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    Keet incubating advice

    I have a nurture right 360. Followed paper instructions for temp and humity on duck eggs and chick eggs and had great hatch success. For guineas do I follow the same temp and humidity as chickens but 28 days? Also...I can't get my humidity down from 57 and it needs to be lower...any suggestions...
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    Duck "pigeon toed" and having trouble walking...

    I have a duckling that is 5 weeks old and it wobbles around and trips over its feet...it's like it's pigeon toed...I noticed today it has laid around more than the others probably bc it's having a hard time getting around. I have tried to research this and I find stuff about Niacin or Vitamin B...
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    Incubator duckling/chick removal question

    I have 7 duck eggs in the nurture right 360 incubator. First time ever incubating and I plan to do chicks next so this question applies now and in the future lol. Anyways, of the 7 eggs, three hatched today between 4:45-7:30...one hatched around 4:45 then when I got back home at 7:30-7:40ish...
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    First time incubating-advice?

    Ok so I got an incubator for an early birthday present and I am wanting to do my duck eggs first because I am rehoming my male duck tomorrow due to he is pulling my hens feathers out and stressing them so I have found a perfect home where he is going to get waaay too spoiled but that's perfect...
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    Roosting bar idea?

    I have a coop with roosting bars inside but during the summer I upgraded the run using a 10x10 dog kennel. I need some ideas of what to use and how to do it/placement ideas to put 2-3 roosting bars in the run. They have been free ranging and I haven't worried about it but I have had to keep them...
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    Re-home Rouen Drake

    I have a male Rouen duck that I am thinking of possibly rehoming. I have chickens and one female duck (I also have two baby ducks but not sure if they are male or female yet…hoping both are female) but my male duck is getting after my chickens and I can’t have this. I don’t want him to hurt my...
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    Hen or rooster...black laced red Wyandotte

    So...what y'all think? He/she is 15 weeks old in this pic but he/she is now 19 weeks old and crowed this morning. 😳 He/she is a black laced red Wyandotte and was bought as a sexed female but I think the feed store said it's only like 85% chance of accuracy. Lol. I know one thing...this chicken...
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    Name ideas? Also...meet my flock!

    Need help naming the French black copper maran (pic 1 also in this pic is Opal my silky bantam) black laced red wyandotte (pic 2 she is the taller one..the shorter one is Elvira the barnevelder), blue ameraucana (the grey one s in the third pic) and male duck (fourth pic also pictured with Evie...
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    Male or female?

    I have had chickens ever since growing up but this is first time to have ducks. I bought what I thought was two female ducks...one is a Cayuga and one is a Rouen. The Rouen has looked like a female this entire time. There is no ring around the neck and no curly tail feather but she/he is...
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    What to do after losing one?

    Just curious your opinion...I let my girls out of their run/coop to free range during the day and lock them up at night. Today I came home and everyone ran to greet me except one. My pied guinea is no where to be found. No feathers to show something got after her. I have looked around and can't...
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    Run flooring suggestions

    Would love to know your opinions... I have upgraded to a dog kennel for a run and it has the dog kennel top on it. It's the green one from tractor supply for a 10x10 kennel. My coop is kinda downhill from our house but it's on level ground. When it rains a lot the run becomes a muddy mess. Oh...
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    Duck pools cleaning ideas

    We have two ducks and a small blue plastic kiddie pool. Can anyone share their advice on changing the pool water out? The pool is in the corner of the run and I have been dumping it out but it's really to heavy to do that plus it pours water into the run which I'm not fond of bc it makes a muddy...
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    New member!

    Hey! I'm new to this forum but not new to chickens. However, I joined to hopefully get ideas, learn more, and maybe even be able to share my experiences to help someone else out too! I grew up with chickens and now have my own flock. We had 6 chickens and 2 guineas. We have 8.5 acres so not very...
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