? This is a buff orpington.
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    My pullet escaped to another chicken coop to lay her 1st egg...

    Ok so I have 2 & really 3 different coops for my chickens. I have the main coop with Buff Orpingtons & 1 Black Austrolorp in it who are all about a yr. old now. off of that coop is an open enclosure/chicken run & in that is the smaller coop (really a rabbit hutch) that I've been using for 1st...
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    Is it possible for a hen to lay 2 eggs in 1 day?

    Yesterday I got 5 eggs from 5 hens but they all looked to be from the buff orpingtons hens which I have 4 of. My black austrolorp lays a brown egg that is lighter than the BO's & none of them seemed to be hers. Is it possible that one of the BO's could have laid more than 1 egg? I also thought...
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    The fridge life of chicken stock?

    Hi all I thought it might be better to start a new thread with my question & so I'm repeating from the chicken stock thread. I have a broth/stock question. In a slow cooker, I cooked what was left on an already cooked chicken carcase about 2 weeks ago & I got about 3 containers out of it. I...
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    Speckled Sussex Roos how to choose just 1???

    Hi all. Decisions decisions. I have 6 Speckled Sussex Roos (as well as 3 BO's) & I can only keep 1 SS roo. How do I decide which to keep? I'm still a novice when it comes to chickens & I had sent to a breeder for the eggs I hatched these guys from. I wanted a nice quality bird though I...
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    snack foods for ducklings???

    Hi all. I was wondering what you all feed your ducklings as a treat? I've got 4 little 3 wk old Silver Appleyard ducklings here that cower in the corner any time a person approaches their brooder. When ever I've had chicks I've bribed them with a bug here & there (usually a few small moths...
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    ducklings 1st swim

    Hi all I thought you might all enjoy this...
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    5 Ameraucana/Easter Egger Chicks for sale north Jersey

    I have 5 Ameraucana/Easter Egger Chicks for sale. Well I ordered what they were calling Ameraucana hatching eggs but I'm not sure they are the actual thing or just Easter Eggers. I knew this at the time I made the purchase & really just wanted the eggs either of them would produce. Anyway as I...
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    any extra care after helping a chick or duckling hatch?

    Hi all I had a duckling that I helped to hatch last night because he'd pipped & hadn't had any progress toward zipping for hours. He looked pretty good though I wanted to let him have some time in the bator to gain some strenght & rest etc. He's dried up pretty good now though still has some...
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    when does a hen with chicks start laying again?

    I've got a girl who just hatched a few chicks a couple weeks about & the other day hubby found a tiny egg in the coop. Now the other chickens have slowed down with egg production ever since the 2 hens with chicks went broody & so I thought maybe it could have been one of them but this egg was...
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    What age to intergrade chickens with their chicks???

    Hi all ok so I've 2 hens with 3 chicks each... one is in the regular coop with her 3 chicks that has a cornered off section. I let her out in the am with the other chickens & they all seem to free range together jus fine. The chicks on occassion have gotten past the barrier in the morning...
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