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    Eight Week Old Muscovy Ducklings Feather Picking

    So, I was told they might be bored, moved them (8 ducklings) and Momma to a much larger coop with enclosed outdoor run. However the babies are still picking at each other's wing feathers. I saw a suggestion somewhere to hang a head of lettuce, put peas in a bowl of water for them to dive for...
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    East Indies duck acting neurological

    This morning he couldn't walk well. Tonight he can't stand and seems most comfortable on his back.
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    Free Range Peacock/hen feeder?

    What is the best solution for feeding free range Peacocks/Peahens?
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    What Breed of Turkey is my Tom Tom (I know original name, Huh?)

    I am very new to turkeys, this fellow is my first, bought at auction on Monday. I am wondering what breed you all think he may be. He weighs 47 pounds. Someone at the sale suggested Narragansett. We have the Bantam and Pigeon Swap this Sunday (05/01) and I am hoping to find him a female. He...
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    Mixed - Breed Nest question Ducks/Geese

    So I have a Production Tolouse goose and two Pekin ducks who have cooperated on a nest. They currently have 20 eggs in the nest and I believe Greta (goose) is going broody. Is it a bad idea to let her sit on these eggs? Will she leave the nest once the ducklings are hatched and leave the...
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    Mixed - Breed Nest question Ducks/Geese

    So I have a Production Tolouse goose and two Pekin ducks who have cooperated on a nest. They currently have 20 eggs in the nest and I believe Greta (goose) is going broody. Is it a bad idea to let her sit on these eggs? Will she leave the nest once the ducklings are hatched and leave the...
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    Wanted - Ameracauna/EE, Buff Orps, Black Giants and Midget White Turks

    In Grant Park, Illinois.
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    "Land Geese"

    So, I have feather brained Toulouse geese I think. Yesterday, after watching my pair of geese bath in the kiddie pools I had set up outside the coop I decided it was time to introduce them to the pond across the property from the coop. I picked them up and carried them, kicking and...
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    Clearing out my Chicken coop sale

    Health Problems forces sale. I have many chickens to choose from. Simply want to make sure they go to good chicken homes. Have a super sweet Buff Orpington roo. Have a super sweet Jersey Black Giant roo and approx. 10 juveniles. Black star sex link hens. Two juvenile Light Brahmas (I...
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    Peahen problem, HELP!

    I have some peafowl on the property I rent. Last year of the for peachicks that made it out of their nests, one female lost both of hers. This year, one of the peahens was nesting in an old ornamental well outside my front garden. I have been keeping an eye on her since one of the male...
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    So... I never knew Roosters were so smart.

    My roosters can count! I never would have figured it until I started free ranging them in the evening with their girls. When round-up bedtime comes I go out with my dog to send them in and no matter how I try my Buff Orpington Rooster, Rocky, stays out of reach until he knows all of his girls...
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    Goose eggs on day 33 no pips...

    Okay, so last night was day 33 no activity. I decided it was another failed hatch. One egg was certainly rotten, no activity from the others. So I took the eggs out of the incubator and like I have with the other two batches that did not hatch I opened one. I ended up killing a viable chick...
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    Two batches of eggs alive at lockdown, never hatched?!?!?

    Temp/humidity good. What am I possibly doing wrong. One more batch, due on Monday 5/10, my Sebbies. I don't want to loose them too. Candled last night, they are still alive and moving. HELP
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    Day 22. Nothing happening!

    I am so very sad! 18 naked neck eggs in the bator. Everything was perfect until lockdown when I moved them to another bator without the egg turner. I had some initial problems with humidity after lockdown and opened it three separate times over the first two days to add steaming water. Temp...
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    Moskovie question

    Okay, new to Moskovies. I had purchased two drakes and three hens. I had each drake in a different pen with some chickens and their respective hens. Well, one of the hens died. When we found her her head was bare and she was very weak. By the next morning she had passed away. I think the...
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    Anyone ever hatch a Kill Deer egg?

    So, my daughter and I were at the horse barn feeding yesterday and I came upon a Kill Deer egg laying in the middle of the gravel walkway into the barn, literally 5 feet from the door and certain squish from horses coming and going, not to mention people and hay, etc. I picked it up and have it...
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    Best incubator for goose eggs?

    Hey, new to the incubation process. I have an incubator, but I am wondering what is the best (hopefully most cost effective) incubator for goose eggs. I keep hearing stories of goslings burning themselves on the heating elements and am starting to worry. Also, I have a chicken egg turner...
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    Can a Hen who is not sick but on antibiotics set her eggs?

    I have a small group of chickens, one is sick and I have all of them on antibiotics. I read I should not do anything with the eggs, but was wondering if there is any reason one of the healthy hens should not be allowed to sit on her eggs? Will the eggs hatch?
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    Bought a hen at auction with thickened upper legs walks "goose step"

    Stumpy came from a livestock auction with her siblings. She was one of my first forays into chickens. I noticed in the beginning that her upper legs were thickened and that she walked rather stiff legged. About two weeks after getting her I went out to feed in the morning as usual and saw...
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