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    10 week old brahma chicks are thin

    I have 8 Brahma chicks that are 10 weeks old. I picked them up yesterday and they were thin. I keep chick starter/grower in their coop 24/7. I have been useing ADM feed. Should I change brands? If not what else should I be feeding them. They are in a new coop that other chickens have been...
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    Lost Snowflake this morning

    This morning my friend called me to let me know that my Silkie, Snowflake, died last night. She has been keeping my chickens for me since we moved and are in the process of building a new coop. Snow has been a favorite with everybody as she loved to be held and cuddled. She was 5 years old...
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    NOT what I wanted to open the door to

    I was in the great room when I heard a crash on the deck out the backdoor and started to hear a high pitched squill. I opened the backdoor thinking one of the dogs was hurt and found this. It had fallen out of the big tree next to the deck and it was the squirrel making the noise. We got the...
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    How did you fasten down the vinyl flooring in your coop?

    I'm building a new coop since we moved and I had to leave the coop I had behind. In this one I plan to put vinyl flooring in and I need to know the best way to fasten it down, nails or glue. How did you fasten yours down?
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    Very hard month!

    I feel like I've been hit in the stomach or in a bad dream for the last 3 weeks. 3 weeks ago we had to have our english setter of 15 years put to sleep due to old age as she was having trouble standing up and would fall when she did. Then my cat, Max developed crystal in his bladder and spent...
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    What color would the eggs be?

    If you breed a brown egg laying breed to a white egg laying breed what color eggs will the offspring lay?
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    Will a broody duck hatch chicks?

    I know that a broody hen will hatch and raise ducklings, but will a broody duck hatch and raise chicks? If they will I have a broody duck that I would like to put some chicken eggs under. She has raised ducklings before and is a good momma.
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    Age Silkies stop laying

    At what age do Silkies stop laying? I have 2 Silkie hens that are 5 years old and haven't laid an egg in over a year. Both are from the same hatch and are very healthy, They just aren't laying eggs. One use to be my best broody, but needless to say she no longer goes broody. The other wanted...
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    Hamburgs, Brabanters or Spitzhaubens?

    I'm thinking of add a new breed this spring as some eye candy. I'm been looking at Hamburgs, Brabanters or Spitzhaubensas standards or Sebrights or d Uccles as Bantams. What can you tell me about these breeds, pros and cons. Their pen will have about 130 sq feet that includes the coop with...
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    Hawk attack

    I've had chickens for about 6 years and today I lost my first hen to a hawk. I let my hens free range in my backyard during the day. This morning I looked out and saw the chickens acting funny, so I went out to check it out and the only chickens I saw were under the grape vines in the back of...
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    Broke a record today!

    Today we broke a record for catching snakes in the coop. Never before have We had to catch and relocate more than 1 snake in a day. Today we had to catch and relocate 2 Rat snakes. This morning I found one of my snowy mallard hens dead. She was on her back and looked like something had tried...
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    Duckling drowning other ducklings need advice

    About 4 weeks ago I hatched some Snowy Mallard ducklings. I gave 2 to a Friend's Daughter so She and her Husband could raise them to have as pets. One of them died so I replaced it. She just called and said that the first one drowned the replacement and they think that's how the other one...
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    Sully got left out last night

    Sully, My 12 week old Sultan bantam, got left outside last night in the winter storm. I really feel like a BAD Mom. When we went to close the coop doors last night it was dark and even though I had a flashlight I missed him/her being out. I have them in the back run to the coop which is...
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    Duck aviary

    I'm planning to build an aviary for my Snowy Mallards. It's going to between 30'x30' and 30'x40' and I would like to put netting over the top. What type of netting have you used on your duck aviary? Also is there any suggestions or comments on what to do and not do. I plan the sides to be 6'...
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    Flock of Welsh Harlequins

    I am selling my flock of Welsh Harlequins from Holderreads. I have 5 females and 3 drakes. They are not quite a year old and are laying great. I get 4-5 eggs daily. I am selling these ducks due to having problems with the neighbors dog and that I'm downsizing my ducks. You will need to pick...
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    What's up with this?

    I have 5 Welsh Harlequin ducks who are out laying 18 hens. I've been getting 4 eggs a day from the 5 ducks and only 3 or 4 from 18 laying hens. So far this month I've gotten 76 eggs from the ducks and only 61 from the hens.
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    Been a bad week

    It's been a bad week for me with my chickens and ducks. First last wednesday a neighbors dog got into the pen with my Welsh Harlequins( can read about it here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=423338 ) and this morning I found Biscuit, my best broody Silkie, dead. I don't...
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    Neighbors dog gone into my duck pen (update page 4)

    This morning after my DH let my Harlequins out of their house into their pen the neighbor's dog dug under the chainlink fence and attacked them. He chased all but 2 females back under the fence into his yard. He killed 2 of my drakes and injured 6 others. I had to have a friend come over with...
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    Number of Drakes

    I'm fixing to seperate the extra drakes from my flock of Welsh Harlequins. Right now I have 5 drakes and 5 hens. Would 1 drake be enough with 5 hens or do I need to keep 2. The extras with go in a pen to be sold.
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    What do you use to water your ducks?

    I'm trying to think of a better way to water my ducks and chickens when they free roam in the backyard. I've been using old refrigerator crispers and rubber tubs, but the ducks get them dirty before I can finish filling them. Is there a better way so that they have clean water longer than 2...
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