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  1. Pickled Plaid

    Would Orpington Breeders Weigh In, Please?

    I looked for a guide (might have missed it not using correct search terms), to help me (a newb) understand what to look for in Orpington chicks as far as which to grow out. I'm going to dip my toes into hatching next spring, specifically Orpingtons, as I've fallen head over heels with the...
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    Got My Ducks in a Row!

    Finally! :) From left to right: Roscoe, chocolate Muscovy duck Boogie, chocolate atipico Muscovy juvenile Howie, rescued Pekin mix duck Frankie, buff Muscovy drakelet Daphne, blue fawn Muscovy duck Bleu, blue magpie Muscovy duck All hatched 2019 Howie started laying about three weeks ago, and...
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    New Incubator Shopping Humor

    I've been casually shopping for an incubator for a few months. This morning, I found one that's almost too good to be true!
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    Preventing Cockerel From Going Full Caveman?

    Apologies in advance for the length of this. We got a random Brahma cross chick in a box of ducklings this summer, whose egg was laid in a broody duck's nest, and he was hatched alongside the ducklings. As luck would dictate, the chick is a cockerel. He's always been brave, alert, and a...
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    Our first chicken death

    We went out this morning to find our sweet little rescue hen dead in the back yard. I'm still in shock. She has been such a good girl. She laid the very first egg we collected! Her feathers were finally growing back in (she arrived really roughed up by an overeager roo three times her size)...
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    Cockerel?

    Sweet, funny, confused Ramen arrived in a box of Muscovy ducklings we were given at the end of June. We were told a chicken had laid her egg in a Muscovy nest. Ramen was hatched by a broody Muscovy, and has lived with his siblings since arriving (except one terrible night that he slept with the...
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    Life and Lols with Lulu (in case you need a smile)

    This March I suggested to my husband that we take our then 6 month old son to the feed store to see the baby chicks. My husband found a hurt GLW with a broken foot that *had* to come home with us, along with three other tiny fluffs for warmth and companionship. The GLW was in very bad shape and...
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    Muscovy Organic Feed Question

    Background: I'm relatively new to poultry overall, and so far I've managed to keep the ducks mostly happy and healthy since getting the original bunch on April, then the box of ducklings in July. I have a ton of severe food allergies, which greatly limits what I can feed my layers if I want to...
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    Muscovy Duck Color Guesses?

    Background: We were given a box of ducklings the end of June, with very little information known about parents. The Dilemma: The little fluffs are all feathered out now, and one in particular is stumping me. He was an unremarkable, solid yellow baby with two blue eyes (the only one), and I...
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