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wild (Mallard?) duck eggs - in my incubator
Last month, our LGD discovered a duck incubating eggs near in her yard. She barked at the duck endlessly and eventually the duck flew off and Kira helped herself to two 2 duck eggs. When the duck didn't return for the day, I took the remaining eggs and incubated them. I'll probably stop... -
What are next steps w/9wo Great Pyrenees to protect poultry
I have a ~9 week female Great Pyrenes (Kira) that I would like to provide protection for free-range poultry. The present unmitigated danger are *daytime* fox or larger attacks inside the poultry yard. Kira parents and grandparents are working sheep protectors at the breeders farm. Kira's...- brainfog
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Broody heritage turkey with 1 egg?
We have a Royal Palm that is spending the 2nd night in the nest she made. Whats odd is that there is only 1 egg in the nest. Could she have gone broody? Or could it be that she senses that her egg would freeze overnight and is just keeping it viable? She also seems to be protective of the... -
keeping the lone surviver of this morning's predator?
This morning we lost all but one of our 9 week old chicks to some type of predator. They had left the coup early in the morning and were running free in the yard.... So this leaves one to live alone in the 64 SF tractor coup. Is it advisable to keep just one chicken alone like this? How...- brainfog
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- Forum: Predators and Pests