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    can I convince a duck hen to raise a duckling?

    Hi! I have a lone duckling who should, hopefully, be hatching tomorrow (sadly, the other 3 eggs quit). It has pipped already and has done a little cheeping. I have a brooder ready to go. I am wondering though, if I could just put a duck hen in the brooder and stick the pipped egg (or a dry...
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    Will a non-broody hen raise my incubator chicks?

    Hi! I have some chicks who should, hopefully, be hatching tomorrow. One has pipped already and some more are cheeping. I have a brooder ready to go. I am wondering though, if I could just put a hen in the brooder and stick the eggs under her and then she'll raise them? Or wait until they're...
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    best way to treat eggbound duck??

    Hello, I have a one year old white layer hen (I think, I've had her about a month). She has consistently laid an egg most days, although she seemed to skip a day every several days. Also, they free range a lot, so there were a few times I didn't think she was due to miss a day, but I assumed I...
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    Coffee grinds for duck bedding?

    Does anyone have experience with coffee grinds for duck bedding? I have a coop for chickens a few ducks. I've created a shelf under one of the roosts to hold coffee grinds and it is DREAMY for ease of cleaning up their poop! I have assumed that I can't put coffee grinds on the entire floor (or a...
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    introducing new hens to the flock

    We have 5 hens that are 3 months old. Out of 24 eggs we got only 7 hens and we have now lost 2 to a predator. :( I'm thinking of introducing 3 or 4 new hens but don't want to create a giant hassle for myself with birds not getting along. I read that it's best to introduce a few at a time...
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    processing roosters

    Hi everyone, I am finding this site invaluable. Thanks to everyone for sharing knowledge. We are new to chickens and hatched 19 live chicks in May. They are 8.5 weeks now. Turns out more than half are roosters. This is fine because I wanted in the range of 6-10 hens. I thought we could eat the...
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    please help with new hatchling advice

    So, this is a little complicated. I went to collect 2 hens and a drake this afternoon who needed to be rehomed. We have 2 hens and 2 drakes already (3 are 3 months old, 1 is 1 year who was integrated seamlessly a couple of weeks ago). When we arrived we were surprised with the news that one of...
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    sexing young chickens

    If chickens have wattles already at 2 months, is it fair to say they are a rooster?
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    hen or rooster? breed?

    I'm wondering if anyone can tell me the sex and breed of this 2 month old chicken? I'm hoping for a hen! We have 19 in total and they all either have very small combs, or very large combs, but this one and one other have this in-between sized comb. Thanks!!
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    how long do hens stay in the nesting box to lay an egg?

    Hi! I am really appreciating all the advice I am getting on this forum. I am wondering how long a hen usually will stay in the nesting box to lay an egg, and is there a point when I should be concerned? I've had a laying hen for about a week, and she has given me an egg every day, except her...
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    can head bobbing be a sign of needing to lay an egg?

    I have read that ducks head bob to flirt, and also they do this when happy, such as when they're are being let out in the morning or getting fed. I am wondering what other things head bobbing might communicate. Particularly, can it mean that a hen wants to lay an egg?
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    general drake advice

    Hi everyone, we got our first ducks in April - 3 to start - and, very sadly, I'm quite sure 2 are drakes. We really don't want to part with 1, but it seems it is necessary (we want them all to free range together as much as possible). Our males seem to be one Black Swedish and one Welsh...
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    Can 2 drakes and a duck ever work?

    We are new to ducks. We got 3 ducklings at around 2 days old. They're about 7 weeks old now. It seems a lot like we ended up with 2 males and 1 female, because 2 sound raspy and only one sounds like a classic 'quacker.' I've read the correct ratio is one male to 6 females. These 3 are very...
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    Hello!

    Hi everyone, We live in Southern Ontario and have just begun our backyard poultry adventure. We currently have three 5-6 week ducklings and nineteen 2 week old chicks! (We only intend to keep the female chicks long-term though, so approximately half). I have wanted chickens for what feels like...
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    5 week ducklings fallen ill!

    Good morning, I am new here. Just beginning our adventure of raising backyard chickens and ducks. It has been a lot of work so far, and so much fun! We brought home 3 duckling hatchlings in April, and incubated 2 dozen chicken eggs, 19 of which hatched 2 weeks ago. Chicks seems to be thriving...
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