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    Knowledge needed.

    Hi to all that read this. I have read many forums and read many conflicting facts, so let me go through my story so far. I recently built a large aviary measuring 12 meters x 4 meters x 3 meters high. My intention was to have several species of pheasants in the one long enclosure. Originally...
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    Which is better

    Hi and good morning people, I currently have an aviary 12 meters long and 4 meters wide and it is 3 meters high. I have inside golden pheasants 1 pair and also a pair of ringneck pheasants. There are also some songbirds. I want to extend this to take in additional birds so was wondering what are...
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    Are these all males

    Hi people, I recently was given 3 youngish chukar partridges. I was told they were 1 male and 2 female. 2 clearly have hard bumps where the spur should be, one has a bumb on one leg but nothing on the other leg. Would you think these are all males?
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    Aviary size

    Hi and good morning, I am building an extension to my existing aviary and it will house pheasants, partidges and quail. There will also be song birds. The current aviary is 12 meters long 4 meters wide and 3 meters high. I now want to expand this so the question is. Which is better? Meaning...
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    Advice and understanding needed

    Hi Guys, I have interesting but also very sad dilemma. I had 2 pairs of mandarin ducks for 3 years, they never bred or even showed signs of mating. Then both males in a very short space of time died. I was left with 2 females. I moved home and now have a very large pond and open area. I have...
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Advice urgently required please

    Hi Guys, I am recently retired and have built a large pond in my garden. I live high in the mountains of Malaysia at an altitude of 1300meters above sea level. In my pond I have a pair of call ducks that are currently nesting and she has 8 eggs. I also have 2 pair of mallards, 1 pair of mini...
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    Advice required PLEASE!

    Hi Guys, I am recently retired and have built a large pond in my garden. I live high in the mountains of Malaysia at an altitude of 1300meters above sea level. In my pond I have a pair of call ducks that are currently nesting and she has 8 eggs. I also have 2 pair of mallards, 1 pair of mini...
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    A bit worried

    Hi guys, I recently bought 2 pairs of Mandarin ducks for my Pond and also 1 pair of paradise shell ducks. The shell ducks took ages to start feeding but now seem ok, the Mandarin ducks in the other hand seem to settle pretty quick. I have had them about 6 weeks now but notice one of the Drake's...
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    How to stop egg eating

    Hi Guys, It has been quite some time since I last posted but now it seems I have a major problem. I have not had any eggs for about 3 months and we were suspecting all sort of problems from Rats and Mice to lizards and snakes. I could not put my finger on why even though the birds have plenty...
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    How to train chicken to lay in the coop?

    Hi all, I live in Malaysia and have kept chicken the local Kampung variety for a year here and had no problems the run was not so big and I have 20 birds. The chickens all laid only in the coop nest boxes with no issues. Now I have moved to a much bigger place and the coop is different, the...
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    Are my eggs no good

    I have a question, I have 7 hens eggs in an incubator here in Malaysia and today I went out for a while about 3-4 hours, when I came back the power had gone off and the incubator was cool, and the temp was 32 degrees C inside the incubator. What are the thoughts from the members would those...
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    How many chicks can one hen take care of?

    Hi everyone, I have 2 hens with chicks that hatched at the same time in the same shed. Now the chicks go to either of the hens and don't seem to have taken to one specific mother. The problem is both the hens are fighting over the chicks, so one is getting beaten a bit. I have to separate them...
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    How do you move a broody hen

    I live in Malaysia and I have 20 of what they call here as Ayam (chicken) Kampung (village) or village chicken they are direct or nearly direct descendants of the very common Jungle fowl which still live in my area. They are beautiful birds but go broody at the drop of a hat. I have to check for...
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    It's Complicated

    Well finally I have joined BYC I have followed this site and forums for the last 6 months from when I got my (what the locals call) Kampung Chickens, I am an English man living here in Malaysia for the last 17 years. I bought in total 47 birds at 6 weeks old and they were going great until 3...
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    • Forum: Geese
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