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  1. GraceHomestead

    Should I move duck nest or not?!

    Hello everyone, Last year I lost all my ducks but 1...all 13 went to my neighbors pond and we herded them back home. Within the next few days I lost all but one. ?!?! They were dropping like flies... So I had a lone duck who has gone broody. Her eggs of course were not fertile so we...
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    Welsh Harlequin ducklings Central KY

    Hello everyone, I am located in Central Kentucky. I have 35 Welsh harlequin ducklings available. Straight run $8, sexed $10 15, 2 week olds 20, 3 day olds I also have Welsh Harlequin hatching eggs $35 a dozen. Since I am not yet npip certified I CANNOT ship them. Thanks :) Pictures are of...
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    Welsh Harlequin: Genetics and breeding quality question

    Hello Everyone, I have enjoyed building up my flock this summer. I LOVE the WH ducks! They are great at foraging and have some great personalities. They come when I say "peep, peep, peep" and I love to sit and watch them. At the moment I have 13 WH ducks. {Gold:1Drake & 5 ducks} {Silver...
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    Help, hurt rabbit back toe

    So we are new to rabbits. I mean we got our first rabbits last week. Through out all the chaos of loading and switching cages and getting the 2 does bred at the guys house we were getting them from, I didn't notice one of the does has an injured back toe. Once we were home getting everyone...
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    Can you help me identify 4 chicken breeds?

    I was given these chickens and can't figure out what breeds they are. Hen Hen, cream/tan with small crest Hen: small black frizzle Rooster Thanks!
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    Need help! Damaged air cells on shipped eggs

    Hello, I posted a question and pictures over in the incubation thread but have not had a responce. Here is the link. Please give me some pointers on what to do!!! Shipped eggs, detached air cells, day 12. Thanks...
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    Shipped duck eggs, Day 11, Air cell problems

    Ok last year was my first year hatching. I went through a lot of trial and error but had some really good hatch rates...chicks and ducklings. So this year I really wanted welsh harliquin ducks but it is impossible to find them in my area. So I ordered 24 welsh harliquin duck eggs. They...
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    Frizzle and 2 chickens needing help with gender

    I have 3 chickens I need to know gender. I couldn't get good pictures by myself, so I took video. All the black chickens you see were given to me by my husbands friend. The main one is the light colored Frizzle. I am unsure how to figure out gender. The other 2 are black with red on necks...
  9. GraceHomestead

    New chickens, Do you know their breeds?!?

    Hello all, I was given these 12 chickens from a friend. I am very curious to what you think their breeds are. The Rooster is beautifully colored. One of the hens is solid black, head, wattles, beak, comb, feet, everything is black she is oddly beautiful!! There are 3 frizzles This one looks...
  10. GraceHomestead

    Duck killed found cold nest

    Something broke into our coop and took my favorite Welsh Harliquin who was sitting on a nest of 10 eggs. The nest she flew too because it was made on top of a bale of hay leaning against the wall. I didnt even realise the nest was there until she was gone. I guess when she heard me feeding...
  11. GraceHomestead

    Loosing polish chicks between 6-8wks old

    Is there something else i need to be doing?!?! I have hatched RIR, Sexlinks, cochins and polish and my polish do ok until week 6-8 then they drop like flies!!! I dont know what is going on!! All my other chicks have lived and doing great! Only 3 out of MANY (16+) polish have lived past 8...
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    Are These Polish cross or something else?

    Hello all! We went to the chicken swap and a man wanted to trade these two chickens for 2 of my male ducklings. So we traded. They are not pure polish but isnt their a crested black and white spotted chicken? And the females crest looks like a males but he is mounting her and she has feathers...
  13. GraceHomestead

    1 day old orphaned pot belly pig HELP please!!!

    Hello all, I was given 3 PBP 3 weeks ago. 1 looked a tad more round then the others so I was thinking pregnant but didn't know how far along. She was seperate in her own pen because she looked pretty far. Yesterday when we did our check she had 2 dead babies (laying on them) and 1 alive baby...
  14. GraceHomestead

    Help! Newly hatched chick with yolk wrapped around the leg!!

    I have a chick that just hatched. Yay! But the yolk has formed around the leg! What do I do?!?! Is there anything I can do? Can it be cut? Or pull the leg through BUT wouldnt that pull on the tummy?
  15. GraceHomestead

    Designing our Breed Coop/barn need some input please

    Ok so my daughter has designed our chicken breed coop/barn. She is serious about her chickens!! It is 30'x42' and has 12 different coop/runs. There will be a 12x12 storage/incubating room. The runs will be 6x8 and the coops will be 4x6. One of the pens will be for young roosters and...
  16. GraceHomestead

    Newly hatched chick with leg issues "Help" please!!

    Ok so this hatch has been rough! It has been a learning experience and just :( I am afraid the heat spike did something to their legs. I have lost 3 chicks!! I had 6 that had leg issues!! 3 of those have died! Lost 2 polish last night! Both were smaller and though they coukd get around...
  17. GraceHomestead

    Buff 1 yr old roosters Not sure of Breed

    Hello all, A man my husband works for gave us 2, 1 year old roosters today and he just called them Buff. They were suposed to be pullets and were all baught together. They have different combs or the one without a comb also is missing his tail feathers so?!! They are beautiful birds and...
  18. GraceHomestead

    Do I need More ducks? Raw spots on ducks back!

    Hello, I have 4 ducks and 1 drake. They were born in May 2016 so 9 months old. Curly the male has been mounting the females for some time now. They started laying in Dec and I have hatched babies from them. Today when they were taking their baths in their pool we (my daughter and I) noticed...
  19. GraceHomestead

    Silver appleyard welsh harlequin cross ??

    So We know that my duck Blueberry is a silver appleyard cross and not sure what the cross is. As a duckling she was marked just like a silver appleyard. And after much research and looking at pictures no other duckling is marked like the silver appleyard...(correct me if I am wrong new to...
  20. GraceHomestead

    Help eggs pipped day 25

    ok today is day 25 and I took the eggs and egg turner out to put in mesh and lay the eggs in for lockdown. I have 6 eggs that have pipped!! 1 egg has pipped breech!! This is my first duck hatch! Is this to early for them to be pipping? Help please!!
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