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    First blue swede hatched with malformed foot, any way to fix this?

    Had my first blue swedish duckling hatch this evening around 10:30 pm. When I got up this morning, I thought he would be up and dried off and moving around a bit. When I checked on him in the bator, he didn't look like he could stand so i took him out and it looks like his one foot is one...
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    Not your average duck egg!

    My 12 year old daughter and 17 year old son will be going to Ireland for the Irish cup next year. They will be competing in Kumate (karate) and Jiu Jitsu. Although the trip is extremely discounted because it is for Team America, it is still $3000.00 per person and for our family of 4, that's a...
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    100% on ebay shipped eggs, finally!

    I have purchased numerous eggs from ebay and have had descent hatch rates, usually around 50%. I wanted more ducks so the hubby purchased a dozen eggs for me for Valentines day. 12 crested BBS swedish. When I got them in the mail, the packaging was the worst I had ever received as far as...
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    idea on what this EE Roo is crossed with?

    Four month old and compared to his hatch mates, he is massive. Even the other roosters are small compared to him. I know he is part EE due to the check tufts. Just wondering if anyone could tell me the other part.
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    I have a stinker egg

    I set 12 duck eggs just 5 days ago. When I came into the house today, the smell was awful! I candled them and immediatley found the stinker. It was a white duck egg and the stinker egg looked black under the shell. When I candled it, I couldn't see anything. No light passed through it. Is...
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    a few questions for experienced duck owners

    I have a couple different questions about ducks. This is my first year with them and I have 2 Khaki Campbell drakes and 1 crested blue swedish duck and 1 blue swedish/khaki campbell duck. They are both laying everyday and I am getting one white/cream egg and one green/blue egg. I thought that...
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    hen or roo

    This one has me stumped. These chickens are a group from purebred parents (mixed chicks) and are going on 3 months old. any suggestions?
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    Attack of the Killer eggs!

    I have a coop that is 10X20 with only 4 Chickens and 4 ducks at the moment so there is plenty of room. I recently got 5 more bales of hay from the barn and stacked them in the coop, floor to ceiling. I stacked them all the way up but for 2-3 inches so that the chickens wouldn't roost on them...
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    Gender?

    I have a one month old buff silkie. I hatched buff orpington eggs and only one hatched so I brought the silkie in for company since it was so small compared to my LF hens born the same time. The silkie, Noel, instantly started "mothering" my one day old chick. Would that mean she would more...
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    Hen and Roo?

    This is suppose to be an Olive Egger. I think it is a she but wanted other opinions. The age is around 6 weeks This one is a silkie mix. I understand that Silkies are notoriously hard to sex but the comb seems big for 6 weeks old. This is my first silkie or silkie mix for that matter so...
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    issue with chicks feet

    I have 14, 8 week old "barnyard mix" chicks. After taking them from the brooder to the coop, I noticed a few of them walking funny. They were "high stepping" so to speak and their toes seemed to bend upwards instead of the usual claw formation. Only about 6 out of the bunch are doing this. I...
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    one hen laying to many eggs

    My brother has what appears to be a white rock hen. she is 2 years old and he only collects eggs every few days or so since his wife is preggers, they won't eat farm eggs until after she delivers (under Dr. orders) Anyways, for the past few weeks he goes down to the coop about every 4 days...
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    any guesses?

    Pretty sure she is a she but the mix of breeds is a guess. Although she didn't come from a blue egg, I am assuming that she is an Easter Egger. About 6-8 weeks old.
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    Considering breeding pens, will I need to re-introduce to the flock?

    I have been considering breeding pens and have even gotten a couple built. It wouldn't be a permanent thing, just when I wanted to breed certain colors/breeds. I have been reading here and everyone says to keep them separated from mixed flock for 3 weeks before gathering eggs. My question is...
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    any guesses?

    I have been told many things from a Khaki cross to a Rouen cross to a mallard and then some. Just wanting opinions on him. He was suppose to be purebred Cayuga. This is him as he feathered out. His name was daisy then Below is him today. He gained beautiful green head feathers in a matter...
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    How red is red?

    Everyone keeps telling me to check the comb on my hens. That they will turn redder as they get close to laying. But my question is how red? I have a BO and 3 SLW and they are all different shades of red. The BO is still pink in my opinion but 2 of the SLW look way more red this week than the...
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    Questions on closing in a lean-to for a coop

    As you can tell, I am cleaning up this "lean to" area on the side of my cellar to make room for my chickens. This was originally a 2 story building and this side was also closed in with a door so the block has never been sealed. Should I use a sealer, exterior paint or good old fashioned white...
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    Lost Power to 3 bators

    I have 3 different hatches going right now. One of mixed eggs that went in lockdown yesterday morning. There are 12 of those. One of sex links that are on day 14. There are 12 of those and the last just got set yesterday afternoon. 4 silkie eggs and 5 bcm eggs. The windstorm came last night...
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    do I see check tufts on this chick?

    My aunt gave me 6 eggs for eating but I put them in the incubator instead (My name is Shannon and I have an incubator addiction) These adorable little buggers are one week old. I know that she has blue eggs so she has an easter egger in her flock but none of these chicks came from blue eggs...
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    12 week old already trying to mate hens

    I have a 12 week old BO boy that appears to be trying to mate with hens of the same age. I noticed yesterday that he attempted to mount a hen that was "napping" At first he sit on her head and I thought he was trying to snuggle for warmth but he seemed to realize that he was in the wrong...
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