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    Looking for silkies in Lindsay Ont. or Kawartha Lakes Ont.

    I live in Lindsay Ontario and i have been looking for bearded silkie eggs for a year now. Just love those birds. Thanks, Angie.
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    New duckling pics, just because...

    Here they are oh so cute and alot of hard work. I have a pair of calls that have some odd coloured ducklings if anyone can help to tell me what colour they might turn out to be. Mom is a snowy and dad is a butterscotch cross. Here are the ducklings from the two of them. Mom and dad have orange...
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    Call duck eggs not moving forward fast enough!!!! Help my baby's pleas

    I have two call duck eggs in the bator. They internaly pipped yesturday, this morning the first one externaly pipped. It is now after midnight and both eggs now have a circle of shell off but the skin (not sure what you call that) is white and i can see the bill trying to come through but they...
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    3 day old call duckling EYE problem

    Can someone tell me what to do for this little duck? This is my second batch, i've had a couple of the ducklings get sticky eye and i whipped it with a warm wet cloth like i was told. Went away no problem. This little one's eye is now swollen shut and skin is re and puffy. Went to emerge page...
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    help, bill problem on call duckling....

    My duckling has an underbite. I don't think she has any nostrals anymore either. She is a week and two days old. She started out fine and with in a couple of days i noticed she wasn't clearing her nostrals under water like thier suppose to. Then just in the past couple of days it has progressed...
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    car port frame run????

    A while ago i saw an amazing run built with a car port frame. I thought i saved it but i guess not. I was given the frame from a neighbour cause he got tiered of chasing it with all the wind storms we've been getting. I need ideas from the other post but can't find it. Can anyone help? Thanks
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    mixed shavings

    Hello all, hope someone can help. A neighbour just brought me a huge bag of mixed shavings. He said theres a bit of everything in it. Cherry, red, cedar, pine, etc. Can i use this in the coop for chickens and ducks or could there be something in there that could hurt them? Free is nice but not...
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    Help please looks like call duck egg in trouble.

    Need Help. I think my call duck has had too much humidity. I think he is too wet. He's not shrink wrapped i don't think because the skin was coming off fine when he was breaking through the shell. he seems to look like he's wrapped tight likeskin around him. I know it's not the membrain or what...
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    Everyone asks me-what breed are my chickens,i don't know,do you?

    Iv'e had most of these since last summer. Some i just hatched 10 weeks ago. I don't have a clue what they are except for the polish. Maybe someone can tell me. The lady i got them from had an assortment. Silky's ,frizzles,polish,japs,(i think thats what she called them,doesn't sound politicaly...
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    Help, need temp. setting and humidity setting???

    A friend just lent me an incubator, but she only knows about chickens. This incubator has temp. control and humidity contol. It also has the turning done atomaticly. She told me temp. should be 100 and humidity should be between 70 and 80. I don't think that's right, is it?? I have four call...
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    When to turn call duck eggs?

    I am lucky enough to have a friend lending me an incubator. I have collected 5 eggs from my calls. I was told to bring them in the house. They are sitting in a bowl on my kitchen counter. When are you supose to turn them? I know the incubator will once it comes on saturday but someone else told...
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    landscaping question for ducks

    I know what water plants ducks eat and garden plants they eat. What i am looking for is someone to tell me what i can plant in the new run for shade and hiding places for my call ducks. What kind of water plants i can put in the new pond too. I am putting plants in that they can eat but i...
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    lice and mites. eggs and chicks?

    If i powder the birds and the coop will it hurt the eggs that are hopefully hatching on the weekend and will it hurt newborn chicks? I also have call ducks in the same coop. Do i have to worry about them or is it all the same meds when it comes to powder. The only reason i saw the little bugs...
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    Are medications for ducks the same as for chickens?

    I am medicating my chickens for a cold that two out of five have. I was told to put the tetracyclin in the water for the chickens untill it turns yellow. My ducks are in the same coop but they are seperated. They don't have the same water or food. They are in close contact with each other and my...
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