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    HELP CHICKENS AND DUCKS ATTACKED BY DOG

    A dog just attacked our flock of chickens and ducks a little less then a half hour ago. We called the police and the dog has been apprehended. However most of the flock was killed but one of my baby ducklings survived but was bit and is bleeding. I was wondering what I should do to take care of...
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    Duck Shelter Advice

    Hey Guys, A couple of months ago my mom bought me a pair of Pekin Ducks. So far we have been housing them with our chickens and are feeding them all a poultry feed; both of which have been going great so far. However as our ducks have grown my parents and I have realized that our 4x8 coop and...
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    Designing and Building a Duck Pen

    Hi Everyone, I will be getting some Pekin ducks next week from my uncle.I am trying to design build a pen for the ducks and am thinking of building a 4X5 pen with two nesting areas in the back (each ground level and 1X2 ft). I also have been reading that domesticated ducks for the most part...
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    Late Term Embryo Death

    Hi Everyone, So I guess the title says it all. I have been incubating a dozen of shipped Light Sussex eggs and 10 barnyard cross eggs from home and they aren't hatching well. I have never had a great hatch, the best being 10/28 eggs but this hatch is down right disappointing with so far two out...
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    What Incubator To Get?

    Hi Everyone, It may be a bit premature but I am looking around to save up for a new incubator. Currently I have a little giant still air incubator with the egg turner and it works ok. However, I am planning to try and breed Light Sussex Chickens and am thinking of ramping up my hatching ( my...
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    What to Add to Store Bought Chicken Feed

    Hi Everyone, We have owned our chickens for a little over 4 years now and have never thought to *play around* with their feed. For the most part we have sticked to using dumor chicken feeds and they have really started to go up in price lately, normal layer feed being $17 per 50 pd. bag. At the...
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    Incubating Light Sussex and Golden Comet Eggs

    Hello Everyone, I have been trying to find the perfect breed for us to raise as layers, meat birds and breeding stock and decided upon the Light Sussex. Currently we have Gold Comet chickens and will be setting some GC eggs and mail order Light Sussex eggs from the Greenfire Farms stock...
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    Chick with Floppy Leg

    Hello Everyone, The past few days have been exciting around her because we have had new chickens hatching . However today I helped to chicks get out of their eggs after having pipped over 30 hours before. I had assumed the chicks hadn't hatched because A) the humidity had been low and may have...
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    Lets Talk Breeds

    Hey Everyone, So I am trying to convince my parents that we need a new breed of chickens because well I want to be able to sell chicks for a decent profit (I know I am selfish aren't I). We have had chickens for over 5 years now and have had quite a few different breeds, Rhode Island Red, New...
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    Interested in Turkeys

    Hello All, For the past year or so I have been thinking about trying my hand at raising my own meat. I was thinking of trying heritage turkeys that way I can raise my own turkeys without having to buy poults. I am part of a family of *soon to be 10* so heritage breed that gets rather large isn't...
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    Feeding Chickens

    Hello, I have been raising chickens for the past 5 years and have always fed them with a commercial chicken feed. This never was a problem until this year when the price of animal feed has begun to sky rocket. The normal 50 pound bag of egg layer feed that we get went from $10:50 at the...
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    Housing Meat Birds

    Hello, We have been raising chickens, for eggs for the past 5 years or so and like many people have caught chicken fever again and want to raise our own chickens for meat. Lately, I have been lurking around BYC to find more information on raising meat birds and am glad to report that you all...
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