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    What laid these?

    These are some eggs we have been finding in nesting boxes for some two weeks. We only have bantam ducks and 7 chickens that have access to the pen. These are small eggs fairly thin shells with yolks that seem to take up the bulk of the eggs space. We don’t have any new layers so I am not...
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    Recommendation

    I just took in these two boys. It’s and Australian spotted and a Aztec blue pearl. Their feathers seem almost look like they might have been stripped off the shaft, their are also some very then spots going on. I am not sure if this is wet feather or something else. I do know they got picked on...
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    It finally happened

    About 3 years ago now I lost nearly my whole flock to a fox. At that point I moved the flock into my back yard. One the dogs patrol it, and two anything that has been fuzzy dies to my one dog because she doesn't allow anything in the yard. Things had been going well for quite some time. Other...
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    Blotchy legs

    So today I noticed that I have one chicken with these red blotches on her legs and toes. Non of my other chickens have it or anything like it. It is not warm to the touch no critters are crawling on her or anything. I am trying to figure out how to treat this, if it needs to be treated. Any...
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    Something duck lovers might like

    I wanted to share this with a few fellow duck lovers. A jar for my kitchen sporting an Australian Spotted Duckie in a faux stained glass style.
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    Vent issue with a duckling

    I have a duckling that has developed an issue with her vent over this weekend. I am not sure what has caused this issue and I know every one is going to jump to say vet but almost all vet appointments are going to be two weeks out for ducks or other birds at vets around me unless it is critical...
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    Egg Trouble

    Have you ever had an egg that looked like it was going to quit. Meaning it had some discoloration (a bit of yellowing and such on one part of the egg) but still had veins in it that survived and hatched out. My incubator has an auto turner and it turned off too soon for these eggs and I am...
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    Healing a plucked chicken

    My chickens like to find escape holes in my pen. When they get out my dog sometimes finds them. She picks them up and Carries them around the yard. My Chip chickens was found yesterday being carried around the yard giving the chicken a mud bath. Sadly in during this chickens trip around the...
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    Farm Innovators 4250 Pro Series Temp problems

    I have been using the Farm innovations listed above. I have put in two temp gauges now and have noticed that there are some wildly different temps between the edges and the center. I have currently lost several dozen eggs in this incubator by this point. I just recalibrated my gauges the other...
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    Calibration of a Govee

    What’s the best way to calibrate a Govee temperature gauge? I know the ice soak is at least listed as the best way but how does one submerged in an ice bath. So what is the best way to do that with a Govee without ruining the Govee because they don’t tend to like being wet.
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    Do you think

    I am doing staggered hatching. I am wondering if it would negatively effect the hatch if I stop rotating 7 days before lockdown. I am working with bantam duck eggs. I figured I would stop rotating so that I could get them out of the turner.
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    Surprise Halloween Duckling

    Today I was woke up at a god awful a distressed peeping. At first I didn’t realize I had a real duckling in the incubator. But poof here we go and got a Halloween duckling. Hocus Pocus provided a name of Binx
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    Missing eggs....

    So I gave a broody welsh harlequin duck 13 eggs. We left her be for two days, yesterday we found her off the nest and not looking very happy. so I go in and find 8-9 eggs instead of the 13! I am sitting there looking through the coop looking for where the eggs went. I the went and double...
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    Broody Pandemic

    The broody duck pandemic has spread! I had one broody Dragon duck who hatched out two babies. Well she tried to go sit on a second nest right after. dragon ducks Now I have two more that want to brood! Momma Matron Then Tiny Broody who decided this morning she would sit on a few...
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    Would you give

    Would you give a clutch of bantam duck eggs to a Welsh Harlequin duck going broody? the eggs are smaller than the welsh eggs will she squish them or do you think she will be ok with them ? also being as a welsh egg is almost double the size of the bantam I am thinking about giving her how many...
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    Help with colors for call ducks...

    I just came home with these call ducks. I am trying to figure out what color the hens are. I think this one might be a pastel This one I am not sure on the color This one is much lighter than the second so maybe blue fawn? Thanks for any insight you can shed.
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    Off colored welsh harlequin eggs?

    So according to Metzer there is a small percentage chance of getting a welsh harlequin that lays blue eggs. Has anyone ever seen any of them? I have found someone that has blue eggs from welsh harlequins I am just wondering if that is really rare as I think or if it’s more normal than it
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    I think it’s contagious...

    So I have a flock of Aztec ducks who exist with a small group of welsh harlequin. Yesterday I woke up to find one of my Aztecs staying in her box breathing fire at me for being near by. Aka she has decided that she wants to be broody. makeover yesterday I saw another girl thinking about making...
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    Late development of cross beak

    I had a black East Indie that hatched almost a week ago now. At hatching the bill was a little bit small but not crossed. last night when I took them to swim i noticed tht the bottom bill is now bigger than the top and it is skewed to one side. I have read lots on birds hatching with this but...
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    Incubator suggestions on a R-Com

    I am looking at this incubator for having one that incubates the eggs vertically instead of horizontally. Is this incubator worth the money? Anyone have anything to share about their experiences with it
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