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I recently had my entire flock of four Khaki Campbell ducks taken and killed by a predator. There were absolutely no remains, not even a feather, and it was like they just disappeared. Two of my ducks were taken on the same day. My poor final duck I kept locked up in a fenced area, where it...

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING! Help: I have no idea what predator is ravaging my flocks. Two weeks ago, I had 4 Khaki Campbell ducks, 7 young pullets, and then my flock of full-grown hens and roosters (they haven't been affected though. The ducks are in a huge area with a pool and 6-7 foot tall...

I recently got three Red Sex-Link pullets, all but one have been debeaked, which is normal. I'm just wondering why the third one wasn't debeaked. I want to show two of them, one of the debeaked ones and the other not, in a show that's in a couple months, but I'm worried because the beaks look...

I have some sweet 6 - 7 week old Welsummer cockerels, all very nice boys. Unfortunately, I can't keep all of them, so I'm selling for $5 a bird. I'm located north of the metro area in east central MN. Message for additional information, and let me know if you're interested!

Hi, so I bought White Leghorn and Welsummers to show at a fair in four months. I realize I didn't give myself enough time to raise them, the family I ordered with wanted them in March. Fortunately, the fair is just 4-H and doesn't really care if the birds are laying, more on maturity and...

I just got some Welsummers in and was trying to sex them by their down, but I'm not an expert so I want to know your opinion. I was sent 3 males and 2 females (hatchery screwed up my order of 3 females and 2 males), so did they get it right?

I have four Khaki Campbells, three ducks and one drake. Starting this morning, one of the girls just started quaking constantly and very loud. She kept nibbling at the outside of the coop and quaking. I thought maybe she was going to lay an egg or couldn't find the others so I went outside and...

I want to get Welsummers to show at a fair, but due to the delivery dates, I'd get them later than I'd like. So how fast do they mature? Slow or quickly? I'm getting Leghorns with them, so those mature pretty fast.

I had two chicken casualties in the course of two weeks. I'm not really sure if they're related or not, but it's possible. The first death was Light Brahma rooster. I had been letting the chickens free range for a while, and when I went up to check on them at around one or two in the afternoon...

My poor Khaki Campbell drake has recently had a penis prolapse that I just noticed today (I think it just occurred). This is also terrible timing because I have him entered in a show in two days. I've read that cutting it off is the best solution, as they can regrow; is that true? I don't want...

My poor Khaki Campbell drake has recently had a penis prolapse that I just noticed today (I think it just occurred). This is also terrible timing because I have him entered in a show in two days. I've read that cutting it off is the best solution, as they can regrow; is that true? I don't want...

I'm crossing my Light Brahma cock with a number of my hens. I have Light Brahma hens (obviously these will make Light Brahma chicks), White Leghorns, Partridge Rocks, Red Sex-Links, and Buff Orpingtons. What will the results allegedly look like? Feathered legs are dominant, so I'm assuming they...

I have three 18-week-old Khaki Campbell ducks. They should begin laying in the next couple of weeks, and I'm wondering what I should provide for them to lay in. Just a box with hay in it on the ground? I have a smaller area in their hut that I thought would be a laying area, but now it turns out...

I recently got some Khaki Campbell ducks, who are now about four months old. My drake has started to mate with the females now, and I am wondering if these ducks only mate during a certain season, or all of the time, like roosters will do. Khaki Campbells are big egg layers, and lay all year...

I'm currently raising Khaki Campbell ducks - they are 8 1/2 weeks old - and I'm wondering when the drakes with developing green heads. I read that they are fully feathered at 8 weeks, go through a molt at 4 months, which is when the drakes get drake feathers. Is this when they also develop green...

I raised Khaki Campbell ducklings and a couple of Sex-Linked chicks together this year, now they are about 8 weeks old. For the first five or six weeks, I just fed them the chick starter diet with some extra niacin for the ducklings. Then, I switched them to a poultry grower-finisher diet, which...

I noticed this morning that one of my Khaki Campbell duckling's feathers are sticking out on the wings. I thought immediately it may be twisted win, but am not sure. They are five weeks old, and their wing feathers are just coming in. None of the others' feathers look like that. A couple of...

I currently have five Khaki Campbells that are five weeks old this week. I'm going to be showing them in a fair in late July. Will they be fully grown, as in the drakes have green heads and drake feathers and the females are also mature? Thanks

So, I have five Khaki Campbell ducklings, two males and three females. They are currently a little more than three weeks old, and I've noticed that three of them are larger than the other two. I'm worried that the hatchery incorrectly sexed one and sent three males and two females. Not sure if...

The place I'm ordering from offers Cinnamon Queens, Golden Comets, and Red Sex-Links. I originally just wanted Red Sex-Links to show in egg laying classes, but they offer THREE different crosses of sex-links. Here are the crosses used: The Cinnamon Queens are a cross between a Rhode Island Red...