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    Muscovy ducks: good or bad for Filamentous Algae

    Hello its been a few years since I've posted here to the forum. I'm posting now because I have a new question. We have a couple of ponds only about an acre each in size. One of them near my house is where last summer we introduced some muscovy ducks. The number has fluctuated with about 10...
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    Value of Campbell ducks

    Hello folks I have 7 Khaki Campbell ducks from Metzer farms in California. The seven of them average 5 or 6 eggs a day for me. They will be 2 years old this coming June. Unfortunately I am limited on space and time and the chickens are much less labor intensive and they free range whereas...
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    When do you thin your roosters?

    Hi I have 20 chicks I bought straight run at an auction in March. They are production reds a little over 3 months old. Im fairly certain about half of them are roosters. I also have 4 young buff orp pullets same age and 10 barred rock pullets and one barred rock roo. So I believe I'll end up...
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    Question about Cocci treatment for chickens

    Hello this is my first year with chickens. I have a mixed flock of production reds and barred rocks and buff orps. They are all around 3 months old. Recently I lost a red rooster and yellow hen on back to back days, just found them dead in the coop in the morning. I also noticed that alot of...
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    Smallest size I can make a pop chicken door?

    Hi I have a small question about coop design. My 8 X 12 coop with a gable roof is done except for the trim and a few other finishing touches. Just finished the roosts and my chickens have already been sleeping in there for almost 2 months. I have an assortment including barred rocks...
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    What breed of rooster and how many should I get?

    Hello, I am starting a dual purpose flock in my backyard. I just completed an 8 X 12 coop to house them and plan to construct a covered run approximately 8 X 32. I also intend to let them free range most of the summer whenever I am at home in my yard which is about an acre. I am planning to...
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    Mink got all my neighbors chickens

    Hello, I don't have any chickens yet, I'll be finishing my coop up this spring. I do have 8 Khaki Campbell ducks who lay for us. I came here to relay my neighbors story from this past week. He had 4 chickens who his wife kept as pets and got a few eggs off of. He has a sealed chicken coop...
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    How to identify male Khakis?

    Hello all, My "girls" are 25 weeks old. There are 8 of them all Khaki Campbells. They started laying in mid October and the number of eggs gradually increased over a couple of weeks until I was getting 6 eggs. Now for at least 2 weeks straight I get exactly 6 eggs per day never 5 never 7...
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    Do your campbells fly??

    Hello all. I have Khaki Campbell ducks which are now about 21 weeks old hatched June 1st. A couple now have begun laying, we have collected about a dozen eggs total and today for the 1st time more than one in the same morning. My question is, do your campbell ducks fly? I ask because I read...
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    Got our first Egg this morning!

    This morning I found the first egg from our nine khaki campbell girls. They are 18 weeks old. I hope there is another tomorrow so my wife and I can eat eggs together!
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    Question about nestboxes and winter weather

    Hello, I am designing a chicken coop to put beside my barn. The back of it will face the north and the front with the door will face the south. I would like to make the nestboxes stick out from the side so that I can open them from the backside without going into the coop to get the eggs. My...
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    Question about nest boxes for ducks

    Hello, my name is JC. I am from southern Illinois. I'm new to the forum today as a member although I've been reading for a few months. I've never owned poultry before but the first of June I received 10 Kahki Campbell ducks in the mail from California. One didn't make it but I have 9 girls...
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