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    Buffalo gnats - help

    So we have blood sucking Buffalo gnats in our yard. They are biting one of our ducks more than the other members of our flock (9 pullets - ranging from 10-12 weeks and 2 pekin ducks around 11 weeks). Anyway I went down to the run to do my afternoon check in today and noticed the one duck had...
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    Unexpected ducks

    So we have 2 new ducklings 7-8 weeks old - probably Pekin, but possibly another white breed. We are new to having a flock we also have several various chicks ranging from 6-8 weeks. They all live together in a run with separate sleeping sections in a 2 story coop that was completed last...
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    6 week BAs and 5 week RIR - gender guesses?

    I've been watching some other posts. So far my guess is BA1 is a cockerel and the rest pullets. It'll be exciting to find out what they are. We can only keep 1 roo as we are only keeping a small flock as our coop can only occupy 10 chickens at most. Anyone care to guess? Promise to update! Can...
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    Duckling bleeding

    I recently started putting my new flock (2-6 week ducklings, 6-6 week chicks, and 3-5 week chicks) out in a temporary run during the daylight hours and I have been checking on them frequently. The last time I went to check on them one of the ducks appeared to be bleeding from a feather. The...
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    Adivce on appropriate weather conditions to use a temporary daytime run for 4-5 week old chicks and ducklings

    Hi - we have (6) 5 week old chicks, (2) 5 week ducklings, and (3) 4 week chicks. I was wondering about opinions on moving them outside during the day. The permanent coop and run will be completed next week. We constructed a temporary run with chicken wire and a little tykes playhouse that my...
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    Hi

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm new to chickens, however my husband grew up having chickens. We recently decided to start a flock and purchased some chicks and ducklings. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 9 chicks and 2 ducklings (3)...
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    They are a mystery to me

    I recently decoded to start a flock of 9 chickens. Before biting I did some quick research on breeds to choose from foe my mixed flock. I bought my chicks from TSC. They are approximately 3 weeks old. I believe 2 of the breeds were mislabeled after doing more research. I asked for Ameracauna...
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