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    wanted: show quality indian runner duck eggs for hatching

    I have decided to develop a concentration. I want to show and raise Indian runner ducks. I have some right now, but they are poor quality. I have some decent quality eggs coming in the mail from ebay (labled show quality, but they aren't show stoppers). I want some really nice quality runners...
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    not sure if this is the right place to post but...

    we have a bad tick problem. We also have bad fly/mosquito problem. I want guineas but the noise makes it impssible. Is there any other critter I can get that will be comparable, but less noisy, to the guinea's bug-eating ability?
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    who will go broody?

    which type of quail is most likely to go broody and successfully raise a crop of young when housed with multiple other quail in an outdoor (on-the ground) pen?
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    I need help with a duckling's leg injury!

    I went on a 3 day vacation and hired a petsitter. The petsitter did a wonderful job, so I have no doubt that the injury is not due to her or her care. Anyway, I came back to find one of my indian runner ducklings can not stand. Everybody else is fine. I can't find any visible injury at all, not...
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    does anybody have a wide variety of quail (hatching eggs)?

    I currently have coturnix and jumbo bobwhites. I would like to have: valley bluescale gambel snowflake bobwhites orange bobwhites chukar various types of partridge Does anybody have all of these, or almost all of these, and can offer me a variety pack consisting of, say, 10 or more eggs of...
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    duck marking question

    I bought a hatching egg lot off of ebay a while back. The eggs were supposed to hatch into blue crested runner ducks. I did not hatch a single blue crested runner duck, or even a single crested duckling (but that's another issue...). I did hatch a duckling that looks like it is going to be solid...
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    How long can they sit?

    I have muscovy eggs. I got them in the mail the day before yesterday. I have ducklings hatching in my incubators right now. I was hoping to use my better incubators for the muscovy eggs, since those eggs are expensive. In order to do this, the eggs might have to sit for 4 or so days after being...
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    How long can I keep a baby duck in the incubator?

    one of my ducklings hatched today. I have another pip, but no action from any other egg yet. I don't want to open the incubator until I absolutely have to to retrieve the hatched baby. How long can it stay in the incubator (with no food or water)?
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    Do people breed buttons for small size?

    The title says it all. Coturnix and bobwhites are bred to be big. Do people specifically breed buttons to be small? If not, why not? I had two babies in my hatch that are considerably smaller than the others. I am wondering if these are the ones that are best for breeding with to get smaller...
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    What is involved in showing ducks?

    I know it'll require a long post from anybody who chooses to respond, but I would really appreciate a breaking down of how you get into showing ducks, and what is involved in the actual showing. Details are appreciated.
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    smelly incubator?

    I just got two new hovabator genesis incubators. Now I've got this smell throughout the room. It's *almost* a burning plastic smell, but not quite. It seems to be coming from the incubators. I unplugged one completely, and unplugged the turner on the other (because it was hot on the metal...
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    feeling horrible

    I had 10 coturnix quail eggs in the incubator. After they were 4(!) days over due, I cracked one open. It bled and I saw the baby move inside, so I put it back in the incubator, upped the humidity, and decided to wait even longer. I had never ever had quail go more than 2 days past their due...
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    Duckling with a leg/foot problem

    My new khaki campbell duck (Crooked) has something wrong with his/her foot/leg. It's the right one. I actually picked Crooked out because I have a "thing" for special needs animals, and Crooked's foot, at the time, was a little turned in. Crooked was getting around just fine, although...
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    A little embarassing...

    I have this habit of bidding up auctions on ebay, for some reason I enjoy helping small sellers get more for their product, so I bid up to the point where I think it's guaranteed that someone who really wants the item will outbid me (I'm sure lots of you ebay buyers hate me, lol, but if you sell...
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    What color are we?

    These are my first buttons, babies. There are some coturnix in the pile too. Anybody recognize their colors?
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    incubating ducks and geese together

    geese are supposed to have a 15 minute cool off period each day. If I do this to the whole incubator, containing duck eggs too, is that going to harm the duck eggs?
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    how small exactly are buttons?

    I have 6 button eggs in the incubator, due to hatch tomorrow. How small exactly are they full grown? Would they be comfortable in a hamster cage? Are hamster sized hides sized right for them? I got these as extras in a coturnix lot, and I might just want to keep them as pets, despite keeping...
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    Is it possible to hatch quail and ducks?

    I bought my new incubator. I bought some more coturnix eggs. I *really* want to buy some duck eggs... perhaps muscovy or call ducks. My new incubator is automatic turning (in a cradle). If i put them all in at once, the coturnix will hatch much sooner. If I do as usual and stop turning the eggs...
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    Does anybody have De Grubbe eggs?

    I'm wondering if anybody has fertile rumpless Antwerp Belgian eggs for shipping.
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    Is it worth the extra money?

    I'll start off by saying, I'm sorry for all of my questions lately. You guys are just so good at giving answers! Okay... I'm still trying to decide what incubator to go with. Before it was between the Rcom Pro 20 and the Sportsman. Everybody was pro-sportsman, but then I realized two very big...
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