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I recently had a client tell me she can no longer purchase duck eggs from me if they eat a feed with corn. So I'm curious what options there are for feeds without corn, but im also on a budget.
Currently feeding the Dumor Duck food. I have 2 drakes and 8 hens. They do well on the...
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Ok age old question regarding Mites....when we bought this property in June the existing coop looked like it hadn't been cleaned, well... ever! It was in my opinion more burn worthy then salvage worthy. none the less, I cleaned out all the old bedding, ripped out all the interior...
Just curious if anyone has any hoovers golden 300 females who have a small amount of green iridescence on their heads??
If they didn't quack so loud I would for sure say mine are male but alas I can hear them from inside the house at times lol they are about 11 Weeks now and going through their...
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I am having a really hard time deciding if my 9 week old cayuga is a male or female. Though I'm leaning male given the lack of talking/quietness of the voice vs my khaki Campbell girls who quack loudly.
I've also read that typically males have more coloring to their wings vs...
Ok ya'll we won the rooster lottery this year with tsc chick's, so far we have 5 that are cockerels out of 12, but im starting to wonder about 1 or 2 more.....these 2 are blue wyandottes, I know that breed can be harder to sex but any help would be greatly appreciated! I'll post a couple pics of...
Hey all, that age old question regarding gender haha
Pretty sure I have at least 1 if not 2 drakes. I could only get pics of 1. Some green iridescence on the tail feathers, heads and around the cheek area. My gut says drakes, what do ya'll think?
Its hard to see the green on the tail in pics...
Hey all! Bought these chickies about 5 weeks ago, TSC had them labeled as Wynadottes but now....I'm not so sure?? Any guesses?
I have 3, to dark black and one lighter more charcoal grey. I believe all pullets, with possible rose combs? They all have black on their beaks and black feet. No...
Hey all!! Got 12 chick's from tsc 1.5 weeks ago, I know what the others are but I have 3 that came from an unmarked bin, so I have zero idea what they are. Also no clue if they are pullets or cockerels.... any guesses!? Believed to have come from hoovers. I've checked their breed lists and can't...
Hey all, our hens will be a year in March and just this week we have noticed one of our hens 'carrot', she looks down right awful. We do have a roo, there are 10 ladies for him so not sure if it's over mating or molting. But of course it's our coldest and snowiest winter for like 40 years here...
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So we are most likely moving out of state, not sure where yet at this point.
But either way it would a good distance from where we currently are. We have 10 hens and 2 ducks. Everyone was born in March 2021 so all under a year old.
What is the likely hood we could take all...
Went out to do the morning chores and found this gem in the middle of run! Somehow my boys walked right past it lol but it's the first thing I saw lol 😆
Is the first duck egg safe to eat??
Hello fellow duck lovers!
My 2 ducks one Pekin and one possible white layer (or just a smaller pekin) are just over 22 weeks and I kind of thought they would be laying. They seem to be sleeping a lot and I find them often in the coop sleeping. They are eating, swimming and cleaning themselves...
Some how I left one of our local tsc stores without these 6 little fluffs....and my kids were begging me to add more ducks lol cause they know I really want more....ugh....even the girl at the counter "well they will be in the brooder for a bit longer so gives you time to add on to your run and...
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I was stirring up the bedding just now when an egg popped out. One of our hens was hovering a lot too, which is unlike them they usually go running when I bring the rake in and start mixing things up.
Anywho, my question is, I don't know how old the egg is, so is it safe to eat...
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Ok so we have 10 pullets about 16.5 weeks old. We found one perfectly formed hard shelled egg the other night, no clue who laid it (but so exciting!! 😄😄). Last night during night checks I noticed 'Tomatoe' one of our blonde pullets acting odd so I sat at a distance in the run watching...
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Trying to figure out if we have a roo hiding among our pullets 😏 seems over night one suddenly sprouted a large comb, faster and more red then all the others.
What do ya'll think?? No crowing as of yet.... if it is a roo.
Thanks for the help!
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So I'm trying to figure out if my Quackers (darker beak) is a he or a she. First one out of the 2 who's voice changed at about 8 weeks (now about 11wks), always been larger then the other. But he/she is also the quietest. Pippy (lighter beak in the pics) is always very loud and...
Hey there, looking to upgrade our water system. We currently have a large 5 gallon waterer in the run with our 2 ducks and 10 chickens. We also have the duck pond and large bowl for water. But with nice weather finally appearing here in western WA we are starting to plan our camping trips for...
Hey all! I've seen many different pics of pullets and hens that look similar to ours. But I'm not sure if any are actually the breed of our pullets.
Got them from tsc beginning of March from the 'color pack' bin. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Someone also said that color packs are...