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    What color will this little one be?

    My broody just hatched her clutch and I’m wondering what this one will look like. They are barnyard mixes mostly. (The one in question is the one with faint eye stripes - not the magpie marked one) My drakes: Black magpie or fawn/white runner (Guessing it’s the f/w runner as the father)...
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    Power Outage - How long will the eggs survive...

    Crazy wind here yesterday. Power was out for about 1.5 hours at first, so wrapped a towel around NR 360 incubator which kept the temp in the low 90s so figured eggs probably fine. Went to bed and at some point another power outage for closer to 5 hours, no towel this time because middle of...
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    Where to get Magpies?

    I got a magpie two years ago from RK and he's one of my all time favorites. I've tried to add more magpies from hatcheries without much luck. Anyone have any favorite places to get magpie ducks?
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    Ameraucanas from Meyer

    I've heard its hard to get true ameraucanas - are they purebred from Meyer Hatchery? I have some chicks from there and am wondering if they are true ameraucanas?
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    How old do drakes stay fertile?

    I am debating downsizing my duck portion of my flock and am debating on how many drakes to keep. I considering just keeping my two OG drakes that will be 2 years old at the end of the month, but wasn't sure how long drakes stayed fertile? I keep drakes for fertile hatching eggs (for myself) so...
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    Incubator hatching babies!!!

    Ohhhhh how I love hatching day (days)! I had horrendous hatch rates with duck eggs this summer/fall I think in part due to weather fluctuations and having a horrible time keeping the humidity consistent. So I decided to try again 4 weeks ago now, since its colder and I find this time of year...
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    Some of my barnyard mix ducks

    Thought some of these were really pretty and are mixed breed mallard-derived (aka not moscovy). They are hatched from my own flock.
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    Ducklings arrived!

    Haven’t had great hatch rates with duck eggs the last month or two at home, so I ordered a few feathery friends and they just arrived this morning! I love them 🥰
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    Dry hatch duck eggs?

    Can you dry hatch duck eggs? I've incubated in my NR 360 quite a few times and sometimes get good hatch rates, and sometimes don't. It seems like the times I don't get good hatch rates are the times I have more fluctuations with humidity swings so was curious if i could cut out that issue with...
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    Breed white leghorn roo with various breeds of hens

    Will I get all white chicks (with spots of color) if I breed a white leghorn roo with various breeds of hens?
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    Tired of predators

    We stopped free ranging a month or two ago due to predator losses and now they are casing my pen and coop. I’m so tired of it. First was a raccoon and today was a coyote. Thankfully one of my dogs is very protective and chased it off.
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    Internal pip!! YIPEE!!!

    Only a few more days now until my latest batch hatch!
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    Breed ideas? I’m stumped

    Wondering if maybe a golden 300. It’s definitely a male. Came from Hoovers via tractor supply. Looks like a brown swedish (which I know isn’t a thing).
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    Broody Pekin Hen - trade out eggs for ducklings?

    I have a broody pekin hen sitting on eggs. Do you think I could trade out the eggs for ducklings and have her raise ducklings? I'd put the eggs in my incubator. I'm not sure if she's going to sit for the full 28 days on the eggs so wondering if it would just make more sense to let her raise...
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    Red combs mean laying soon?

    Some of my hens are about 4.5 months old now and are starting to redden on their comb and wattles. Does this mean they will start laying soon? Crested cream legbar hens Easter Egger hens
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    Color as adults?

    I just hatched some (likely mixed breed) ducklings from my own flock. I’ve hatched two other times from same flock and never had any of this color as ducklings so I’m just curious what you think they might look like as adults? Purely for curiosity because I have no idea! They don’t look like any...
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    Hen or Roo?

    About 7 weeks old. (The brown one in front) Also curious about the gray/white/black one behind. Same age. I know the white leghorn in the back is a roo.
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    Broody duck question?

    I have two domestic mallard hens laying on a large nest of duck eggs. At one point there were 12-13 eggs but they no longer get off the nest so I haven't been able to count in a few days. I know the eggs span about 4-5 days apart from date of lay, so I'm wondering will they continue to sit if...
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    Broody mallard hen

    All the signs of a broody mallard hen... my two mallards are always a little "broody" while they are laying but then they get up and go about their business after I take their eggs and everyone is fine. Until today. Today I collected eggs. Then went out later and a mallard had laid later and...
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    Weird duckling foot

    The top of a 3ish week old Cayuga duckling foot. Scabbiness coming off once I started spraying with vetericyn but seems weird still. Any ideas? Separated from the rest of my ducklings in case it was something bad. Wiling to try to get something for it from tractor supply if there’s something...
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