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Integrating a 12 week old flock w/ an 8 week old flock....HELP
I hope this is posted in the right spot! I have been trying to intergrate my (4) 8 week old chicks with my (6) 12 week old chicks. I figured it wouldn't be that bad because they are only 4 weeks apart. Boy was I wrong! I have been putting my younger ones in a dog crate in the run for the...- M Kelley
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Hundreds if tiny flying bugs in and around my duck house....help
I have 4 pekins and they are about 8 weeks old, once we moved them outside into their run, they learned to go into their house at night after we placed them in it at night time for a couple of days. Our run is cement but I have rubber horse stall mats covering most of the cement, we hose it... -
Skitish Pekins
I have 4 Pekins and they are friendly but very skitish even though we have handled them from the day we got them. They run away everything time I approach them. Once I get one I can pet him or her but it squawks to get out of my hands to get back to the other 3. They are seven weeks old and... -
Not sure if my ducklings are healthy
I have 4 pekin ducklings about 4 1/2 weeks old, at one point they were all panting but it seems one is open mouth breathing pretty heavily and one has pinkish/red around one eye, but kind of has a a little bit of a white crusty look directly around the eye. They all have very scraggly feathers... -
Question about chain link dog kennel for run
We are planning to use a 12x12 chain link dog kennel for a run for our chickens and ducks. We will be moving them outside soon. The floor of our dog kennel is cement and we planned to move it off the cement about 3 feet so they have some dirt and we will put pine wood shavings over the...- M Kelley
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Need Some Help With My Ducks
I am new to BYC and a new duck owner. I have 4 peking ducks they are about 3 1/2 weeks old and they are all panting, they are still inside and I have shut the heat lamp off the temperature in the room is about 70 degrees, they eat, drink and swim and seem to act normal, should I be concerned...