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    Ducks Won't Go In At Night

    I live in CT where it has been very cold at night. My 3 ducks wont go into their coop at night on their own. It is an up-purposed Little Tykes playhouse with hardware cloth over the windows and an acrylic panel over the upper half of the dutch door. I have a rigid foam insulation covered in...
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    Duck "attacking" my dog

    Last weekend I got two new ducks (reportedly 1 & 2 yrs old). Since then, whenever I let my dog out back my khaki drake (6 months old) runs over and starts biting at the dog. The dog has been okay around the ducks & my 10 chickens up until now but I am worried that she might "turn" and bite the...
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    Questions: twitching wings?? Feathers not sleek??

    Yesterday afternoon I got two ducks from a lady. She says 1 is a tufted khaki campbell/runner cross and the other a runner. I have a six month old drake pure khaki. This morning while I was & trying to make myself familiar to them, I noticed the 2 girls are almost always twiching, flicking...
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    Duck to drake ratio

    Was wondering everyone's opinion on the ideal drake to duck ratio. I have a drake near 5 months old (got his curly tail feather) and wanted to get 2 females. The woman who has some said 4 - 6 females would be better. I positively do not have time or room for 6, not even sure about 4 more...
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    Safe to mix ages?

    I have a male Khaki Campbell born mid-March. I want to get a female. Would it be ok to get one that is about1 yr old already & laying? Would they have problems getting along? I do have the option to get 2 females. Would that be better? Thanks!
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    Safe flea beetle treatment around poultry

    I have always garden with pretty good success and not used any insect control except pulling off the occaisional offender. This year i started noticing on my potatoes (first time planting) and now on my tomatoes, lots of tiny holes. Flea beetles from what I have read. Although the plants are...
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    Bossy Khaki ducks

    I have 6 various breed hens that are 15 months old, 4 various that are 3 1/2 months and 2 Khaki Campbells (male & female). They have separate coops & nighttime runs but all free range all day. The last couple of weeks the ducks have become very bossy, chasing & nipping at the chickens when I put...
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    Moulting at 15 months or from heat?

    I have 6 hens (various breeds) 15 months old that have all but stopped laying. They were doing just great but then 3 started acting broody, and egg production went down. Now no one is broody but it's gotten very hot here the last 2 weeks & there are feathers everywhere! They free range all...
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    Duck house for cold climate

    Currently our 3 mo old Khaki pair are living in a upcycled Little tykes playhouse &'it's working well. We plan on building a wooden house for them. However, we do live in New England and think they will need something with insulation and something on the floor by winter. Any ideas out there...
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    Khakis not very friendly??

    My male & female are about 3 months old. I got them at about 6 days old. We tried to hold, pet, cuddle them a lot but since moving outside they don't generally come near enough. They both come when I call them, will quack loudly for a sprinkle with the hose, will eat peas from my hand but when I...
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    6 hens, no rooster, 3 broody. What's up with that??

    My 6 hens are all just one year old. Production was going great, even all winter with between 4 and 6 eggs a day. About a month ago one Welsummer bantam went broody for a couple of weeks although I would regularly toss her out about 3 pm and close the pop door until right before dusk. It...
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    It's a girl!!

    OMG! So happy here. In late March I bought two straight run Khaki Campbells at the Agway store, hoping for at least one female. I been watching for changes in beak & leg coloring, listening for changes in their voices but nothing really distinct enough until today. It's a cold rainy afternoon...
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    New ducklings - what type of grown-up house is best??

    I have 6 chickens that are 11 months old and doing wonderfully! So great in fact, that I ordered four more due to arrive the week of 4/6. So last weekend went to TSC and Agway for supplies and there were ducklings. Needless to say, I couldn't resist! I am now the happy, proud owner of 2...
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    Jumping against coop wall???

    My BPR is just about 20 weeks. The last few days I have heard a strange noise scratching noise and went out to investigate. She is jumping up against the inside wall of the coop. It's the wall with 2 windows and the nest boxes below. On the opposite wall is the perch but it's not a window...
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    Kicking shavings and gof ball out of nest box

    I have 6 pullets (correct term??) hatched 4/30, so should be about ready to lay. I opened up nest boxes in coop, adding thick layer (2 - 3") of pine shavings and a golf ball. I keep finding the shavings and golf ball kicked out into the coop. Is it too soon? Should I close the boxes back up...
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    preventing water from freezing

    I know most of the country is sweltering right now, as we are here in CT, but hubby is about 1/2 through building our coop/run. Trying to decide on a water system, one that isn't messy/drippy, easy to use, etc. So, brings me to a few questions: 1. Can I use a rain barrel - rain water - for...
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    trouble with waterer

    I have a (not sure if i am allowed to say name so will describe) white plastic with red base hanging waterer. The trouble is, is that is not hanging level. My chicks are about 11 weeks I kept noticing that the shavings were very wet and the water was empty. I thought they were being...
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    Aggressive Behavior?

    My 6 chicks hatched 4/30. I have 2 WPR, ! BPR (all standard), 2 Welsummer, 1 Easter Egger (all bantam). Although I paid for all hens (and do understand there is an occaisional error), I have been suspicious of my BPR for a few weeks now. She is first to come investigate when I approach...
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    Can my chicks go outside for a brief time?

    My chicks were hatched on April 30. They are doing great, getting lots of feathers, so fun to watch them! Today the temp is expected to be about 80. Can I bring them outside to scratch around, feel the dirt between their toes, for a little while? Of course, I will be standing watch the...
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    Easter Egger Bantam Colors?

    My chicks came Wednesday and are all doing great! I have question for anyone....my Easter Egger is so darling but a beautiful silvery-pearl color. The pics i have seen of hens are all beige/brown shaded, is this what she will look like? Of all pics of EE chicks, haven't seen one this color...
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