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Feeding ducks vs chickens
Hello, I have 3 ducks and 6 hens. I just switched to a new chicken food and am not sure if it will work for the ducks or if I should buy separate food for them. This is the chicken food I am using if anyone knows. Thanks Natural Farm Feed Premium Layer Feed for Egg Laying Poultry CRUDE PROTEIN... -
Duck disaster
Just a rant unless someone has any ideas?? So I foolishly bought 6 week old ducks from someone with a duck farm because I wanted eggs… turns out they sold me one duck and five drakes. I have listed the drakes for free on several sites locally and I can’t give them away. I only have one coop and... -
How can you tell the sex of ducks? I have Swedish Blues and Cayuga Swedish Blue mix
I bought these 6 ducks about a month ago. This is my first time owning ducks as chickens have always been my thing. The lady I bought them from said they were female and 6-7 months old. I wanted laying ducks but none of them have had any eggs so far. How can you tell male from female? -
Mixing hens and duck with ducklings.
Can baby ducklings live in a coop with grown hens? Long story short.... I'm a city dweller with 3 hens. I have a pond and a mallard flew in over a year and stayed. She had a few visitors this spring and laid eggs. I keep the chickens in the coop until afternoon then let them free range in the...- lala3hens
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