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    Winter Shelters for Ducks

    This is my first winter with poultry. I've got the chicken winter situation pretty well figured out but I'm not so sure about my ducks. I have a wire cage that they go into at night and I have a tarp over the top and sides, the back side is sheltered but not tarped, i.e. it's not going to get...
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    • duck coop duck winter
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Easter eggers have Combs? Close to laying?

    I have 2 Easter egger chickens which are 20 weeks old. I'm told one of the ways to tell if theyre getting ready to lay is how red their faces are...but I don't really know how red is red enough! Also they don't have combs? I have some younger chickens of different kinds and they all seem to have...
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    Bird proof bird feeder!

    So I have 2 Welsh harlequin ducks who are free range 100% of the time. Well... they are in an enclosure, my whole yard is fenced but it's massive. They have a little duck house I made but I noticed they were getting through a ton of feed recently and then I realised all the backyard birds were...
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    Feed alternative to lentils

    So I'm following a recipe I found online but I've tried split peas and lentils and my chickens won't eat either of them. What could I replace them with? The recipe is something like this (I have it written down exactly outside but not fully in my head yet) 5 cups wheat, 5 cups steel cut oats, 5...
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    Male or female?!

    I'm totally new to chickens and got a this exotic chick in with my others. I think I've figured out it's a white crested black polish? But male or female?! How do I tell??
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    Pasty butt, tiny, uncoordinated

    So I got my 16 chicks in the mail this morning. They're all super healthy, moving around and eating etc except one. This one (I dunno if it's a boy or a girl) was very lethargic and so much smaller than the others and then I noticed pasty butt. I cleaned it off with warm olive oil and water and...
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    Sexing teenage Welsh harlequins

    So I have 2 Welsh harlequins I got when they were a week old. Both had black spots on the end of their beaks. But now one developed a quack about a month ago and the other still does a duckling squeek. They're also quite different colors. One is darker on the chest and has a brown head, she...
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    Feeder for fermented feed upright?

    So I searched on here about feeders to use for fermented feed and saw some that are kinda a half piece of pipe which makes sense if you want to go out every day to feed your chickens. Is there any way to have fermented feed in a self feeder? I made a couple of different ones and then I saw about...
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    Fork/rake

    I want to try the sand method in my chicken coop and I've looked it up people say they rake out the poopy layer. So....what rake/fork do people use. This is a large walk in shed chicken coop.
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    Water for mixed flock

    I am going to have a mixed flock of ducks and chickens. I'm building a pond for the ducks...should I provide a different water thing for the chickens? Or will they go and drink out of the pond? Some say having a pond with chickens is dangerous because they'll drown and others post pictures of...
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    Adequate plant protection?

    So I'm new at this. I have some mint that grows wild where I made my chicken run and I heard mint is a good thing to have in there. I know they can still peck it but is this adequate protection from being torn up by the roots or will my chickens just scratch this netting right out of the way...
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    Breed?

    Can someone help me with what breed these are. The store said they had black Indian runners, buffs and pekin. They're obviously not runners. They seem to have too much cooor variation for pekin, so are they buffs or is the store wrony (they didn't sound sure at all). Also any guess on gender...
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    • breed buff orpington? duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    City girl turned homesteader

    So I was born and raised in London England! Yes the big famous city. Now I live in a tiny Town in the middle of nowhere Idaho with less than 2000 people and I don't even live in the town part! There were more than 2000 people in my school back in England! Anyway I moved here 7 years ago and I...
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    Sprouted lentils for chicks?

    Ok so I know these are good for chickens but what about chicks? Mine are 2 weeks old and seem bored already. It's too cold for them to go outside so I thought about hiding some sprouted lentils in their wood shavings for them to find. Anyone know how soon chicks can have treats like that?
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    How steep can ducks climb?

    So I just got chicks and ducklings. I know it will be a while before they're big enough to be outside and handle the cold etc but I'm asking in advance.... Due to configuration I have to build a run that goes up over the door to my lawn mower she'd and down the other side into the big run. I...
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    • climbing ducks? ducks ramps
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    • Forum: Ducks
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