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    Week by week photos of a Muscovy duckling...weeks 5, 6 and now week 7 included

    Hi, After hours of searching the web I couldn't find any one place that showed the same Muscovy duckling growing up. I have no idea what the sex is at this moment in time...in 4 weeks or so I am hoping to know. I thought I'd post week by week photos. This may help others with thier similar...
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    Is my Campbell immitating a mole???!!!

    Hi, I've had my Campbell, she's my avatar pic, for close to three years now and I've seen first hand all her stomps, splashes, fluffed up feathers and sploshing in mud. Yesterday I saw her doing something that she's never done before. There was a large muddy puddle and she was snuffling in...
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    Muscovy duckling caruncles ...what sex is she?

    Hi, I have a 5 week old Black and White Muscovy duckling. "She" has a small narrow head, small feet, no tree trunk legs...and when a did the vent sexing method a while ago I definately didn't see any male bits...but this was the 1st time I did it and i didn't want to hurt her. She ticks...
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    Things I should know about getting and keeping Muscovies

    Hi, I am picking up a 2 week old or 6-7 week old Muscovy this evening as a friend for my runner and campbell. Parents are both black and white in color. Here's what I've learnt from the interweb: 1) Sexing can be done by the following methods: a) vent Sexing at 1-2 days old...
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    Pet strain of Muscovy Duck as a pet

    Hi, Anyone got any ideas what's the best kind of Muscovy duck as a back garden pet to add to my flock of other critters? Friendly, good egg layer are really the oly criteria. cheers, WOKA
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    Single "quite" goose with ducks and chickens

    Hi, I am looking into getting a baby 1-2 week old female goose to add to my small flock of 1 Campbell and 1 runner duck and 4 chickens. First things first...if one goose going to be ok with my ducks? Not in an aggressive way, but in a way where it'll be the only goose. I know you're...
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    I'll chicken...weak...belly turning dark/black?!

    Hi, My favourite and tamest chicken got very very ill 10 days ago. She's a little lemon millfleur sablepoot. Stood still, wings pointing at the floor, weak and gulping air like a fish out of water. She's had 4 shots of anti-biotics from the vets over the last 7 days. The vet doesn't 100%...
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    "Good" egg laying bantam...anyone know of any?

    Hi, I have a Bantam Cochin, who is very friendly...but the much larger chickens can exclude her from things and she sits on her own, or with the ducks if they're not doing duck things. We've decided to get another bantam chicken to befriend the Cochin. Does anyone know of any good egg laying...
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    Will my Bantam Cochin be a foster mother to a little bantam chick?

    Hi, My Bantam Cochin has been broody for about 5 weeks now...always in the coup being grumpy even though I take all the other chickens eggs out within the hr of them being laid. I have heard that if a chicken is broody and sitting on eggs you can switch an egg for a chick and the chicken...
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    Injured Duck...need advice before i take her to the vet in 8hrs time.

    Hi, To cut a long story short my ducks weren't locked up when it was dark. I thought that with the garden being completely sealed with 7' fence panels there wouldn't really be an issue. At midnight a cat attacked my Campbell, called Boggling, and I was alerted by my runner duck who ran the...
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    Ducks living with mini pig (piglet)

    Hi, I have 2 ducks. A Campbell and a Runner. Both are house ducks on an evening and are very friendly. We have just bought a small mini piglet. At the moment the piglet is just a bit smaller than the ducks....but weighs about 10 times more. I have been introducing my ducks to the piglet all day...
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    My chickens have been laying for 1 year...breed & egg laying results.

    Hi, My chickens have been laying for just over 1 year now. We have been keeping track of how many they lay. They were hand reared and brought up free range in my back garden in the North on England. Pecking Order The pecking order is RIR--->Marrans--->Bantam Bochin The RIR is top chicken...
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    My duck has been laying for exactly 1 year today...egg count 355-360

    Hi, My White Campbell has just poroduced 355-360 large pure white eggs in her 1st year! Go Boggling! Pretty much every day between 7am - 8am. She free ranges in my back garden in the North of England. The reason the figure is not exact is that a couple of times she broke her egg when it was...
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    Duck "laughing" quack...meaning?

    My 2 ducks quack like normal ducks...but they also do this "laughing" quack....very quick "hu-huh-hu-huh-hu-huh"...sometimes while bobbing their heads and sometimes should up straight with their beak on their chin. They generally do this noise to each other, the alpha chicken or when they are...
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    Dark greeny black spots appearing on/in an orange beak

    Hi, My duck has an orange beak. A few months ago a couple of very small pin prick sized dots appeared at the head end of her beak. She now has 10+...some are pin prick size and some are pin head size...all dark greeny black. it's not dirt, so it's definately something in her beak. These dots...
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    Duck shakes with excitement....? (Vibrating ducks)

    When playing with my 2 ducks they sometimes start shaking. The shaking starts in their beak, then head, then neck and then moves down into their body. During this time they try and nibble my fingers and get even more playful. Then without warning they lunge forward nibbling up my arm, or over my...
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    Grumpy and broody chickens caused by duckling?!

    My RIR, Marans and Bantam Cochin were all fine and laying 5-6 eggs / week each. 3 weeks ago I got a 2 week old runner duckling to keep my Campbell duck happy. Within 2 days the Cochin had stopped laying, yet all she wanted to do was be in the nest box. She's been in there for 3 weeks now. I...
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    Duckling changed my other ducks personality overnight...in a good way.

    Hi, My Campbell has been really friendly since she was a duckling...but she can be a bit skitish on the odd occasion and afraid of the silliest objects, like the TV remote She sits and watches tv and falls asleep sat on you and is trained in about 10 commands like a dog...that kind of friendly...
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    Odd question...but does your duck like water and swimming?

    Hi, I know everyone might expect all ducks to love water equally...I certainly did. My White Campbell loves water...but she really isn't a fan of swimming. When swimming she just tollerates it and floats around...usually when the bath is too deep of I have nudged her into the deep area of the...
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    Silver Appleyard Indian Runner Duckling - 5.5 Week old pics, 26th May

    Hi, I finally got my 2 week old Silver Appleyard Indian Runner duckling. She's incredible tame, bold and a quick learner. Following me: Mountain climbing: Resting in the shadow of my White Campbell: My White Campbell loves her and got VERY excited the 1st day I brought her home. They now...
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