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    Integration challenge and incessant drake.

    I have 4 adult hens and 1 drake. I’m trying to introduce my 2 babies, now fully grown 12 weeks old, to my flock. They have been sharing the enclosure, in see, no touch for 6 weeks now. I keep trying to let them mingle for a couple of hours here and there but my drake is terrorizing the poor...
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    Yolk not absorbed...need tips please!

    I helped a chick out who had partially zipped. Another chick had fully zipped and got very stuck...i think low humidity. Anyways got this little one free but his tummy is still very big. What is the best thing to do? I put him back in incubator with the other late hatcher who needed help...
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    Breed Choice and interaction between breeds.

    I am planning on getting chickens this year and my first choice for chicks from a local breeder has seemingly fallen through so I am planning an order. My research has narrowed my choices down to Speckled Sussex and Columbian Rock. I was thinking of getting some of each. Is there any reason...
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    Abandoned egg in a bucket....

    I had a broody duck hatch out a clutch minus one egg. After 3 days she gave up on it but I candled it and it was alive. I put it in an ice cream bucket on a baby towel with a heating pad around it. I'm spraying water in there four moisture. It's been inside for 3 full days and it had...
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    Turkey newbie here, a few questions

    We went and got a few turkeys 2 weeks ago and they are growing quickly, which is forcing me to think about what comes next. I have experience with ducks, but from what I can tell, this is a completely different kettle of fish. So, a few questions: Will my turkeys be okay to free range in...
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    Can one help a duck decide to go broody?

    Last year one of my ducks went broody. I collected eggs, (no drake) and broke it after a week or so. This year we have fertile eggs and I have been allowing them to collect in the nest in hopes of a broody girl. At what point do I give up and just collect the eggs? There are 8 eggs in the...
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    Very sick duck. Help and opinions please.

    I have a 1.5 YO duck (barnyard mix, mallard derived breed) who has been showing symptoms since Saturday. Symptoms include the following: loss of appetite no energy unable to walk. When she does she splays her wings and stands very upright. Watery greenish poop Tail seems tucked under/being...
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    Eggs looking different - worried duck mom.

    We have been having some issues with eggs lately. Shell-less eggs, then a few days with good eggs, then nothing. One day one of my ducks laid just a yolk. It was broken when I found it and I don't know if it was intact when it was laid or not. Since then, sometimes there are yellow smears on...
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    Egg Bound duck?

    I think I might have an egg bound duck. No egg this morning. (Not a huge deal, it happens). I get home from work and I can tell something is up. Only one duck out to greet me and a different kind of quack from her. It's amazing how well we get to know them eh? Anyways I find Peggys in the...
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    Show me your duckling brooder solutions!

    Ducklings sure are messy creatures! I saw a thread a few months back with some great solutions to water messes in the brooder. I even bought some containers to copy these solutions. Now I cannot find the thread. :barnie Please post your ideas for keeping the brooder as clean (and dry) as...
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    "Overbred" duck...when to separate.

    i have 2 ducks. Without a drake they've taken to "mating" each other. One now is getting a significant bald patch. I've noticed she is not in the pool as much with her sister...maybe trying to avoid her? She has only laid one egg the past three days and it was in a hidden nest I found...
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    Feed change and eating habits

    My local store ran out of the 16% duck and goose pellets I usually feed my two laying girls so I was forced to buy a 20% duck and goose crumble. From reading other posts I am no longer too concerned about the higher protein. I give the two ducks about 2-3 cups of feed per day and most days...
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    Risk Tolerance (Predators)

    I am having an internal dilemma. Since losing one of my ducks to a bobcat a month ago, I have been keeping them in their 10 x 12 enclosed, covered pen while I am at work, which is most daylight hours right now) instead of their 600 ft2 electrified net fenced area. They are not happy about this...
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    Bobcat attack, lost one girl, what about the other 2?

    I am devastated, I came home from work today to find no ducks in my enclosure. Then I hear in the distance, the familiar call of one of my girls. Across the property in the deep snow I can see two dark blobs. I run, and rescue my 2 girls, stranded in the snow. Looking closer, there is what...
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    Bullseye on yolk = fertilized egg?

    I was under the impression that if an egg has a bullseye on the yolk, then it is fertilized. Here is a picture of a shell-less egg I found in the yard today. It has a bullseye! I am confused, since I have only 3 ducks. :confused:
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    Waiting for the elusive duck egg....

    So I have three mixed breed ducks that are now 18 weeks old. They are all female. I expect they might start laying any day. Or they might not. :barnie So, some questions: 1. Do I make a nesting box with a golf ball or something for them in their coop? Do ducks generally use nesting...
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    Duck food and STINK!!

    I have had my duckling out for over 8 weeks. The grassy area that I had their food sitting on is now a bare dirt/muddy area with spilled bits food and a serious stink going on. I was violently gagging yesterday trying to clean up spilled, rotting food. Would putting down mulch or straw or...
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    What does a normal molt look like?

    I am a new duck owner. I have three mixed breed 10-11 week old ducks. From what I have read, at this age they should be molting into their adult feathers. When a few weeks ago I found the yard was FULL of feathers I was not worried, but now their underbellies are almost empty of anything but...
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