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  1. AA Maple

    Complete hatching noob with broody hen. Got a few questions.

    Buff Orpington on the right has just decided she wants to set on eggs and I have a few general questions. 1. Can I stuff a few duck eggs under there and see if she will hatch some white Pekins for me? (none of those girls seem to care about their eggs) 1.b. If yes, how quickly do I need to get...
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    Another coop from scraps.

    13 assorted pallets, a few sheets of old plywood and OSB, some 2X3s and a couple 2x4s and pine planks I got from a friend, hinges and hardware cloth I had sitting in the garage from I can't remember where, and the last of the old metal roof. Only thing I had to buy cash was the chicken wire for...
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    What is this ugly thing?

    I bought the "hatchery surprise" from Cackle Hatchery mid April, wound up with 50 chicks, 2 turkeys, and 1 duck. Turkeys didn't make it, duck seems happy enough to flock up with the chickens, I gave half the chicks to my neighbor and kept half. Nice looking assortment anyway but this one...
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    Ducks imprinting on a "home"?

    How do ducks decide where their "home" is, where they'll lay and return to at night? I have a trio of Khaki Campbell's who were living in a box (in which they were locked every night) all last summer/fall down by my stream. Over the winter I left them in a chicken tractor in a friend's...
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    Processing big birds

    I have 4 BBW toms that were 1 week old the first of July. They are getting very big now. I've had to stop letting them out to pasture since they're terrorizing my neighbor (mostly sneaking into his garage and leaving their calling cards) and they're not cooperative about going back in their...
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    Skunk question, fast answer for preference.

    I just smelled and thought I caught a glimpse of a skunk in the yard. By the time I grabbed ear protection and my 12 gauge he was gone but I reckon I'll probably be able to get the jump on him later if he comes back. The question is, how bad am I going to get hit with stink if I give a skunk...
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    Vengeance is mine!

    Back in May I was out of town and a friend who was locking the birds up at dusk for me found a raccoon eating one of my ducks. One duck was injured and survived with just a scar around her eye, the other was well when my friend interrupted it's meal and chased it off. Sadly he was unarmed and...
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    Buying a freezer size? Advice?

    I'm having a great time raising Cornish X meat birds and want to go much bigger next year and do up a year's supply for myself in one or two cycles. So my question is, how much freezer space does a 5-7 pound broiler require? For example a "small" chest freezer that's very affordable on...
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    What to do with new birds?

    So I have 9 production reds that I've been raising up from day-old for the last couple months but I ran across a bigger farmer who orders 17 week old Comets. I got half a dozen of those for a very good price (I could not feed my chicks 17 weeks for less money I'm sure). Good looking birds and...
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    When to harvest Cambell's for eating

    OK. It looks like I'm down to 2 girls and 3 boys, possibly only 1 girl, but definitely 3 boys going by head and bean color (working on getting either 6 more sexed ducks or 10 straight run depending what's available). Anyway I know 3 boys isn't going to work out well, so they'll be going on...
  11. AA Maple

    Sugar and chickens

    I've got about 8 gallons of maple syrup here that I can't sell (too late-season to filter). Can I feed it to chickens? Add it to feed? Add it to fermented feed? It's pretty much going to get dumped on the ground otherwise so I'd just as soon dole it out to the birds rather than let it go to...
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    Disappearing ducks

    So last night I left my ducks down at the new run I built them by the stream and this morning all 6 are gone. No feathers, blood, or signs of struggle, no sign that the wire has been trampled or dug under. I'm really hoping they somehow managed to jump/fly out and are hiding somewhere and will...
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    A few duck house questions

    I have 6 Khaki Campbell's here unsorted about 3 1/2 weeks old. They're quite big and beginning to feather. I will keep 1 drake and eat the rest once I figure out which is which and/or they're big enough to eat. So I built a little nesting box so that I can keep them outside overnight and...
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