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    Dove injured found in road

    A friend of mine just found a dove that has been wounded in the road. They have chickens, ducks and parakeets. They were wondering as they try to nurse it back to health, what should they feed it - chicken food (grower/finisher) or parakeet food? If anyone has any idea, please let me know...
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    Got baby ducklings and they had their first bath

    I got 15 baby "mallard" ducklings and 15 baby cayuga ducklings last week and they are so cute. They had their first bath tonight and it was so much fun watching them swim around. We only had the water up to their bellies in the shallower part of the tub and just enough to swim if they wanted...
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    Cleaning coop - got locked in again

    (Yes, I said again. Last year when I went to move the chicks into the big coop, I accidently closed the coop door. It is only 6 feet by 4 feet at the base (with the nesting boxes) but the upper part is only 2 feet wide (still 6 feet long) and I was trying to catch a chick over all the perches...
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    New to Geese

    I am soooo excited. I have been asking my husband if I could get a pair of geese for two years and he finally said yes today! I already have LF chickens and Cayuga ducks. I told him I would like to hand raise the goslings so I would wait til July but after looking on-line, most places do not...
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    Hatching duck eggs - temperature and humidity question - what should it be really?

    I hatched cayuga duck eggs last year and had 100% fertility but only about 60% hatch rate. They all developed until the end but most of those that did not hatch never pipped. I had the temperature at 99.5 degrees F to 101 degrees F with 50% - 65% humidity until lock-down and then I raised it...
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    Any idea is this is a boy or girl?

    A friend of mine was given this goose and told it was male. Then someone came to her house to buy chicken eggs and said it was a girl. Any ideas? We really do not know how to tell with geese, but are willing to learn. Sorry the picture is not closer but it would not stay close and I took it...
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    Are these really "Blue Orphingtons"

    Ealier this summer I was sold 10 blue orphingtons. My sister-in-law went with me and she took 4 of them and I took the other 6. Their colors as babies seemed the right color. My six got eaten by fox and coons and long story short, that problem has been almost eliminated (the coons have been...
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    8 year old lab scared off fox!

    So this summer, I have lost 15 chickens and 22 ducks to raccoons and fox. The raccoon mother and her babies even ripped up the floorboards to my coop, climbed through the airvent to get to them and waited til we let them out to grab them. After much repair to the coop and my husband working...
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    Which breed do you like the best:

    My husband said I could have 6 different breeds and 4 of each. I (we) have decided on Silver-laced Wyandottes (his favorite), Golden-laced Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds (my Mom's favorite), Blue Orphingtons (I like the color) and Ameraucanas (my husband says the blue eggs taste better - not...
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    day 27 not sounds no nothing!!!

    Is your humidity up? My duck eggs started hatching at day 26 but hatched up to day 30. Many of mine did not move much right before they hatched and the duck membrane is tough to get through. Next time I am going to spray water on the eggs and put the humidity up to 75% to 80% since about half...
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    Mallard hen setting on a nest of eggs - guess what the surprise was?

    So our Mallard hen is sitting on 10 eggs and she hisses anytime we get near. On Tuesday, when I went by, I heard chirping. About an hour later, my husband saw her heading to the creek to take a swim so my sister-in-law and I went and checked out her eggs to see what hatched. There was a black...
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    Coop door lock works too great!

    So we built a smaller coop for the younger chicks to get used to the outdoors or for a breeding coop for the older chickens. Today I was moving the little ones (12 weeks old) into the big coop. The coop door is not wide enough for my shoulders to fit straight through so I have to turn slightly...
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    Cayuga Duck eggs

    Anyone know where I can find some Cayuga duck eggs for sale?
  14. Karen09

    Tetra Tint chicks at TSC

    Anyone ever heard of a chicken called Tetra Tint? We were at Tractor Supply and they had these as an egg producer. We looked on-line and couldn't find them - they are not on feather-site. My guess is that they are a specific hybrid by someone, similar to a golden comet or red-star. They are...
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    1 week old chantecler chick not acting right, any ideas?

    I have a 1 week old chantecler chick that seemed ok when we left to go to town. We came home in about 1.5 hours later and she was on her back looking like she was broken. I scooped her up and tried to set her upright but she would fall over. I gave her some gatorade with the electrolytes and...
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    Which chicken is better? Welsummers, Marans, or Barnevelders

    In the spring, I am planning on trying a couple of these chickens. I have pure-bred Ameraucanas, pure-bred Silkies, Easter Eggers, Chanteclers and Wyandottes. I live in Western NY so we tend to have lovely snow, cold and wind in the winter and then lovely dry or rain with more wind in the...
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    Partridge Chantecler Cockerels

    I have 2 twelve week old Partridge Chantecler cockerels. These are very cold hardy and sweet birds. I have too many roosters. Pick up only. One of them is the one in the front of the crowd. I also have a 16 week old male Buff Orphington/Ameraucana mix. He is mostly yellow with black tail...
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    Buff Orphington/Ameraucana Mixes

    I have 3 Buff Orphington/Ameraucana Mixes, they are 5 weeks old. Free - pick up only.
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    What breed or gender are these chicks?

    I got a few chicks from a lady and she wasn't sure what they were. She had 3 incubators going with eggs she had bought, Delawares, Dominiques, Leghorn, Wyandottes and many others. Any ideas what these are? and
  20. Karen09

    Mallard drake changes - help

    I bought a "Mallard Pair". I posted pictures of them and the female really wasn't but the male was either a Mallard or a Rouen. My husband really wanted Mallards so we bought some "Mallards" at the local feed store in April. The female disappeared, we figured she was laying eggs and hatching...
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