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    Muscovey duck egg help

    My muscovey has started her small pile of eggs, she isn't setting yet and it is supposed to go down to 10 degrees tonight, what do I do, if they freeze, they won't hatch when she is ready, her friend is sitting on 10 chicken eggs and 2 duck eggs, didn't realize she was broody, until I took most...
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    where did we order from

    2 years ago my husband ordered baby chicks from a location that had information like "runs really fast" (good to escape predators) Protective roosters, that kind of description. Well they are the best especially the ones that run real fast. Pretty reddish brown bird, not heavy, just...
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    Muscovy help

    I have 2 hens and 2 drakes, my ducks have been sitting on (one nest has 7 eggs, the other 6) their nests way to many days, why aren't any hatching, I had 3 hatch last year. Do I just take the eggs away and move Lydia off her nest, what do I do? I love my muscovies, Lydia comes to the...
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    DUck killer

    What attacks and kills ducks, eats only the head and neck and leaves the rest. I lock the ducks up at night, but the pond is frozen (not enough for me), but the ducks stand on it at night and I have lost 2. Rounded them up in daylight today, I will not loose another, but what could it be, a...
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    Why are my chickens going broody?

    Why did 3 of my chickens, 2 silikies and one RIR go broody, they have a pile of eggs, my silkies go to the back of the box, shich makes room for another chicken to lay in front of them, then the silkie steals the egg so to speak. The 3 of them are on 17 eggs, only 3 of which are silkies. I am...
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    Holding upside down last night on chicken

    I have a 7 month old EE that went into the coop lasts night was laying down with what seemed to be a broken neck. Not broken, but very weak and holding upside down. 1 hour earlier, was free ranging fine. This am is is standing up with her head and neck strange, like upside down? Any...
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    wtb Muscovey Hen or Hens

    I have a large male black Muscovey who needs a girlfriend. I am in Lebanon Ohio?????
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    coop cleaning

    I need to clean and disinfect my coop, what should I use? Gretchen
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    gape worm or respitory

    I have 2 1 1/2 year old hens that are big pets. They started out sneezing, no mucas etc, some open mouth breathing, one shakes it's head a bit, and when they breath is is like gargeling ur rumbeling ratteling. they seem fine, eat, eat treats, drink, combs may be a bit pale, not sure about...
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    Mallards

    If I raise mallards and they free range, I have 2 ponds, will they stay all winter or fly off, will they come back?
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    Warring Pekin Ducks

    We raised 6 ducks last year, 4 made it all thru the winter etc. I hatched 2 new ducklings in December and one that is slightly crippled in February. They fight like gangs, we joke we have the bloods and the cribs. I had to rescue one from under frozen water then the ducks from out front...
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    Cukoo Marans Roosters Lebanon Ohio

    I have 3 Cukoo Marans roosters I need to find a good home for. I hatched them in late November. I just have to many roo's for the 7 hens I have currently
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    Help, chicken returned 24 hours later after being carried off by??/

    Help, my lovely black alstrolop was carried off by something big, canine yesterday about 4:00 we tracked to the end of the property in the mud but lost the trail, over4,000 feet, tonight the chicken showed up in the coop, wounded, a couple of puncture wounds, between the shoulders raw skin and...
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    Baby duck with curled feet.

    I hatched a peking duck, His feet are curled inwards, almost rounded, He can't walk on his feet, kinda scoots, hops and fallss over, will he outgrow this, what caused it and what do I do now? Argh. Help
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    hatching eggs wanted Lebanon Ohio

    Anyone near Lebanon Ohio with eggs I could buy to hatch? I think it is to cold in our area to ship? I bought off of ebay, but I think the shippin time and cold hurt the outcome. But I did get 3 out of 10 to hatch. My 8 year old wants me to try again. We have a nice coop, free range during...
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    Red SHavers, GOlden Comets and Red Sex Links - Help

    I have 2 what I was sold as Golden Comets but after reading some of the stuff here and looking at the web, about personalities and looking at my roo and the red shaver roo, I am no longer sure what I have. The roo has dark on his wings, the other roo that came with him was all light, with no...
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