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    Is this I absorbed yolk and what do I do?

    First time hatching ducks, but I’ve hatched a few rounds of chicks before. This one had been struggling, shaking and just not right. Is it unabsrobed yolk?
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    What do you use for an Indoor brood box

    I need an indoor brood box for chicks and ducklings. I used a plastic storage tote until it broke. I was hoping for something more durable, but I have to be able to move it inside and out for cleaning. What do you use? TIA
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    Powerless incubator

    Hey all and welcome to hurricane season! So... I am supposed to get hit by a tropical storm and I have a (drumroll please) broody hen who has her nest under a buried tire where it gets flooded badly. This hen does not do well when I move her nest to a safer spot and has abandoned them before. If...
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    What is Daffy Duck.

    What breed is Daffy Duck and hen or drake? Just for fun!
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    Broken blood feathers!

    I have ducks that are about two months old and one has broken 4 blood feathers on the same wing in 3 days. One the first day and two the next night and one last night ( I only pulled them last night because the clots had broke and started bleeding badly.) She is getting niacin and good feed...
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    Sick duck!

    I got three ducklings from tsc early last month. They have been in my bathtub because my coop build had to be delayed. About three days ago I noticed one was a little raspy, assuming it was just a voice change I let them in the current duck run for the day. Last night she broke a blood feather...
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    • breathing difficulty duck emergancy sick
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Sickly geese

    I’ve had two ganders for about four years now and they’re great. But this summer they started looking off. They are super underweight and their beaks turn white. For the beaks I assumed it was calcium and added powder to their corn. Which helped but sometimes they still go white. I’ve given...
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    • geese help sickly geese skinny thin underweight white beak
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Geese
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    What will kill mice and not chickens?

    It’s fall here, the weather is cool and leaves drop and the mice invade. I’ve already trapped one mouse and heard another last night. What can I do to get rid of them? The farmers have just been harvesting and we always get a few... but that needs to stop! Mouse poison can hurt my outdoor...
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    First time winterizing

    Hey y’all. So this is my first year with ducks and I don’t know how to winterize their home. Right now I have two ducks ( Muscovy and I think Swedish) in a 54 sq ft run with a dogloo on a covered pallet and a short trough as their pool. We’re about to hit the cold season so what do y’all do to...
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    • coops and runs newbie winter
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
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