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    Hatching Call Ducks

    Who has experience with this? My drake is smaller than the hens, and I'm not sure he'd even be able to successfully mate. But then I read another thread on here about it being hard for them to hatch on their own, and assisting with the "safety break" and "air cell". What is all that?
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    Gone Broody

    Morning Folks!! I am fairly new to the chicken world, and my hens are at the age of egg laying now. I have a RIR that keeps laying her eggs in the duck coop. Well last night, my daughter went to put all the birds up, and she was in the duck coop on her egg. She just assumed the hen got in there...
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    Duck Ratio

    I have two ducks that are about 10 weeks old. I know one is definitely a female, and I'm about 95% sure the other is a male. They live with my 3 call ducks (1 male two female). I don't want to separate the pair, but I'm thinking 3 girls and 2 boys will be bad next year, especially since my young...
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    I Took Her Nesting Box

    Ok!! So I messed up big time!! My hen Flossy was laying in our small rabbit hutch, and it was super convenient. We got a new hen, and put her in the little chicks coop to get the others acclimated. When I did that, I had to put the babies in the small rabbit hutch, taking Flossy’s “nesting box”...
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    My Call Ducks Are Broken

    Hey everyone, I'm new to the duck world and have three call ducks (2 females, 1 male). I've heard that call ducks LOVE water. Yet, mine will not go into their pool at all!! I added steps in and out, I added a ramp...but they sit at their water bowl dipping their face in. I had to add another...
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    New to the Crew

    Hey Everyone, I've been spying on this website for awhile now, and have gotten some very useful information!! I'm Bethany, and I'm fairly new to the chicken life. I start with eight, which was a lot for a new chicken mom, but hey, go big or go home, LOL!! I got started when I fell in love with...
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