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    ⠀ Feed

    This will be my first winter raising chickens and ducks. They were hatched May 2015. I have had my girls on the layer food and scratch. I have also started giving them some crack corn. I think only 2 or 3 out of 7 is still giving me eggs because I will get maybe 2 or 3 eggs a day from my...
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    ⠀ Soft Eggshells

    Every week day morning I go out to my chicken's coop between 5:45 and 6 am and cut on a light in their coop and put their food in their run and let them out of their coop to have access to the run. In their coop I have made a roost for them. About a foot under the roost I placed some plywood and...
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    Cold and damp weather

    I live just south of richmond va. I have 7 chickens and 4 ducks. Their coop is aproximately 8 & 1/2 × 6 & 1/2. I built 2 layers of nest boxes and added to the back side and a roost on the inside. It is not insalatted but 90% is covered by plywood. It has a wood floor and i cover the floor with...
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    ⠀ Asparagus

    Dose chicken eat raw or cooked asparagus? Is it good for them? Not sure if its good for them or not but they love tomatoes.
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    How often should I get duck eggs?

    I am new at this. I have 4 khaki campbell ducks 1 male 3 female. They share a coop with 7 chickens. I have found 1 duck egg about 9/14 and have not found any since. Is there a time of day they will lay. I was told ducks are kinda funny. If you take there eggs they will find another place to lay...
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    What chicken will lay white or brown?

    I have 4 white leghorns 2 buff orpingtons and 1 partridge rock. I am getting white light brown and dark brown. I read the the leghorns are whit but when i actually seen her lay a light brown i was confused. I done some searching on the net and on the BYC and found i could have white rocks. I...
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    Chicken behavior

    As I am a 1st timer just like my name I have a partridge rock that has started to act a little strange. She is laying on the floor of the coop instead of on the roast or in a neat. She seems to be acting like the other chickens and eating / drinking as far as i can tell. Is this strange for a...
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    Khaki campbell duck eggs

    My duckes were hatched about May 1st and i do beleice I have started to get some eggs. Iam i right that the shells of a duck egg is thicker than a chicken egg? I also thought a duck is was a little larger than a chicken egg. I was advised that my chicken eggs might be a little small in the...
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    Depressed duck please help

    I'm sorry this is a little lengthy. I have khaki campbell ducks. We had 2 males and 4 females. I have asked for yall advise about different things and I need your help again. Our alpha male died suddenly a couple weeks ago. He was in the kiddy pool and the last I glanced at him it looked as if...
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    Egg cleaning

    after gathering of an egg or eggs can they sit out on your counter at room temp for a extended period of time or should they be placed in the fridge right away? Should the eggs be washed off right away or just before you use them?
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    1st Egg

    Hello all, as this is my first time raising chickens I have been getting excited to find my first egg which I did yesterday. I have 4 leghorns which were hatched May 2nd, 2 Orpington's which are about 2 weeks older and 2 Partridge Rocks which are about 4 weeks older. The egg I found was I'd say...
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    Khaki Campbell Ducks and egg laying

    hello all, was wondering what is the habit for these duck when they lay their eggs? I have 4 females and 1 male. They share a coop with 8 chickens. I usually let them out to roam by 6:30 am and they take themselves back to their coop by about 8pm. Their pen is about a 20 x 20 but they roam...
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    Khaki camble ducks

    I have 4 females and 1 male. We did have 2 males but for an unknown reason he was found upside down in their pool (dead) about an hour after seeing what i thought was sleeping in the kiddie pool. The 1 male who died was the alpha male and never seen the 2 males fight or agressive to each other...
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    Eggs

    I have 4 longhorns which were hatched about may 1st, 2 orpingtons about 2 weeks older and 2 partridge rocks that are about 4 weeks older. I have started them on a layer food and i guess i am overly antious about getting eggs. This is my 1st time so i dont know if its too early or if i need to...
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    Ducks

    I purchased my ducks from a local tractor supply and attempting to figure out if I have male or female as the all sound alike, loud. But I have 2 that their bill is lighter and I think 1 of them may have a tail fether turning up. The pic I am including has the 1 in the back that has a lighter...
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    Khaki campbell ducks.

    I have been told i may have khaki campbell ducks. They are about 2 and 1/2 months old. I have a total of 6. Tow of the have light colored bills. One of the 2 light color bills I 5hi k there is a fether turning up on his tail. I have been told and read that male ducks do have feathers that curl...
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    Khaki camble ducks

    I have 6 khaki camble ducks and they are about 2 and 1/2 months old. I think one of the has a tail fether turning up but i notice 2 of the 6 whick includes the one who's 1 tail fether looks to be turning up has a lighter colored bill with like a black spot at the end and the other 4 has a dark...
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    Hello by from richmond va

    I am a first timer with ducks and chickens. When I bought my flock I was told I had all female chickens but the ducks were not sexed. I did not know what kind of ducks they were. I was told they are chocolate runners. I got them from my local tractor supply store May 2nd. How can I tell if they...
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