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    Feeder Designs

    Hi does anyone have any spring feeder designs you can show me please. I plan on making spring feeders for my chickens and pheasants and obviously the plastic barrel with open screw top is the easiest way of making one but I can get hold of these 25ltr barrels a lot cheaper, I guess one way of...
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    Drinker designs

    Currently I have a 100litre water butt raised up with about a 3mm diameter pipe running from the water to 3 bell drinkers with a larger pipe connecting to them. I find that the pipe is too narrow and any debris blocks the pipes easily. Leaving no water in the drinkers. I plan on getting a...
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    UV light pond cleaner

    I’ve been told to purchase a uv light to clean green water in the pond. The pond is 5000litres and it would cost £260 for one of these uv light kits from oase. Is there another reliable brand/product that will do the job but cheaper? Or is £260 what I’m going to have to pay to keep the water...
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    What is this I found at the bottom of the pond?

    Recently installed a new pump for the pond, however before I had put it in place the pond was a greenish colour, as they pump filters through a tank and trickles back down a stream I was hoping it was clean the water. So I decided to stir the bottom up and happened to find this in my net. We...
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    What breed?

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    What attacked my duckling? Don’t open if your squeamish

    3 ducklings have been attacked. 1 missing and no trail and the other 2 have had the head and neck pulled off. I’m pretty certain one was attacked by rats. But this one was locked up in the house at night found dead in the morning. From the UK so raccoons are out the question. What is it killing...
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    Rats attacking 4wk old ducklings

    I’ve had one duckling die due to a rat attack, shooting the rats is the obvious answer but the area the ducks are in isn’t a ideal spot. I’ve tried trapping rats but not successfully, i use live cage traps as we have dogs so it’s the safest way, many times the rats have set the trap off took the...
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    What sex are these?

    Hi I have 3 Indian runner and 4 call ducks, all aged at 7 weeks old. Can anyone tell yet what gender they are? Obviously their tail isn't curled yet but wondering if there's a earlier way to tell. And also what sort of runner and calls they are? Thanks in advance!
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    Automatic drinkers

    Does anyone have any easy simple designs for automatic drinkers? I have a lot of 25 litre barrels and hose pipes. I also have some plastic eton drinkers if i could in so way make them automatic instead. Would screwing a hole on top of the drinker and connecting a hose to the 25 litre barrel...
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    Connecting electric fencing?

    I want to make a complete circuit and was wondering how people connect both ends of polywire together? I assume you just tie it but is that the safest way? Would it spark and cause a fire?
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    Condensation in incubator

    Is it normal to see condensation inside a incubator?
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    Thoughts on this incubator?

    Been search the internet for a brinsea incubator and came across this unbranded incubator. The 48 capacity is about £55 and the 96 is about £99. Both fairly cheap comparing to the brinsea incubators, but just wondering if anyone else has had one and what are they like? I'd rather pay good money...
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    FRESH EGGS??????

    I've just been up and checked the chickens/Ducks and thought I'll go and have a look at what I thought was unused house at the top. I've never seen anything go in or out but what I found was 62 eggs!! 10 chicken and 52 duck eggs! So I brought them all down and tested them in a bucket full of...
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    Call duck X Indian runner?????

    I have a pen full of chickens, call ducks and Indian runners. I have one female call duck and I have noticed the other Indian runner drakes breeding with her. Is there much point putting a few eggs in the incubator? Is call duck X indian runner a thing?? Thanks in advance
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    Do I need both incubator and hatcher?

    I plan on buying the OvaEasy 190 Brinsea Incubator, it has 3 trays and a hatcher at the bottom. For the first 21 days of incubating pheasant eggs the temp and humidity needs to be 37.5.c and 80%. And the last 3 days in the hatcher need to be 37.c and 50% humidity. Because the hatcher and the...
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    2 eggs a day!:(

    Obviously here in England it's winter. We're only having 8 hours of daylight and currently collecting 2 eggs between 23 chickens. Whereas before he used to have 17 a day! I was just wondering what you guys do over winter to keep the egg surply up? I know about putting a light in there coop for...
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    Gamebirds

    I don't suppose anyone knows how to identify the sex and age of red legged partridge... and any other gamebirds. Such as grouse,ptarmigan, coot, golden plover, woodcock, common snipe. Thanks in advance
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    Chickens Crop

    Recently found that one of my chickens has a large crop the breast bone was very obvious, where I thought to expect meat on either side. But instead it seems to have no breast meat. Just the bone. Wonder if anyone here knows what the problem might be as I can't find anything like this on the...
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    Brinsea Incubator and Hatcher

    This OvaEasy 190 Advance Series II Incubator has 3 rotating trays. And then on the base there's a hatcher tray. But i plan on having 1 week= 1 tray and move them down each week until there in the hatcher. But some birds require different humidity and temp when due to hatch. Would it be the end...
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    Natural medicines/cures

    Is there such thing as natural medicines for chickens and ducks? What is it and what does it cure? Do you just add it to water or the feed? Thanks
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