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    Muzzle for my Pekin?

    OK I was just joking about the Muzzle.... Anyways My Pekin female "Daisy" is waking me up at the crack of (5am) and is about as noisy as she can until around 8am, after that she is fine. I am trying to find a way to quiet her down so the neighbors can sleep, but more importantly so I can sleep...
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    5 Week Update/New Duck Pen w/ Lots of pictures

    Hey everyone, so I finished the new duck pen where they will be spending the nights. It currently only has on dog house but I plan on getting at least one more. They are all 5 weeks today and getting HUGE!!! (I know I say that every time)...... Anyways hope you like the new setup! Here is...
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    separating feed for my laying chickens and my growing ducks?

    So all of my animals share a free ranging area (my backyard). however I can't seem to keep my chickens from eating all of my ducks feed. They seem to prefer the grower feed from their own layer feed. My chickens are around a year old and the ducks and geese are all 5 weeks old. They need to...
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    Update on the Flock w/ pictures

    Hey everyone, so I have set up a nice sized area of my veggie garden for the flock to roam during the day, it has nice cover from overhanging bushes on one side and I added a dog house full of Pine shavings. other than that birds of prey would have a hard time seeing them. I am only letting...
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    Quacking at 3 weeks?

    ok so one of my Runners and my smaller Pekin female started quacking, or almost quacking a couple days ago. I thought it was their noses plugged up at first but then soon realized that they only made the sound when they were free ranging the backyard and were obviously happy. is this normal...
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    Time to consider housing for the ducks and geese

    hey everyone... as the title says I need to figure out if I need to house my animals. I have 6 ducks and 3 toulouse goslings that are 3 weeks old today and soon they will need to be moved from the shed where they currently are out into the yard or into a new duck house. I know from reading a...
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    HELP!!! duckling having seizure's.... Update...

    ok so my duckling looks like it is having seizures... this topic best describes the issue however no clear answer was given. My duckling is a 17 day old F & W runner from metzer farms. just like the duckling in this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=311248 This...
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    wish me luck, looks like a niacin deficiency...

    the title says it all. All my ducklings and goslings have been looking good until I came home from work today. My Fawn and White Runner duckling (17 days old) was stumbling all over the place and falling backwards. from what I have read and others experiences it looks like a niacin...
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    2 week Update on ducks and geese *PICS*

    Hey everyone, So I moved all the little one's outside last night and they all did just fine! I did check on them a few times and there was not a peep to be heard. This morning I opened their door at 7:30 and they all were playing around the shed. Anyways here are some pictures for...
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    I took their light away!!!

    Yes I decided today to take away their light. My 12 day old ducklings and Goslings are on their own. My plan is to get them used to the San Diego weather without a light for the first night. Window cracked in the room for the second and third night and possibly out into the outdoor shelter on...
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    New Duckling's and Geese on their way!!!

    Hey everyone. I just wanted to update the Forums on the progress of the Urban Farm (as all my friends are calling it). I ordered a mixed flocks of duck's and geese from Metzer Farms earlier in the month and they were supposed to be shipped today!!! I set up my Brooder and it is looking good...
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    My chicken RIR was fine yesterday now is not eating today.

    Okay so I have had my 7 chickens for 5 weeks now, 4 RIR's, a Turken, a Black EE and a Leghorn mix. Yesterday all my chickens happily free ranged the yard as they usually do, but today when I opened the run up only 6 came out. One of my RIR's is acting a bit lethargic, when I go to pick her...
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    Lump on Turken's Neck

    I bought a couple chickens last night and this morning noticed a lump on my new Turken's neck. She is 1 year old and i'm not sure how long she has had it there. anyways I didn't mean to buy my chickens at night but I got lost and it took me forever to get there and of course after driving 2...
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    My Backyard Coop and Run~

    Hey everyone and thanks for checking out my new setup through construction, I'm going to call this my "Chicken Journal". My name is Brandon, i'm a cook in san diego and I live about 5 minutes and no freeways from Downtown San Diego. I just acquired a duplex house that a family friend owns for...
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