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    The internet is a liar...

    I have Silver Appleyard's (2 boys, four girls). I read stories guide to ducks, many posts here, watched youtube, etc. I do love some research. They all said ducks are good with the garden, just don't let them near the tender (young) plants. So the ducks came of age as my garden was finishing...
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    Niacin check: Dumor Chick Starter/Grower 20%

    Dumor 20% says it has niacin but not how much. Does anyone know if it has the correct portion for ducklings or not. Storey's Guide says you can't over do it so I supplemented Brewer's Yeast, but thought I should check. New dad to Silver Appleyards Thank you
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    Dwarf Cornish Cross, Breeding experiment

    Somehow I ended up (volunteered to) raising CornishX for a friend of mine. She got them from McMurray, where I normally get mine from Meyers (producer direct). My chickens are all almost done for the year, but that is irrelevant. Her set of 51 birds have three dwarfs. One cockerel and two...
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    Attempt to make black sex-links, did I get all boys or mess it up.

    I was reading this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/ And thought that this young man was a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Leeroy has done a good job of covering my barred rock hens, so I thought let's hatch them and see what happens. I was expecting...
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    Second time hatcher with a couple questions

    Candled chicken eggs on day 14 and found one of the eggs went from a top air sack to a side sack (didn't get a picture of the side sack, but it is the right size for the date) I have marked the air sack and have the egg vertical in case the drawdown gets the sack to enlarge towards the top...
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    Hatching, Learning, Candling

    This is my second time incubating eggs. The first time was a nightmare of changing incubators (three) to be exact (41 eggs turned into 18 chicks, not bad for it snowing while collecting the eggs). This time, I overloaded with 53 eggs. I have a 41 egg auto turner and of course, the virus...
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    Count them, three...

    My latest batch of chicks is six weeks old. There was a mix up with the eggs while hatching so I don't know who they came from. I got the eggs from two different local chicken ladies. :) Chick 1 is a silkie over ? It has a sibling that is gray with black tips. The only two that are...
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    Pasty Butt Check and I learned something

    I know from the title, you are thinking there is nothing to learn from a pasty butt. I agree. What I learned today is, Silkies have gray skin. I hatched 18 chicks last Saturday (first time yeah). Most of the eggs have the promise of green/blue eggs. But some were from a mixed farmhouse that...
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    Is it to the gas chamber or can he be saved

    My hatch started two nights ago, yesterday afternoon a chick started to zip and quit. I gave it six hours before considering aid. So I followed the instruction in https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/ and finished the zip and put it back...
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    First time hatcher

    I figured I killed them, multiple times. I had two Farm Innovators 4250 incubators (one after the other) to see if they would come to temp unassisted in my finished basement. I'm sure there were hot and cold spots despite the fan. Returned and switch one for the other, after candling one day...
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    Good Morning from N.Idaho

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new to chickens started raising layers when I was a teen (over 30 years ago). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 33 chickens, they are my laying flock. Seasonally I will have over 200 as I raise...
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