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    Air pocket in narrow end?!?!

    I'm hatching ducklings, and one has the air pocket in the narrow end of the egg! They go in lockdown on Wednesday, so it's fairly developed. Could this one hatch out the wrong end, or will it likely need an assist? I have no problems doing that, I've helped babies, ducks and chickens, before as...
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    What are these guys?

    We were out and about in Western North Carolina and saw these guys at a duck pond. It's next to a wildlife rescue, and while they don't *allow* folks to dump off their unwanted farm birds there, the presence of pekins and khaki Campbells in the pond suggest that folks do. So, wondering about the...
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    Bruised meat?

    I posted about plucking my jerk rooster last night. After reading a bunch on here last night I decided to just keep it simple and skin him, and then slow cook the snot out of him and then can, mostly because he's somewhere between 12-16 months old. Once I got him skinned I realized he's pretty...
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    Moving a Rooster to Freezer Camp

    I'm not new to butchering chickens, I raise all my Roo's to eventually be dinner. I do a batch each spring and fall as they grow. This guy went after my three year old so he gets an early ticket. Anyhow, since I do it by myself and my kiddos are usually around I usually just skin them as that's...
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    Silkies in main coop

    Does anyone have a separate silkie setup in their existing coop? I'm learning that the silkies I had years ago that roosted were a bit of an anomaly. I don't have room to build extra coops in my run space, and I can expand my run due to terrain. My coop is fairly large, and I could potentially...
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    Quack sexing??

    I've seen this mentioned a couple times, but what in the world is quack sexing??? Is this a tried and true method, or is it more like *you're carrying low so it's a boy* old wives tale?
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    Ducky Injury!!!

    I let my ducklings out into the main run today with a ton of chickens, a momma with a bunch of babies, and two older ducks. There's enough room and coop/brooder space for everyone to kinda stay to themselves. We were gone for much of the afternoon and I just came down to check on everyone. I...
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    Overnight Watering Solutions

    I have the same problem as every other duck owner in the world. Keeping them watered without having to change the bedding every dang day. I only need to water overnight because they have free access to a creek and small pond during the day. They get food at night to bribe them into their coop...
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    Hi!!! 👋 👋

    Hey y'all. I've been keeping chickens for about 4 years now. I just had a mystery broody hatch out 9 babies, so I think I'm up to thirty? I also have a dozen ducklings, two dogs, a cat, a husband, and three mostly feral children. 💚 Um, I don't remember all the welcome questions, but I've spent...
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