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    Drake over mating 1 hen

    Our jumbo Pekin has decided our new hen is his one and only favorite. She's a Rouen, on the small side, so not only is he over mating her but he's so much bigger. We can and do separate him, but that means he can't access the pool, he's walled off on his own. Our ladies then spend a lot of time...
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    Drainage advice for pen

    In a heavy rain, our pen floods some. It slopes slightly towards one side, but we installed 2x8 all around the base of the pen for security. I attempted to provide drainage by digging 18 inches down under the 2x8 and filled with river rock... This worked for the first several months but has now...
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    How do your ducks die

    Preferably of old age, of course, but this question extends to injured or sick. When it is time, do you let them pass on their own? If they are in pain, do you put them down, if so, how? Thank you in advance for sharing. We have a mix of young and old ducks, regardless of age the day will come.
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    Pool/well pump question

    We built a small pool for our four ducks, it's about 8ft x 9ft, 20in deep at most (though sides are sloped), so I guess 500-600 gallons. It has a bottom drain to empty it out, I do that about once a week. We have a well so it's just out of the ground to fill it. It takes about 90 minutes to...
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    Bumblefoot?

    Sigh. Is this bumblefoot? It's such a perfect circle. I'm hoping it's not...
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    Should our ducks take a break from laying eggs

    Our two silver Apple yards are 18 months old, they started laying in January of this year, and have gone pretty much non-stop. Lately it has slowed down most days we get one egg between the pair and about half of those eggs are not fully formed. Do they need a break from laying? Is there a way...
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    Update on automatic door and putting themselves to bed!

    Last year we bought an automatic door for our ducks. We put them away each night for safety, let them out each morning. We went with the 'turkey door' from chickendoors.com. We appreciated chatting with them before purchase in this old thread...
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    Oyster shells molding?

    Our two lady ducks have been laying non-stop since January, so we want to be sure we're giving them plenty of calcium. And ongoing problem we have is their bowl of oyster shells develops a gray feathery mold. Their food does not, and it is kept right next to it. We find this strange, and we're...
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    Duck pond filter, water movement

    For our ducks in their covered pen, we built a 8x10ft pond, 20 inches deep. It has a 3in bottom drain so easy to dump each week and wash out the muck. However we also want to run a filter to reduce the frequency of dumping. We built a bog filter along the pond, several feet long wrapping around...
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    Fungus(?) in pen

    Noticed a white fuzzy growth in the soil. Maybe it's "saprophytic fungi" based on Internet searches? Does anyone have experience or knowledge what this is and is it safe around the ducks
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    Egg bound signs?

    How would we know if our duck is egg bound? We have two silver Apple Yard ladies, they are 1-year-old, have been laying since January. Consistently they have each laid one egg per duck per day. A week or two ago, one of the ladies laid a half-formed egg. Since then, some days they have each...
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    Smell question

    We set up our little duck pond with a bottom drain, slightly uphill from the garden. About once a week, we empty it and spray out any accumulated muck from the bottom, and it drains into a depression at the start of the garden and flows from there down into the garden. We've been using this...
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    Roof over run - uplift wind concern

    We are considering putting a roof over our duck run, or part of it. This is because we have clay soil and intense rains, so the run is easily flooded by a sudden rain. The area to be roofed is upwards of 200 sq ft. We would probably use corrugated panels, plastic or steel. The run is...
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    Used straw bedding

    Hi y'all. How much straw do you go through for bedding? What do you do with the throwaway? We feel like we are accumulating a surprising amount of used straw. This is for 3 ducks that go to bed each night in a hutch 3ft x 7ft. We understand "deep litter" isn't a good choice for straw as it can...
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    Additional email address for notifications?

    Can I add a second email address to receive notifications to watched threads? For my partner.
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    Anyone have experience with chickendoors.com

    https://chickendoors.com/product/turkey-door-2/ We are looking at this French door style automatic door for our duck coop. Haven't seen any posts about this company (but lots about ADOR2). If you have this door, would appreciate knowing which model, did you do solar, how secure is it against...
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    Insulation and ventilation

    We built a duck coop for our Pekin and 2 appleyards. I attached a pic of almost finished construction. It is double walled plywood except front and bottom. It has 4 ventilation openings, you can see half of it in the picture. In winter time, should I add insulation or cover the ventilation?
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    Hawks break through netting?

    Hi everyone, we are putting up netting to keep hawks away from our birds. For visibility, we got the bright orange plastic stuff at the big box store (I think it's actually called "erosion control"). My question is how much faith should we have in this stuff? It's easy to cut with scissors, so I...
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    Posts in concrete for duck run?

    We are planning a new duck run. Hopefully the last we will build :) Question is, should we set the posts into the ground? If so, do they need to be in concrete? The run will be something like 24 feet x 16 feet, completely enclosed in hardware cloth. We may use metal or plastic roofing panels...
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    6 week ducklings bullying Pekin drake??

    We're somewhat new at this, we rescued our adult male Pekin in February, and now we have three 6-week old silver appleyard ladies. We have been trying to introduce the three younger ladies to the Pekin drake. It seems they are bullying him! Mostly they stay apart, but when they get near, they...
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