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    My chickens are still pecking at each other

    Hi, I need some advice. We have 7 chickens. They have a pretty big coop, a decent space to roam around in. We let them out of their coop sometimes to roam the yard. We built a swing for them and put some cat toys on it for them to pick around at. I dump food on the ground for them to peck at...
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    Water barrel

    Hello! So we have a 30 gallon barrel to put water in for our chickens. We are trying to figure out what we can put in this barrel with the water to prevent it from molding? Does anybody have some ideas?
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    My duck is squeaking instead of quacking.

    Hi, I have 3 pekin ducks. They are about 9-10 weeks old roughly. I am noticing one of them instead of quacking she is squeaking. She is eating and drinking normally. Her behavior seems completely normal to me. She is the only one of the three that is making this noise. I read online that it...
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    Annoying fly’s! Please help!!

    We have 3 ducks, we are pretty much done building their coop but we still have quite a bit to do with the chicken coop and the big enclosure we built. They have attracted so many flies in our garage. I looked up some remedies that we could do. One of them said to use essential oils in a spray...
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    Happy ducks

    Thought I would share some extremely cute pictures I got of my ducks the other day!
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    Duck feathers

    Hello, my Perkins are about 7 weeks old. They have lost most of their fluff and have gained a lot of yellow feathers. However their bellies don’t have many feathers and it remains kinda wet a lot. There is feathers on their bellies but it’s dirty and again they aren’t like full grown feathers. I...
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    Food

    Can ducks have watermelon??
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    Food!

    Hello! My ducklings will be 6 weeks old on Monday! Now they absolutely without a doubt love peas so much! I’ve tried giving them spinach and romain lettuce but no they won’t eat all of that but they will eat every last pea😂 what other foods can ducks their age have? What food will they love just...
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    Duck house

    We have to get a duck house here soon, my ducks are 5 weeks old tomorrow and I need to know what kind of things are a must have inside their coop, it’s my first time owning ducks and I want to make sure they have the proper space to be in during the night. I have 3 pekin ducks, we also have 7...
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    Hawks

    Hello, I have 3 Pekins and they are going to be 5 weeks old tomorrow. I have some questions about hawks. I get very nervous letting them outside even when I’m there with my ducks. Will a hawk attack my ducks when I’m sitting out here with them? Will the hawk attack when they are in their pool...
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    Please help!

    We have 7 Rhode Island Red hens, one of them has a bald spot on her lower back. I don’t know what happened to her. I don’t know if the chickens are pecking her feathers out or what’s going on. I don’t know what to do for her or how I can help her. Please please help. They are about maybe 2 1/2...
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    Swimming time

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    Please help!

    I’m starting to feel anxious, one of my ducklings is panting, she’s closing her eyes, her wings are dropping a little bit. She has access to plenty of water and food, I took them outside because it was hot in their brooder. I let them go in a little bit of water and they were doing good outside...
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    Miss Willow, Masie, and Daisy May outside for the first time!

    I let my little ducklings outside for the first time and they had such a blast! Thought I would share some pictures with y’all because I think they are just the cutest! They were following me around all around.
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    Pekin ducks swimming

    I have 2 week old Pekin ducks, I would like to let them swim in our bathtub. First questions is it okay to let them swim in the bathtub? The second question is what does the temperature of the water need to be for them to swim in?
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    Panting pekins

    I have 3 two week old Perkins. They are kind of all panting and I’m worried they might be ill. I had the heat lamp on but it’s a little warm out there so I cracked the door open to outside and turned the lamp off. The temperature was about 86° out there. They have access to water where they can...
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