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    New babies and how to get them accepted into the "family"

    These are the new additions to the family this year! Another New Hampshire Red Thelma 2.0 (to replace Thelma, who had an unfortunate accident last summer) and a female duckling Angel to be a companion (I hope) for the Devil duck. I am not sure of the breed of the duck yet, the feed store doesn't...
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    winter and egg laying

    Hope some one can tell me if this is normal! I have three chickens, 2 Buff Orpingtons and 1 New Hampshire Red. I know that it is normal for egg production to slow down in the winter but until last week my girls have been averaging 2 to 3 eggs a day. Then all of a sudden ALL three stopped laying...
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    Biting Duck

    I have an 8 month old Welsh Harlequin drake that has suddenly turned mean. He hasn't been hurt, abused, or anything. He will come up and nip you hard enough to leave marks. Anyone have any ideas why he would suddenly do this or how to stop him? If I can't get him to stop I am going to have to...
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    Brown eggs looking faded

    I have two breeds of birds, New Hampshire red and Buff Orpington, both breeds lay brown eggs. The last few days I noticed that one of the girls is laying eggs that look faded. Every day one egg is getting lighter and today it looked almost white. Is this normal or is she having problems?
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    Watering the duck

    Got a question that I hope you experts can help me with I have one duck that stays with my chickens. I am thinking about making an automatic water system with nipples for them. Will Ducky be able to use a nipple system? Since he does not have a pointy beak I did not know if he could manage it...
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    Great way to end the day!!

    Every since my girls got to be about 17 weeks I started going on a nightly egg hunt. My girls free range while we are home and I have been so worried that they would lay eggs somewhere besides the coop. I have a huge yard with fields on three sides and yes they will cross the fence where the...
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    current pictures of my girls and Mr. Ducky

    This is Ellen aka little bit, the duck hurt her when they were little but you wouldn't know it now! This is Portia, the crankiest of my birds. She seems to think she is a dog, jumps for treats lol Thelma is the calmest of the birds but she isn't fond of being held. I do think she is going to...
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    Being Cranky

    Got kind of a crazy question.LOL Now don't laugh at me for this one, be kind I am a newbie My chicks are 16 weeks now and I think a couple of them might be getting ready to give me some breakfast. They both have gotten the darker color crown, etc. but the thing I am not sure about is how they...
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    Some new pics of Ducky

    Here is some updated pictures of my duck, it is about 8 weeks old now. Not sure what the sex is or the breed of my duck! Can anyone give me any ideas? I am thinking it is a girl since it has never gotten that little curled up feather on its tail. You can't tell by its voice really because it has...
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    Chicken humor

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    What type of duck

    I bought my duckling from a feed and farm supply store, all the advertisement said was "Large ducklings" Does that refer to a certain breed of duck? He is just now starting to loose his fluff and get some pin feathers in but it looks like he might have black feathers. Any idea what type of duck...
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    Love this site!

    Hi everyone, My name is Tina and I live in southwest Missouri. I have been debating the "to chick or not to chick" issue for awhile and when I found this website, I jumped in with both feet! I promptly went out and bought two Buff Orpingtons, two Newhampsire Reds, and a duck. LOL My poor...
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    Loosing fluff

    I got up this morning to find a couple babies with raw spots on their wings. I was wondering if it was because they are loosing their fluff and getting feathers or if my duck is picking on them? I separated them from the duck and I know they are not doing anything to each other, but the duck has...
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