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    Anyone using greenhouse vent openers on their coop?

    I'm adding windows to the south side of my coop to lighten it up inside/give the hens more options for winter sunbathing on blustery days. We're far enough south (northern Virginia) that the coop does heat up quickly in the summer, so I'd like to put the windows on hinges and prop them open in...
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    Crush injury, hen not walking

    Three days ago one of our ladies didn't return from free ranging. We have seen a few young fox down the road, figured one of them got her and decided not to free range for a bit (they have a good sized run). Today I found her up the hill, pinned under a rock. It looked like the rock was on her...
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    Curious about older ducklings behavior (sort of long)

    TLDR- a pair of older ducklings have adopted a much younger duckling, is this a fluke thing or a possible indicator of future behavior? The details: A few weeks ago, I volunteered to brood a batch of Pekins for a friend in my makeshift brooder, which is inside my coop, until they were off of...
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    Loudoun County (VA) Shelter chickens

    Not free, but close (poultry are $2 each and these are being place in groups of 6-7 for $10): Since y'all stepped up to help out last time the shelter had chickens, I'm posting again now that they have more. Loudoun County Shelter for details.
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    Duckweed nutrition

    I'm planning to add a few trays of duckweed to the filtration on my duck pond. I know both my ducks and chickens enjoy it as a snack, which got me wondering about its food qualities. I've found a lot of information about it's benefits as a nutrient sink and as a protein source (Here, and here...
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    Checking my sex-link understanding

    I'm considering getting a black copper marans and I am trying to figure out how his genetics would play with two other breeds I'm looking at for hens to go with him. Q1: If I understand correctly, if I get barred rock hens I'll have sex-linked chicks- white spot and then barring for cockerels...
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    Mallards or Rouens? Genders?

    I have 5 delightful ducklings- 1 Pekin drake (?), 1 khaki Campbell hen, and three very quiet (?)s. The Pekin is a little younger than the others, the three in question are ~6 weeks old. I had been thinking these three were rouens on the assumption that they were more common, but they're smaller...
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    How long do zip ties last?

    The title pretty much sums it up, I made a hoop coop style run extension this spring using zip ties to hold the cattle panels together and to hold the HW cloth on the panels. I recently learned that white zip ties (which I used for ~1/3 of the project) degrade much faster than black ones. I plan...
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    When to introduce drake to ducklings?

    I recently lost half of my pair of ducks to a predator, leaving me with a lone, lonely drake. I looked for adult hen ducks here, at the shelter, and on CL, but didn't find any, so I just got the oldest ducklings I could. They're now about 3 weeks old and I just moved them into the duck house at...
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    What is this color?

    I came across a color that I love 😍 and I'm wondering what to call it (if it's even an official color). Pictures 13 and 16 in this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sexing-ees-please-help.1473439/ (It's not my bird/picture, or I would have just added it here) Red-faced blue? Blue...
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    Rough week

    My MIL went out of town unexpectedly (funeral). No biggie, she left them locked up and l can drive out and take care of them after work a couple times a week until she gets back. We just expanded the run and they have auto feeders/waterers, so it's mostly collecting eggs and giving everyone some...
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    Chickens for adoption in NoVA

    NOT my birds and I don't have any further information except what's on the website, but a friend at Loudoun County Animal Services mentioned that they have a number of hens and a pair of roos that are available for adoption, appearantly all from the same flock. They're not quite free, but I...
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    Mixed flock advice- should I get more ducks?

    Background: I have a mixed flock- 17 hens, 1 rooster, 1 cayuga drake, and 1 pekin duck. They currently have a 10x12 coop with a 10x6 covered run. In addition, they spend 3-4 days a week free-ranging from dawn to dusk. We're planning to expand the run within the next month (the plan is 10x12'...
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    At what point do I toss eggs that don't hatch?

    Hi all, I know it's still too early since we're only at day 22, but I'd like to know at what point we should call it quits and pull a first-time mom off the nest. She got off to a good start, but still no chicks this morning and on Saturday morning (day 20) she was on the wrong nest when I went...
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    Suggestions for quail?

    I have a special occasion coming up and I'd like to make quail, partly to celebrate and partly to see if we like it before deciding whether or not to get some. I'll be picking up live 8-week old males, so any preparation is doable (I've never butchered quail, but I figure they can't be too...
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    Does recommended M/F ratio change with size difference?

    I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should get a few more ducks. This is my first time with ducklings and I'm not really a duck person:oops: but we got a pair for MIL (hatched 2/24) because she's letting me have my chickens at her place (we're in town, she's not). One is a Pekin, Daisy...
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    Y'all may have seen this already, but...

    Appearantly there's an aggressive chicken staking out a bank in Alabama. It's even "attempting to climb into cars in the drive-thru". https://wgme.com/amp/news/offbeat/fowl-play-alabama-police-search-for-aggressive-chicken It was at the top of my news feed, I guess that shows what I've been...
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    Sex of ee?

    He(?) is almost 7 weeks. I was thinking he was a roo, because he's "meatier", especially in the legs, than my other ee's and at 4 weeks I thought his comb was redder than the others, but now all of them look about the same redness. Sorry the pictures aren't the best. I can try later to get a...
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    Help IDing a bantam

    Hello, Jayna is 7 weeks old and tiny- about the size of a starling. It's hard to get a good picture of her (?) since she's such a little fidgeter, but she's mostly black with gold at the centers of her head, neck, wing, and tail feathers. I think she may have a rose comb- she has at least 3...
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    Gender of my silkies?

    Maybe it's too soon to tell, but can anyone tell me the gender of my silkies? Thanks! *edit: they're about 4 weeks old
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