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  1. carriehelene

    Call Ducks....Can you please?

    I'm trying to decide on my call duck color. I'm ordering from Holderread's and don't know what color I want to choose from. One of the problems is they only have pics of a few of the colors. And when I google, I get a wide variety no matter what color Call I input, and I know darn well alot of...
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    getting ducks in the fall.. a few ignorant questions

    I'm looking at getting call ducks (2 hens 1 drake) and black indies (also 2 hens 1 drake) 1) Do ducks mate all year, or only during breeding/hatching season? In other words, are they like deer, or like chickens? 2) So if I have call ducks and black indies, can they be together all year except...
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    Other poultry housing pages

    Can you start a new page on the coop pages section for people to place their pictures/plans of housing for our "other" poultry friends. Like for ducks, geese etc? I'm searching the duck section for housing ideas, but the pics are few and far between, and involves hours of searching thru posts...
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    Bantam Cochin Hens in Upstate NY-Albany area

    I'm looking to buy 2 bantam cochin hens for my lonely roo. Prefer black, but any color will be accepted at this point as I'm not looking to breed them. He's a good boy who treats the girls right. So if you are looking to downsize your flock, please let me know.
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    muscovy egg laying question

    At what approx age do scovies lay their first egg? I have a male and female, approx 4 months old. Didn't figure the female would lay her first egg until next spring (don't know why I think that, just do). Anyways, I was in their pen today, which the chickens do go into btw, and there was a huge...
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    OMG! What is this dead thing in my driveway?????

    Looks like having 6 cats might be a benefit....but what the heck is this dead thing? Pretty sure it was hunting my chickens, it's got tiny pointed teeth. Just gross
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    cat marking-help if you can

    We have 6 cats. We started out with 2 deliberately. Then DH parents found a baby they weren't able to keep. After alot of care, this half dead animal became healthy and happy. Then my mom found a baby in the middle of the road, it had obviously been thrown out a car window and had the damage to...
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    ****Good God-HELP-UPDATE PG 5****

    Never been in this situation before. What do I do? The "pip" looked like barn doors, but more towards the small end. (first picture) Second picture is what it looked like when the shell was either knocked off by the chick in the egg or kicked of by one of the hooligans running in the bator. I...
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    feet issue-what could it be? pics included

    ) What type of bird , age and weight. wyandotte, 1 year, approx 8 lbs 2) What is the behavior, exactly. behavior normal except slight limping 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? 1 weeks that I know of, could be longer as these are not frequently handled birds (my rooster would...
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    Help-12 hr old chick with intestine bulging out (pic)

    My chick hatched last night. He had a bit of yolk hanging still, but it disappeared as the evening went on. This morning I got up, and saw a bit of his intestine bulging out his bum. He's shaking, and looks like he's trying to poo in between naps, but obviously can't. Is there anything I can do...
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    Crap, Poo, and Phooey

    Well, that'll teach me to try and be a smarty pants. Now I'm not sure what to do. So I'm doing a staggered hatch, in one bator I set Feb 18, 19, and 20 in my hovabator. Don't yell at me, it wasn't planned, just the way it worked out (long story). So, being me, figured I could hold off just 1...
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    Well, it's been a year now, and I've never seen it???

    Believe it or not, after a year now of owning these wonderful aliens that have entered our lives, I have never seen any of them molt. My original girls are a year old now. One of them, a supposed to be black JG (definately not!) named Alice is looking a little, well, scruffy. Some of her...
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    Silkie question, please help

    I have a male and female Silkie. I bought them at a swapmeet because they were so cute. To me, they represent the breed well, I think. But now I have several people who want to buy silkies from me after seeing mine. I only have the 2, and my hen isn't laying yet. So I'm looking to buy Silkie...
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    Silkie color question

    Hi all, I have a white silkie hen, and a black silkie roo. When I hatch out their eggs, what color are the chicks likely to be? Do they come out harlequined?, or is one of those colors dominant, or what? This is a curiosity question only, I know eventually I will have the answer in person but...
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    well, that was depressing

    So I found a link on here for a program called chicken-trackin. It keeps track of your expenses/income for your chickens. I have to say, I didn't realize just how much those darn chickens are costing me. Holy cow. Of course, if I'd stop buying hatching eggs, and building coops, the cost would...
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    2 new coops, in need of advice please

    So we have 1 big coop right now, but I want to get some of my breeds seperated out, mainly moving my smaller birds out from my bigger birds. What I'm looking at is the cochin duplex https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=10091-cochin-duplex from the coops page, 2 of them. One would...
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    3 barred rock POL pullets (plus one) Pick-up only

    Wondering what "plus one" means? Bet you were thinking rooster. HeeHee, nope. I have 3 barred rock pullets for sale, and for the price listed, I will throw in a mixed breed pullet of the same age (18 wks). She is amazing sand color. On cloudy days, she looks almost light gray, but when the sun...
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    so how long is she going to keep trying to kill them?

    So 2 weeks ago, I put my 18 chicks out into the coop, in an enclosure made of hardware cloth, with my older flock. So they have all been able to see each other, and get used to each other. On that same weekend, my broody hatched out her 5 chicks. Well, my broody will occationally try to get to...
  19. carriehelene

    re insulation-does it matter whether...?

    Does it matter whether the insulation in the coop in faced or unfaced? From what I understand, the facing is a moisture barrier, which would block the moisture from outside, so would it be better to use faced? Or would it be better to use unfaced since I want the moisture from my chickens to...
  20. carriehelene

    I'm supposed to disinfect the incubator, correct?

    Hi all. I'm at it again (already), got eggs coming that should be in shortly. I washed out the incubator after my last hatch, but I believe I'm supposed to disinfect it, right? How do I do that?
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