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  1. chickenlady2004

    Niacin deficiency in my duckling

    hey so as you guys know my 3 month old duck had a pretty bad case of niacin deficiency. she wouldn’t walk or move around. recently about two weeks ago she was out back with the flock and she still sleeps inside as i im still trying to integrate her (i want her stronger if she’s going to spend...
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    how do i get my flock to like a duckling ?

    hey guys so one of my female ducks had trouble with a baby this year. she only had one and wouldn’t leave the rest of the eggs to take care of it. i was told on here to take care of it till then. well she finally got off the eggs and took care of her in a separate place for 3 weeks. the duckling...
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    • #duck #duckling #angelwing #duckadvice #help ##ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    BLACK BEAR BROKE INTO CHICKEN COOP-PLS HELP

    hey guys so today i encountered my first black bear and around 6pm i went out to lock the chickens up i went to go to the coop and my family started screaming at me from the window. after i stopped they started banging pots and a black bear ran out of the coop. didn’t hurt any animals but ripped...
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    how long will a mama duck sit on eggs before she realizes they won’t hatch?

    so..me again lol another question. my mama duck hatched a egg a few days ago, and i keep checking on her and none of the others have hatched or moved and i think its been too long, but im not sure. is three days too long of a stretch in between? she keeps sitting on them and idk if she’ll just...
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    • #duck #hatching #duck #urgent #duckling #duckhelp #emergency
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    My mama duck abandoned a baby duck

    hey guys so this is urgent if anyone can reply as fast as they can lol i have a mama duck sitting on eggs and i just went out and found a baby on her back chirping stuck in a hole. i covered the hole and got her out and she seems super calm with me. when i went to check on mama she was still...
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    my duck is sitting on eggs in the woods

    So my one female duck (bonnie) disappeared a couple days ago and today when i was looking for her i found her sitting on eggs in a very tall patch of grass (about 20 feet from her enclosure, close to the house) and the nest she had made was BEAUTIFUL and she was very well hidden, i mean i walked...
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    • #duck #australianspottedducks #nest #laying #eggs #duck advice #mallard
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    will my drakes be okay with my new ducklings

    hey guys so recently one of my female ducks started sitting on eggs. i have 4 males and 7 females. it seems like a lot but they free range and the males are very gentle and almost always good with the females despite the ratio not being much. my question is that i’m worried that the males won’t...
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    • #duck #australianspottedducks #nest #laying #eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    do i have too many male ducks?

    hey guys so recently i went to a farm and they had two male ducks there. they had angel wing and they decided to give them away because it is a petting farm. i took them home out of shear love for all types of poultry birds and am now realizing i didn’t think about the male to female ratio; i...
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    do i have too many male ducks?

    hey guys so recently i went to a farm and they had two male ducks there. they had angel wing and they decided to give them away because it is a petting farm. i took them home out of shear love for all types of poultry birds and am now realizing i didn’t think about the male to female ratio; i...
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    my duck was attacked by a flock of crows HELP

    hey guys so a little back story my one duck had a small scab on her back neck from mating with a male (TMI) but it was absolutely nothing to worry about. anyways this morning after i let the ducks out a flock of crows attacked her (my australian shepherd ran out and saved her) and pecked at her...
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    my duck was attacked by a flock of crows HELP

    hey guys so a little back story my one duck had a small scab on her back neck from mating with a male (TMI) but it was absolutely nothing to worry about. anyways this morning after i let the ducks out a flock of crows attacked her (my australian shepherd ran out and saved her) and pecked at her...
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    What can i substitute feed with

    hey everyone, yesterday i ran out of feed for my chickens and goats, my parents flight is delayed and i don’t drive so i can’t go to the farm and get more feed. i need to stretch it out till sunday, is there anything i can give them from my kitchen, that will fill them up and keep them okay till...
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    what’s wrong with my chickens?? HELP

    hey everyone i went outside to hangout with the chickens while they roamed and found they’re poop like this. my older chickens have never had cocci disease before. but my younger ones have. is this cocci? what should i do ????
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    what’s wrong with my pup?

    hey everyone this isn’t really chicken or duck related but i was hoping someone could help me. my puppy (around 4 months) seems like she may have worms? i’m not 100% sure but i don’t know. she’s been very itchy recently, but the weather has changed dramatically here so i read it could be an...
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    how to i transition young chickens with older ones

    hey everyone, it’s my third year with chickens and am wondering how i make the transition for my younger chickens to stay in with the older ones? my younger ones are around 3 months old and i would like to move them into the same coop as the older ones (they are a year old) they already free...
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    can i feed my ducks and chickens goat feed?

    so i went to pick up layer for my ducks and chickens and the farm (the only place around to get feed) had no layer left. now they get more on tuesday, which is two days away. i have medicated chick starter, and goat feed. can i feed either to my ducks and chickens safely? i would hate for them...
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    three of my chickens are lost

    hi everyone. today i let my chickens out around 5pm, as there was a small rain storm. it died down so i thought it would be safe to let them out to stretch their legs. i stayed out with them then went inside for maybe 20 min. came back out to put them to bed and three of my chickens are no where...
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    i locked my neighbours chicken up with mine

    hi everyone so kinda funny story i have for everyone tonight. i accidentally locked my neighbours chicken up with my chickens (they hang out all the time and when i went to put them away i guess one of theirs snuck in) it’s 11pm here and i went out to check on them before i went to bed...
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    my duck doesn’t know how to quack ? lol

    my two ducks (8 weeks) don’t know how to quack. that’s what i’m assuming lol. i’ve never really picked them up individually as they were “wild” before (they left and came back this spring, i’ve talked abt it in a previous post) but the other day the one came up to me and let me pet her, i...
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    chicken with a hard crop

    hi everyone, i post on here often for tips and advice, but today i am seriously worried about my chciken. she is acting normal but when i was out with them she came and got on my lap, after a short few minutes i realized she had a very hard crop, i went a grabbed one of her sisters and it feels...
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