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    7 week old ducks near Kansas City

    I have 8 healthy 7 week old ducks that need a new home. They are my first ducks and as much as I love them, they're a little too much work for us at the moment. 4 Ancona (2 sexed females, 2 unsexed hatchery extras) 1 female Cayuga 1 female Blue Swedish 2 female Silver Appleyards I would...
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    Too cold to remove the heat plate?

    I'm brooding 8 ducklings in my outbuilding currently. They're just over 2 weeks old. I would love to remove their heat plate as it is taking up precious real estate in their brooder. Temps outside are 70's and 80's during the daytime and in the 60's at night. Could I put the heat plate in at...
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    New ducks and I love them

    First time duck owner and oh my gosh, they are PRECIOUS. I knew they'd be cute but.....wow. My order from Cackle was for 2 silver appleyards, 2 ancona, 1 blue swedish, and 1 cayuga. They included 2 extras that look very similar to the ancona and very dissimilar to all of the other breeds that...
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    Putting chicks under a broody

    Apparently I placed a chick order from the hatchery a few months ago that I completely forgot about... so I have 5 chicks that will be here today. I have a brooder setup but as luck would have it I also have a broody Olive Egger. I would much prefer to give her the babies but I’ve never done...
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    can ducklings use a heat plate?

    Can ducklings use a heat plate instead of a heat lamp? I'm getting my first ducks this week and I would love to use what I already have on hand.
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    Integrating a single chick with mama hen

    My broody hatched a single chick 2 weeks ago and I have them in a makeshift chicken wire home inside of the coop. If I open up their area the only “safe space” will be the nesting box and I suspect the other hens will want in there. I need to add more boxes and plan to do so today. Is it likely...
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    Big air sac on day 14, hatching with a broody

    I have 4 eggs under a broody on day 14. Just candled and all are moving but the air sacs seem really big. This is the same egg from different angles. First time with a broody. Thoughts?
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    Can I keep a single goose with 4 ducks sharing a coop?

    Title says it all. I have 4 ducklings coming in May and am curious about raising a female gosling with them to serve as a protector. I realize this wouldn't be a guarantee but would it be enough of a deterrent to be worth it? My primary goal (other than having a goose, which I think would be...
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    Ivermectin and Leg Mites

    I had a very difficult time finding any information on this topic so I wanted to put this out there as I've had some good early results with this- I brought home a year old Salmon Favorelles rooster a few weeks ago as I wanted a rooster in my flock but I didn't want to raise any more chicks at...
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    Putting eggs under a broody

    I have my first broody hen who my husband thinks has been broody for about 4 days (I’ve been out of town). I have a dozen hatching eggs coming by Thursday or Friday. Is that too long for her to be broody before getting eggs to her? If so, I’ll try to break her and just hatch in the incubator but...
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    Duck coop in a shared run with chickens?

    Title says it all, I guess :lau I have a large chicken coop with attached run that has plenty of extra space. I'm getting 4 or 5 ducks in May and have a 4x6 ft duck coop under construction. It would simplify my life a ton if I put the duck coop in the chicken run which has multiple layers of...
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    Scaly leg mites or no?

    Long story short, I brought home a Favorelles rooster I found on Craigslist and have him in quarantine. Does this look like scaly leg mites? I’ve never had any sort of mite problem, or a rooster for that matter. I went ahead and slathered his legs with Vaseline since I had him out of his cage. I...
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    6 Fancy Roosters KS/MO

    Up for grabs I have the following cockerels- 2 Partridge Silkies, hatched on 10-7-18 Roo #1 is mostly black with golden and reddish highlights. Roo #2 is red and gold. 4 mixed breeds hatched from My Pet Chicken's "Fun and Funky" eggs, hatched 11-20-18 Roo #3 is a white frizzle with some...
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    Integration question (sorry for the long post)

    I've integrated new birds into a flock before but the dynamics of this next integration will be new for me so I'd like to solicit some advice- Current flock is 23 pullets 15-17 weeks old. Coop size is 120 sq ft and they have a 600 sq ft run. I've hatched eggs and have a mix of 12 bantam and...
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    Adding turkeys?

    I am considering getting some turkeys next summer and am thinking about what sort of setup I would need for them. I have 4.5 acres that is currently unfenced. I don't know if blackhead is an issue in my area, I need to call the county extension office and find out still. That said, I don't want...
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    straddle leg question in a 12 hour old chick

    I had a non ideal lockdown incubating 3 silkie eggs (big fluctuations in humidity) but despite this one hatched at 4:30 this morning. I just got home from work and it clearly has splayed legs and possibly crooked toes. I've not dealt with this before but the information on bracing seems fairly...
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    Carport Coop Build

    Eventually I will put this in the coop section but I thought I'd start a thread here also for my new coop build. We recently moved to a house on 4.5 acres and wanted to build a large coop for what will be a significantly larger flock than we've previously had. The coop at our old house was a...
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    Transitioning Chickens Outdoors-Temp Question

    So, this is a new one for me. I'm not new to chickens and I've never used any sort of supplemental heat and don't have any plans to do so on any sort of permanent basis. That said, we moved recently so we are in the process of building a new coop. We should be done in the next 2 weeks or so but...
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    Breed on this 4 week old?

    I have no idea what breed this chicken is- I had a delivery of ten sexed pullets that arrived as day old chicks. 5 of them were not obvious to me upon arrival-4 EE and a silver penciled rock. One died at a few days old and I'm reasonably certain that was one of the EE. The problem is, of the 4...
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    Time to help?

    I'm starting a new thread for this question- I have incubated 5 silkie eggs. 2 have hatched, 1 is zipping, 1 is pipped, and nothing on the last one yet. Of the 2 that hatched, 1 took 24 hours from pip, the other less than 2. The 24 hour chick seems stuck on its back in the incubator. It has...
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