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    How long do ducks need to stay with there mothers.

    Two of my female ducks have fertilized eggs that are going to hatch in around 1 week. There are about 20 eggs in total and we can not keep them all so how long do they have to stay with the mothers before they are ready to go to someone else? Also we have a drake will he attack the babies or...
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    Is now a good time to buy chicks?

    So I want to but some chicks for one of my hens to raise. She is broody and I was wondering when I can get the chicks to give to her? Is now a good time or should I wait till later spring? it has been pretty warm here and no snow it has been in the upper 50s to upper 60s and the lows in the 40s...
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    Which breed makes the best mother?

    So sadly 3 of my chickens have recently gone missing all 3 at once and were unsure of what got them the other 3 are fine but a bit shaken up. We plan on getting more chickens in the future but we don’t want to raise them we want one of our 3 girls to raise them. We have 2 bantams and 1 Brahma...
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    Need help for water in the winter

    So I need help figuring out what to do for my flock of ducks and chickens. They go through the water so quick in the winter we have to fill it twice today. We can’t be doing that everyday. We have water warming bowls so that the water doesn’t freeze but it’s mainly our ducks that go through it...
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    No clue what happened lots of feathers

    So I recently got home from school and my mom told me that I need to go check on my brown chicken. She saw them come out of the woods and saw that it was missing some feathers so I checked on it and it is almost bald and the same with one of my white schikens I have no clue what’s wrong they...
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    Lost pigeon?

    So today we found this pigeon. And he’s been drinking our dogs water and eating our chickens and ducks food. We got him some food and water and he’s been eating and drinking that and he was made a little nest by my younger brother. He has a band on each feet a purple one and a blue one. What...
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    Duckling food problem

    So my now 5 week old ducklings just ran out of their starter feed! And we have no more! Can we start them on all flock? What should we do? We can’t get more food at the moment and we really need some is there anything we can give them or can they start on all flock or something like that?
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    Someone’s not a happy camper!

    So my 6 month old duck is a bit of an over protective father (And when I say a bit I mean like full on attack mode) so ya if I’m in the duckling area getting them water or food she is right by the fence just staring at me and if I move to another side of the area he follows and goes where I go...
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    Free ranging and going outside now?

    So my ducks are 4 weeks old as of Monday and when is the right age to let the outside with my drake they have already met and nothing happened so what’s a good age to let them live out there they go out now for about an hour a day when can we leave them longer unsupervised also when they go out...
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    Daisy the bent butt chicken

    so this is a quick story about my chicken her name is daisy she is a white brahma and when she was little something happened to her i dont remember what happened but i was about 9 years old and had no clue what to do and knew nothing about chickens so as most 9 year olds would do who know...
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    Duck mother again! Newborn ducklings!

    So I just got some newborn ducklings today and I’ve never had any younger then 3 weeks so I have a few questions they keep falling asleep standing up and then there head falls down then the topple over is that normal are there necks going to be okay? Anything else I need to know about day old...
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    Questions about swans

    So we are looking into getting swans in a few years and before we can get them we need to know a few things so if you could help thanks 1. will they fly away? 2. Can you train them to go into a coop at night? 3. Are they okay with other animals like ducks chickens and dogs? 4. How big does the...
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    What breed are these ducklings

    So I was online looking at duckling when I saw this picture and I was like what kind of ducks are those I’ve been wanting that kind for a little bit but I never took the time to really look to find out the breed and I’m just curious so if anyone can tell me the breed thanks
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    For all the ducks that passed away 🦆💖❤️

    This thread is for all the ducks or ducklings that have died so if anyone has a duck that has passed away you can put it here here are a few pictures of my baby that just died.
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    Trio of ducks

    So I don’t know if it other people do this but I wanted to name my ducks but I’m ha being a really hard time thinking of good names for a trio so if anyone has any suggestions thanks
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    The story of my little angle🦆💖

    So sadly about 2 weeks ago my baby died :hit. she died a few days before we were going to leave on vacation. It was really hard for me and Our male duck and they had just met around 3 weeks before. And instantly became best friends if she got out of the pond he would if he left the coop to go...
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    Day old ducks

    So I am getting some 2 day old ducks in the mail soon since every where around me is all out and I have raised 2 week and 3 week old ducklings but never 2 day old ducklings is there anything different that I need to do or anything different I need to know or check or anything like that thanks...
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    Mate died

    So recently a friend of mine just lost a duck well the duck died just a few hours ago and her other duck has been looking for her everywhere and keeps going back to the spot where she died before they buried her the reason she died is unknown. So she was wondering what to do about the other duck...
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    Limping possible bumble foot not sure

    Hi my pekin ducks had had a niacin deficiency and all of a sudden she started limping again so I thought she had it again but I think she might have bumblefoot now and I’m worried she seems fine except for her limp and sometimes she will just stand there for a few seconds just on her other foot...
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    bumble foot

    hi i think my pekin duck might have bumble foot she was doing fine with her walking before she had a naicin defficancy so we started to give her her medicine for that again starting yesterday the walking started two days ago and today she still wasnt doing much better and when we were about to...
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