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I have a group of 11 miniature appleyards who are looking for a loving new home. They can go together or as a group of 5 and a group of 6. I have 4 drakes and 7 girls, 2 of the drakes and 3 of the girls are around 2 years old and the other 2 drakes and 4 girls were hatched last...
Hello all, I was hoping that I could get some advice with hatching ducks? It’s day 26 and one of the smaller eggs externally pipped and the duckling started peeping and breaking through about 2pm. Lots of movement and noise for a couple of hours but now it’s been 5 hours since any movement and...
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I feel very sad to say that I lost an unhatched duck today, my miniature appleyard gave up on her eggs so I popped under my broody chicken to finish the process. I noticed one had a small crack but otherwise looked ok. A few days later I found the egg caved in on one side, about...
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It’s been a while since I was last on, I’ve been busy retrieving my ducks who have started to fly away :( this is mainly due to the mating season and the fact I didn’t realise they could fly 🤦🏻♀️ Appleyards can’t but Miniature ones can apparently. So the main issue is this...
So, we recently moved and inherited the ducks that live at our new home. According to the previous owner, they were a pair who then hatched 5 duckling. The issue is that most were boys. I love them all, no culling for me I'm afraid but I do have one question. They have a large run in many...
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This is my first post here although I have been using your forum as a great place to find answers to my hen related problems :)
I have 6 hens and two of them have a swollen left eye! No other symptoms and my other half helpfully pointed out, that one of them has been that way...