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    Raising mallard ducklings.

    I’ve raised mallard ducklings from hatcheries before and I have hatched my own from eggs I bought from hatcheries. I know that mallards are supposed to be marked either with a hole punched out of their webbing or by removing a toe. I’ve always removed the right back toe when they are a few days...
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    Emergency!!!!! Chick with swollen abdomen!!!

    I have a 2ish week old chick that has a swollen abdomen almost like it can’t poop. It had pasty butt last week but it cleared up. Now today it’s back end is swollen. What can I do to help it? Is there anything I can do to make it poop?. It’s wet because I cleaned its vent to see better what...
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    6 barnyard mix ducklings ready for their own pond.

    I have 6 ducklings that are looking for a new home. There are 5 females and 1 male. Mom I think is my mallard and the dad is a mallard, pekin mix. The ducklings were born on March 15th 2023. I’m wanting $30 for all 6 ducklings (that’s $5 each) I’m wanting them all to go together but I’m willing...
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    Need help getting rid of grass in vegetable garden?

    I need help. My freshly tilled and mounded vegetable garden is covered in grass. The last few years I have been battling grass. I’ve tried the vinegar, dawn dish soap and epsom salt solution. Weed paper and newspapers covered in straw. I don’t really want to use herbicides or harsh chemicals as...
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    Why would 15 healthy chicks just die?

    This is my story, so a few weeks ago I got my order of rare breed chicks in the mail. I picked them up and they were all running around and acting normal. They were eating and drinking and they weren’t to cold or to hot. After a week they all started to die one by one, so I contacted the...
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    EMERGENCY. Pretty bad prolapse.

    I came home from my military training today and saw one of my hens with a pretty bad prolapse. I’ve never had to deal with a prolapse what can I do for her. Am I able to save her or do I have to do her a kindness. This is the only picture I have of her right now as I didn’t want to stress her...
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    My 2 month old Mallard duckling died today.

    I had 4, 2month old mallard ducklings. They were all fine this morning when I was cleaning out their brooder and giving them fresh water and their duck starter. They were outside in their brooder today to start socializing with my other duck and chickens. It was warm enough for them to be...
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    Timid Dog Help?

    My neighbors have a puppy mill rescue dog and have had him for 3 months now, he is finally starting to warm up to her. My neighbors had to leave town for a few days and have asked me to watch their dogs. The puppy mill rescue is so timid and scared of me that he won’t come to me when called so...
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    How to know when it’s time to euthanize and how to do it?

    I have this chick that I’ve been having to force feed and give it water from a eye dropper for the last 24 hours, the chick is willing to drink it’s just not able to do it on its own. When I say force feed I mean it won’t eat on it’s own and I’m having to open it’s beak and put food in and make...
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    Help rabbits ate my plants.

    So I’ve got a small veggie garden that I plant every year. I have done everything that’s organic that I can think of to rabbit proof it. I put up a fence that I can remove at the beginning of the year to till, I’ve made sure there ar no holes in the fencing, and we put old logs around the bottom...
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    Another massacre 7 months after the Great chicken massacre of 2019

    I had another animal come and kill my chickens. This time it got into the coop through a weak screen that was supposed to be rated for big predators. What ever it was killed 10 of my gorgeous chickens and left me with 2 roosters 2 hens and 2 babies. Whatever it was the dog didn’t hear it and...
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    Why do I do this?

    So every year around this time I do a full cleaning of the coop with fresh new bedding for my lovelies. But every year I’m always asking my self two question, 1 why did I have to go with the big coop, and 2 why do I do the deep litter method. Oh yeah because I love my chickens and want the best...
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    Is this Angel wing?

    I have a 2 month almost 3 month old duckling who’s right wing new feathers are poking out is this what angel wing is and how do I fix it?
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    The great Chicken Massacre of 2019

    Sometime in the early evening yesterday I had some kind of animal come and kill 8 of my chickens. We found 3 of the bodies where the other 5 are is a mystery. One of the chickens heads was severed and laying a few inches from the body. I kind of think it was a fox or a bobcat. It I’m not sure...
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    New Ducklings

    I just recently bought 4 flying mallard ducklings from McMurray hatchery. They are sooooo cute. Any advice on raising Ducks from your own experiences would be fantastic. I am currently feeding them a chick starter with niacin supplements and mealworms for added protein, also they have grit. Is...
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    Help!!!! Thigh muscle sticking out and skin coming off of my favorite Hen.

    I have a buff Orpington that I absolutely love and I don’t want her to die, or worse have to do the unthinkable. At about 7pm tonight I was walking around my backyard and saw the lid on the feed can was off. So I went over to it to fix it, when I got over there a chicken was looking up at me. So...
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    Help! Chicken attacked by a Fox.

    So yesterday late afternoon a fox attacked my chickens. It ended up getting one ( or so we thought). I saw the fox carry off my chicken so me and my neighbors dog chased it off. My dad and I went to the l went to the farm store near us to get a chick to replace the hen we just lost. When I got...
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    How to successfully hatch shipped duck eggs?

    I have hatched shipped eggs before but haven’t had good hatches. I just received my duck eggs that I purchased on eBay, any tips on how to have a decent hatch rate are appreciated.
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    In search of Mallard hatching eggs.

    Ive been looking for some mallard eggs. I’ve been trying on eBay but I keep getting our bid. I also don’t want to order any from a hatchery until I rule out other options.
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    How to keep chickens calm?

    I have had chickens for a little over 5 years now. We just recently got a coop that I can walk into. The chickens are all successfully moved into the new coop now and roosting there at night at their own free will. ( the roosts are high off the ground but come up to about my shoulder) But when...
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