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    First time broody hen daddy

    It's my first time with a broody hen. She didn't come out of the house on Saturday, only sitting on two eggs. We added some in slowly over the weekend so she's up to 9 eggs and today is the first day she didn't lay herself. This morning I marked them since she's been faithfully sitting, so that...
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    Collecting duck down during molt

    I have 6 silver appleyard ducks, two drakes and four hens. They are around 9 weeks old and are going through a molt that looks like they're losing all their down feathers across the yard. I'm wondering if I can collect these feathers and use them for stuffing a pillow. Is there anything I need...
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    Establishing a New Flock

    I am trying to establish a flock for eggs and meat. The idea is to keep 2 hens and a drake through the winter, hatch out 10 ducklings in the spring to raise as broilers and potentially another 10 in the fall, saving 2 new hens and a drake to eventually replace the breeding trio. I bought 10...
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