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    3 month old drake attacking older female

    We have 2 year old ancona females. 3 months ago we hatched 6 duckling. 3 male and 3 female. One of the males was often kept far away from their little flock by the other 2 males. We decided to keep the ostracized one due to his coloring and separated the other 2 drakes from the rest. For the...
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    Rhode Island Red small yolks

    Our Rhode Island Reds are 5 months old and are laying well but their yolks are tiny. They are half the size of our other chickens. Is this a characteristic of this breed?
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    Help! Cracked egg Day 16

    I had a hen sitting on 2 Pekin duck eggs. I was pretty sure one wasn’t viable when I candled on day 12. This morning, day 16, that egg was out of the box and crushed. The other egg was still in the box but one of the hens had pecked it. Membrane is broken in one place and dime sized area has no...
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    Yoke left in shell after hatch

    one Ancona duckling hatched this morning but looks like a lot of yoke was not absorbed. Is this amount normal?
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    Do I keep eggs with damaged air cells upright during hatch?

    We have 9 duck eggs that had damaged air cells successfully incubating at a 45 degree angle. Do we leave them in this orientation during lock down and hatch? I can’t imagine they won’t turn the egg carton over as they work on hatching.
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    Separating drakes

    We have a new flock of 8 ducks. At what age do I need to separate the extra drakes from the hens?
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    New to BYC

    Hello, I have been enjoying this site for months and decided it was time to jump in! We live in Meridianville AL and will be building a coop this spring for our first chickens. So excited! Looking forward to all the great advice from the experts. Pamela
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