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    When do Black Swedish get their adult feathers?

    We have some ducks that were born on March 21st (my birthday!), so their about nine weeks old or so. We have two Black Swedish and two mixes, one of which has a pom-pom. Names: LOUD Black Swedish with black beak: Kuro (Japanese word for black) Quiet Black Swedish with peach beak: Momo (Japanese...
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    Odd Markings

    We've got four baby ducks, about a week old. Cutest things I've ever owned! But we can't seem to find out what breed two of them are. One is primarily black, with a yellow chest, the yellow coming up to its neck and cheeks. It has a black beak. We thought they were Mallards, but they have black...
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    Baby Duck Sick? Is this normal?

    Well, we can't find goslings, but we did get 4 baby ducks at the feed store this morning. They sell out of them so quickly, we had to wait and go right after they came in. Still hoping to get chicks soon, but will have to be feed store ones since we probably can't afford 25 this year. Anyway...
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    mixing from hatchery and feed store?

    Hi everybody, We have been checking feed stores and found that they have about 1/2 of the breeds we want to order. The ages vary by about a week. We were planning to order from a hatchery in about 2 weeks. Can you mix those from the feed store with hatchery chicks? Or from different feed...
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    Mixing big chickens and bantams?

    Hello, We are planning to get mostly laying hens of heavy breeds. We also thought to get 1 or 2 roosters to maybe help warn the hens of hawks. Not really planning on breeding at this point. I wonder what would happen if the roosters were bantams? Would they still warn the hens? Would the hens...
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    Dogs?

    Will a large/medium sized shepard dog try to eat or herd chickens? We're getting a puppy from a shelter soon. We're hoping our chickens will at least be 2 to 3 months old before we get our dog. It's going to be a 6 to 10-week old female puppy, in a yard with large chickens. We're probably...
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