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    Predator identification

    Thanks in advance for any insights as to what predator I am likely pursuing. I have lost one 12 week old chick during the day that last two days. These are my first losses of any type in years and my other adult chickens and ducks are untouched. The carcasses were missing everything except...
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    Duck bill repair

    I will come back to add more, edit and post photos soon, but wanted to share a duck bill repair tactic we devised that seems to be working, just in case anyone else has a similar emergency and is looking for ideas straight away. As always, this worked for us, but might not work for you, or I...
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    How often to provide gruel and vita water to weak chick

    I had a shipment of hatchlings arrive today and all are in great shape except for one who is really stressed: eyes closed, won't stand and originally was flopping over on side. I started in on a dilute yolk water mix and as it got stronger have been giving it water laced with a light dose of...
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    Preventing heat stress in ducklings

    I have seven Welsh Harlequin ducklings that range in age from 5 - 8 days old. The temperature here has been lovely, lows in the 50's / highs in the 70's, since they were hatched. They are with their moms in a large house and large shaded run. The weather forecast is for temperatures to...
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    Ducklings dying in shell -- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP

    I have two first-time Welsh Harlequins moms who have been sitting side-by-side (now more like one large) nests of about a dozen eggs each and are around day 38. I have four live ducklings, four found dead in the nest (fully formed, feathered and out of shell), one found in the nest dead with...
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    Welsh Harlequin drakes available in SF Bay area, California

    8/2/15 Update: ONE LEFT I have several 8 week old Welsh Harlequin ducks that I purchased from the wonderful folks at Holderreads. These were classified as having the potential to be "show quality" though I don't profess to know which, if any, are actually going to develop into show quality...
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    Welsh Harlequin in Bay area, CA

    I have 4 week old show quality silver phase welsh harlequins from Holderread's. Unfortunately I ended up with a high percentage of drakes from my group of hatchlings, so am looking for homes for likely five. I will let them go when they have finished feathering out -- so likely end of July...
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    White Face Spanish standard chickens

    I am searching for some very high quality "foundation" hatchlings to start a small flock of standard White Faced Spanish chickens. I am in Northern California but willing to travel, if necessary, for especially high quality birds. Does anyone have any suggestions ? I have already...
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    Rooster survived fight with rattlesnake !!!

    Just in case it helps anyone else here, I thought I would describe what we did to help our La Flèche rooster survive multiple rattlesnake bites. Poor sweet Roo was trying to get the snake to leave his coop. He was struck in the wattles and wing. His wattles swelled enormously (the size of a...
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    What to do ? I put eggs in with broodies over several days

    I have had my hens for 8 years (got them as day olds) and thought I'd love to have a few new girls this year. A pair of hens went broody, so I let them set the eggs. Then I let the other hens keep adding some over a few days. Then I added a couple of duck eggs for good measure. While...
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