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    Muscovy color genetics

    I need some help with the color genetics of my muscovies. I thought that blue was a recessive gene, but my blue female had all blue babies. My only male is a black piebald. Can someone tell me what's going on? Am I wrong about the color or how the genetics work? Here's two of the babies...
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    Muscovy roost question

    I'm trying to build a new roost for my muscovies, but can't really find much information about height or how much space per bird( which is probably different between males and females). Does anyone have any ideas? I know that I'll have to have a bar that's only 1-1.5' off the ground for my...
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    6wk old Gosling suddenly can't walk

    I have a small flock of 8 6-week-old goslings. They are allowed out during the day with my other birds (ducks and chickens) and goats and are locked up at night. They were fine an hour and a half ago. I went out just now to put them up for the night and found my littlest gosling just outside the...
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    Misshapen and oddly sized eggs

    This past week, my 2.5-3 year old red sexlink, Penny, started laying weird eggs. The first one was slightly longer than a normal egg. The next one was the same but also had a few spots where the shell had holes. Today she laid one with a ridge around the middle of it, like a belt. I know its her...
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    Resting locally sourced eggs

    Should you rest locally sourced eggs? And if so, for how long? I could only find information on shipped eggs and eggs from your own flock. I have two dozen duck eggs that I got from about 45min away and plan on resting them for 12 hours.
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    Help identifying disease wiping out new chickens

    About two months ago, I got about a dozen new chickens, a mix of australorp pullets and Red sexlink hens( actual ages unknown). Within the first two weeks, three australorp pullets had died. Two looked like they had just died in the middle of the night while sleeping on their roosting bars and...
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    Chick has a large bump on eyelid

    I have a 4 week old chick with this bloody bump on her eye lid and I'm trying to figure out what to do. Should I put antibiotic cream on it, or is there something else that I need to do to treat it? It looks like its been pecked at, but I don't know if it was because a hen got her, or the other...
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    Duckling hasn't grown at all

    I have a two week old duckling that hasn't grown at all in the week I've had him. I got hims at Tractor Supply last Friday, along with 14 others. They were all about the same size (except for the pekins). At the store he was easily knocked over by the others. I ended up keeping him separate from...
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    Black and orange hen breed

    I have a 7 month old hen that I was told was a Rhode Island red, but she looks nothing like one to me. The guy I got her from said he got her from Ideal Poultry. She lays medium/large brown eggs. She does have curly tail feathers like a rooster, but I've seen her lay. Thoughts? Sorry about the...
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