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    When should I switch duck feed from duckling crumbles?

    Sorry if this has been covered but I do not see an exact answer. I have been feeding my 9-week-old Khaki Campbell and Black Runners the organic duck crumbles from Tractor Supply. I was worried about changing their diet because I am trying to stay organic, or at least non-GMO and this has been...
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    12 hour old duckling laying on back gasping.

    I hope someone can help me. I just had 6 Cayugas hatch over the last 2 days and the last one took a long time to get out once he externally pipped. He finally worked himself out (after about 12 hours of externally pipping/zipping) and has since been extremely frail. Unlike the others, he just...
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    Help-Aggressive duckling

    I am hoping someone can help me. We have 12 6-week-old ducklings. Only one of them is a drake. (we ordered 10 females and hatched two eggs ourselves.) He has recently started bullying everyone, especially one girl in particular. He walks around looking like he is in a bad mood and if anyone is...
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    Can someone suggest a container for 12 duckling brooder?

    Hello. I have 2 5 day old ducklings and 10 more on the way. The two are currently in a 30-gallon tub in a half bathroom that has been converted for this purpose to keep them safe from the cats. Can someone suggest the right size of rubber or plastic container to keep 12 ducks in for 2 weeks? I...
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    Mysterious tiny egg this morning.

    I have white layers and brown layers but the brown layers aren't set to start laying for another week or so with a little luck. This morning when I collected eggs there was a tiny white egg, about half the size of a small egg. The leghorns are 1.5 years old and have been molting and some are...
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    Please help-flock trying to kill 9 week old chickens.

    Hello. I hope someone can help because we are at wit's end. About 8 weeks ago we bought two little chicks that are just beautiful. They will eventually lay brown eggs and we would honestly like to replace all of our leghorns with these. We have been trying to acclimate them into the 8 hen/2...
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    Lighting confusion

    Hello! Sorry if this has been discussed already but I am so confused about how I should handle the daylight and artificial light. I need eggs throughout the winter so I am using artificial lighting. I have a timer set to come on at 2:30AM because they are going to sleep (roost) at 5ish PM. I was...
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