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    Super weird textured egg?

    hi, I got this really weird textured duck egg today from my Pekin hen. Should I be concerned about anything with her or is this normal? It looks a bit thin but I can’t tell for sure until I crack it
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    Best affordable hatcheries for ducks?

    Hi, I’m looking to add a couple more ducks to my flock and I had a great experience with Murray mcmurray last year but this year their prices seem a bit too high. I only want to get 2 hens so I can replace the two drakes I’m going to sell and I would like to get a runner hen and a welsh...
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    Litter training 5 week old kittens

    Hi, we just got two 5 week old kittens today. The people we got them from did not litter train them already. I was wondering how I should litter train them? And I was reading I couldn’t ya clumping litter (which is all I have) and so I was wondering if I could use rabbit litter or just paper? Or...
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    Ducks shoe recommendations

    Hi, I was recommended to get shoes for my duck because she has a foot issue and in the winter it would keep her feet warmer since it gets really cold where I live. Has anyone bought any duck shoes? were they warm or fleece inside? And where did you get them? I was looking at the party fowl pets’...
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    Help! Ducks foot fell off!!

    Hi, this morning I went out to the duck house and everyone was exited to see me as usual. The was wan Pekin girl who is 5 months old who didn’t care Much and just layed down. She had water frozen to her back (it’s getting cold at night in the 20s) and she didn’t get up. Before church I went out...
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    Duck water ideas for winter?

    Hi! I live in Minnesota and it gets verrrrry cold in the winter, last winter my duckies got by with just a heated gallon water dish, but this winter I would like them to have more water/ a better winter. Towards the end of the winter last year they’re bills were getting dry and their feathers...
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    Why do my Pekin hens do this??

    Hi, I have two 4 month old pekin hens and they grew up with their one Indian runner guy best bud and they all acted normal and all the sudden after I let my girls be with the other flock (with more drakes) they started being extremely loud and quacking all the time! Like none of my other hens...
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    My duck fell, and didn’t get up!

    Hi, I’ve been noticing my 4 month old Pekin hen hasn’t been moving as much and has stayed on top of her hill even when her flock is leaving and today I was trying to bring them into their coop and she was limping... then she fell and got up, then fell again and didn’t get up. Her leg was just...
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    Signs of a broody duck?

    Hi, my one year old Khaki Campbell hen left one morning and we thought she was gone for good untill she came back at lunch.. she spent the rest of the day with us then left at night. The next day and a couple days more this happened untill she was coming home at 3 then 5 then8. Now shes been...
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    Duck in horrible shape!! Please help!

    Well.. I’m duck sitting for my neighbors again. Last time (some of you might remember) they left me 2 pekin ducklings in the brink of dying and they’ve done it again. The Pekin ducks are now about 2 months old. They’ve been keeping them in a rubber main tote (small) for their whole life. If they...
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    Duck in horrible shape! Help!

    Well.. I’m duck sitting for my neighbors again. Last time (some of you might remember) they left me 2 pekin ducklings in the brink of dying and they’ve done it again. The Pekin ducks are now about 2 months old. They’ve been keeping them in a rubber main tote (small) for their whole life. If they...
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    Help! New baby duck had heat lamp fall on it!:(

    Okay I was adjusting the heat lamp for my new baby duck that I got this morning and it fell and I got it off really quick and one duckling fell on its back and now it looks like something is in its eye!! Please help!! He is just a few days old and now he had something in his eye😭and he has a lot...
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    Getting bunnies what to expect and what to buy?

    Hey y’all, I’m buying Holland lop bunnies in a week or two and I was just wonder what to buy and what to expect? They are babies just ready to leave their mom and we have a hutch for them that will be quite large as they are little but at least they’ll have room to grow into it. So what should...
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    Best incubators for ducks

    So a friend wants to buy an incubator to hatch out ducks. But she’s also on a budget. Anyone have suggestions on incubators that are $60 or less? That will still work well for ducks?
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    Air cell on wrong end of egg.

    So my eggs air cells are all on the pointy end.. I haven’t started them in the incubator yet but I was just wondering why they are on the wrong end and if I can reverse it. (Khaki Campbell Duck eggs and the big end has a tiny air cell but the pointer end has a bigger air cell) I’ve been storing...
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    My pekin is gone.. where could he be?!

    I have a pekin drake about a year old and I’ve been keeping me drakes and hens separated, so last night my drakes were outside and they spent the night out of the coop (like they usually do) and today my Daisy Duck was gone! The other two boys were normal and sitting by the coop and daisy my...
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    Advice on shipping duck eggs pls?

    So I’m going to be shipping 6 duck eggs tomorrow and I was wondering if I could wrap the I’m bubble wrap them put them in a tupper wear container then in a box of shredded paper? Or do the eggs pores need to breath? Or how do y’all suggest doing it? I also got a suggestion of carving out a...
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    Duckling diapers. Anyone know where or what size to buy?

    Hello, I have posted something about duck diapers hear before but I’m getting Day old ducklings in 2 weeks and now I really want to start looking for diapers. I would like them to be handled with them from a young age so that they might be more people friendly/ diaper trained early on. (They...
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    For sale fertile Kkaki Campbell hatching eggs!

    For sale- 6 fertile Kkaki Campbell hatching eggs for $30 (will ship from Mn) 12 fertile Kkaki Campbell hatching eggs for meeting/ pick up in N. Minnesota. $40 They give me soo many eggs! This is one of the mamasThis is one of the babies I hatched out last year (it was a great hatch!)This is the dad
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    Rapey drakes..what should I do?

    Hi, I have 6 ducks 4 boys and 2 girls. Yes I know I have wayyy too many drakes! So I ordered a few more girls which I will be getting in May and that would leave me with 5 boys and 5 girls. Which is still way too many boys. I have my ducks for breeding and selling so I gotta have 1 drake of each...
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