Thanks ahead of time to anyone who can help me with these questions.
We recently became parents to 15 ducks. There is a mix of Mallards, and Muscovey's. Some are male and some are female?
My questions are?
Can we eat the eggs of these types of ducks? Even if they are fertilized?
Can we keep...
I recently bought four muscovy ducks..... I am trying to type fast so ecuse my spelling. One of them is showing signs of wabbliness and shakiness. I live in TX it is very warm here. He was in his coop in his swiimming pool just fine earlier today. I recently moved him and his 3 other...
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Thanks in advance for any help.... I just recently bought four Muscovy ducks... They are soooo cute. I have to submit a picture once I get one. Well anyways, the question is I have them in my chicken coop with my chickens write now, it seems to be working fine. I am planning on...
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I have 7 roo's and 36 hens. I hate to get rid of my roo's because they seem so sweet.... They are about 6 months old and they all still seem to getting along really well. They are housed now in a coop with just 11 laying hens. I have another coop that I am working on for my new...
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I have been really enjoying my chickens. I have been thinking about maybe hatching some of my own. But I wanted to get some information first before I go for it. I have two frizzles hens. They are about a year old. I have a couple of 7 roo's two BR, 2 RIR, 2 EE and 1 BO. They are...
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I recently ordered 25 pullets from My Pet Chicken, I heard that they were very reputable. How can I be sure that these babies they sent me are all girls. I thought I read somewhere that you can tell by there marking and also there color feet. Can anyone fill this in for me?
Like I...
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I have this RIR that I always thought was a hen because the RIR I have has a much bigger and redder comb and they are the exact same age, 4 months. Okay the other day I was outside with my flock and noticed my nice sweet little innocent girl, lol was mounting one of my older EE...
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I have a question here. Thanks for any responses in advance..
My supposed hen ( R.R.) is starting to mount my laying hens the R.R is approx 16 weeks old. Now I know in dogs girl and boy dogs will exhibit this behavior and it doesn't mean anything. Now with this being said is my girl...
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I want to start by thanking anyone first for there advice....
I haven't been a good chicken mommy, I have been buying whatever is on sale for there food. I wasn't even thinking this was messing them up and probably not allowing me to get the most eggs out of my 10 laying hens. I have...
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I have 18 chickens all together. A mix, Mostly EE. The story goes like this. I have been living in the country for about two years. My husband built a coop and we went to the flea market and purchased 8 baby chicks. Mostly are turning out to be roo's. (I am starting to think...
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Thanks for any advice in advance.... I have two barred rocks and I am thinking they are roo's but one is starting to confuse me. He looks a little bit smaller then the other and his tail isn't getting long feathers on it like the other one. They are 4 months old. The first...
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I have some new pic's. These guys are 3 and 1/2 months and I am wondering if I got girls or boys? I did post these guys about a month and 1/2 ago and I got such mixed reviews so I decided to snap a few new shots now at this age. The brown one I am thinking is a roo? Also my...
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I heard that hay isn't good for baby chicks? Because of the seeds in it can make them choke. Now my chicks are ranging from 4 months to six months. I was wondering if there is any downfall to putting the hay in there coop now. I am thinking it would be easier for me? I did do the...
Here is the story. I am really really new to this. I have about 8, 14 week old chickens. My husband built this huge coop for them and when talking to people we realized that we have a coop now that can house about 40 to 60 birds. So we got this crazy idea to buy some already laying hens. We...
Here is the story. I am really really new to this. I have about 8, 14 week old chickens. My husband built this huge coop for them and when talking to people we realized that we have a coop now that can house about 40 to 60 birds. So we got this crazy idea to buy some already laying hens. We...
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I am wondering if these two ee are roo or hen. They are nine weeks old and a few days. Please help....
If you can't tell yet how old do they have to be to be sexed?
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I have two barred rocks and they look exactly the same. So I am assuming that they are either both roo's or hens. I took a close up of the face and also the back end to see the tail feathers. Anyone have any clue if this is a pullet or Roo? Opps almost forgot they are 9 weeks and a...
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I just recently posted a few pictures of my chickens and it looks like I am going to have more rooster then hens. My questions are? Are these roo's going to fight amongst themselves? Also I really wanted to have some hens for the eggs ,about 10 of them, Will they be ok with the roos? The...
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I just recently posted a few pictures of my chickens and it looks like I am going to have more rooster then hens. My questions are? Are these roo's going to fight amongst themselves? Also I really wanted to have some hens for the eggs. Can I add to my flock with already laying hens...