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    Americanas not laying!!

    Hello everyone, I hope everyone is okay during this crazy mixed up 2020 so far!! At the end of February, I purchased 6, less than a week old, pullets. The girls are now approximately 8 and half months old. Four of them are laying sometimes but I have 2 Americana girls that started laying then...
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    Broody duck

    Hello everyone!!! My 6 month old, fawn and white runner duck has decided to go broody. Her nest is in the duck house, she has piled the sides high with straw and feathers. My question is, she has not laid any eggs in the nest or anywhere else that I am aware of, should I be concerned or just...
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    New Rooster added to established flock

    I have 6, just turned a year old, hens and 6, 11 week old, pullets. All the girls are together in the run but at night the big girls go to the coop and my littles go to the house I made for them when I first moved them outside. A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted a rooster for protection, we...
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    New babies for 2020!!!!!

    So very excited to bring home 6 new babies to add to the group of 7 girls I already have. I decided to get 2 Americanas, 2 Plymouth Blue Rocks, and 2 Black Australorps. These new babies will look great with my 3 ISA Reds, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Cinnamon Queens and 1 Americana. I feel like a kid at...
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    Dang Ducks

    Hello everyone!!! I have a problem and I need suggestions on how to solve it. Okay, my ducks will not go in at night. I have tried treats and that didn't work. I don't know what else to try. They free range all day but I really want them to be put up in their house at night. If they were a...
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    Integration Success

    Good morning all my fellow chicken lovers!! I am proud to announce that my 7 month old pullets and my 3 month old pullets are now all in one coop!!! I am so excited about this. My 3 month old's spent several weeks in see but no touch before I started letting them free range with the big girls...
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    To Roo or not to roo that is the ?.

    Hello everyone, I live in the country and my nearest neighbor is probably half mile away so I have been thinking about adding a Roo to my mix. I guess I'm not sure how I should go about adding one. I have one flock but two groups, LOL! My first group are buff orpingtons and red sex linked they...
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    Surprise!! Surprise!!

    Good morning!!! I had a couple of surprises when I went out to take care of the flock this morning! First, I have to set the stage, I have a 10 foot by 14 foot by 6 foot fenced in run that I use at night to keep my 3 ducks in. I have a mallard pair, Mr. T and Ms. CeeCee, and S, my runner. Some...
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    Waiting on duck eggs???

    Hello everyone!!! I have a pair of mallards that are 21 weeks old. I am wondering when to expect my female to lay her first egg?
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    Breed me please!!!

    Hey everyone, I started this thread under my new member introduction forum. I decided I best put it in the forum it really belongs in. Okay, so I have 4 seven week old pullets that I had no idea what breed they were. I posted pictures on my introduction thread and I had a few folks tell me they...
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    new chick momma

    Hello stacy here and I got 6 pullets from TSC this spring (2019), 3 are buff orpingtons and 3 are red stars. The stars are laying nicely now, still waiting on the buffs to start laying. I just recently, a week ago purchased 4 new pullets from TSC, and I'm not sure what they are!!! Please...
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