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    What injured my duck and chicken?? Help, please!

    We have some ducks and chicken, and 2 of them were injured today, but we're not sure by what. It happened during daylight hours, towards the end of the day. One was a buff orpington (about 3 1/2 or 4 months old)...it had one of it's wings ripped off. The other was a Cayuga duck, about 5 months...
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    New to Muscovies...broody hen question

    I have a trio of muscovies that I got earlier this summer. They ewre laying when I got them, and stopped a couple of days afterwords. About 3 weeks later, they started to lay again. We just assumed that they had gotten stressed and when the felt more comfortable they started to lay again. A few...
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    What happens if...?

    What happens if you remove the chicks a bit too early from the incubator/hatcher after they hatch?? Not when they are still all wet, but if they were not quite ready to come out? (and, yes, I realize that would not be the ideal situation )
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    Using an automatic turner for duck eggs?

    I'm going to set some muscovey eggs in a couple of days - my first time incubating duck eggs! I have read a few things about turning duck eggs by hand vs using an automatic turner...which is better, or does it matter? And if you turn by hand, why? Thanks!
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    Duck Housing for Muscovies

    I trying to figure out the best housing set up for Muscovies. I am new to having ducks and have a trio, but am not happy with the housing I have - would like to make sure I set them up with a good coop. Anyone with ideas and/or pics they can share? Thanks!!
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    Muscovies not laying?

    I'm brand new to having ducks, and am completely puzzled by this...I'm hoping someout there will be able to help... I got a trio of muscovies about 3 weeks ago. Had 3 eggs in the first 2 days, and have nothing since...here's a bit more info... - The guy I bought them from had gotten 21 eggs in...
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    40w vs 60w? Trying to solve temp variance in the bator...

    I built an incubator (thanks to everyone who posted their instructions:)), but have been struggling to get the temperature stabilized. I am currently using a hot water heater thermostat, which seems to have a wide temperature variance. I have been trying a number of different things to reduce...
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