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    ISO Home for quail in Southeast Michigan

    Hi, friends! I haven't been on BYC in a really long time after having to give up my flock. Now I need your help. My mom called me a few days ago after they found a quail in their suburban backyard while mowing the lawn. I don't know anything about quail, but it appears to be fully grown. Igt...
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    What it means when your duck knocks on your door...

    ...he wants to come in! Another perfect example of how Muscovies are in fact like dogs. While I did get him as a duckling, he was by no means treated like a lap duck. I guess he likes us anyway. Now I don't have to be jealous of Miss Lydia's Opie who used the dog door.
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    More Muscovy Ducks but only one is for me...

    I drove 1 hour and 45 minutes each way to pick up some more females. They are from fellow BYCer Caprice Acres again. She and I had a lot of fun chasing them down! She was even nice enough to clip their wings before we boxed them up. One of the blue girls is for me to keep and the black...
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    Check out what I'm building!Progress report post #11 IT'S DONE!!!!

    Miss Lydia will be proud to know I'm doing it all by myself. My husband drew it up for me on google sketch up. I still need to build the door (one big one for me with a pop door for the ducks). I also need to get the roof. I'll be using corrugated plastic. Then I'll attach hardware cloth to the...
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    My boys are really growing up. Pics

    So here they are at 3 months.
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    New BR Hen Sneezing/Labored Breathing* Pics Added* Update 8/26

    I got a BR hen and two bantam cochin hens from a fellow bycer. The BR is in really bad shape due to overmating from several roosters. She has no feathers on her head, neck, and back. Most of the rest of her remaining feathers are broken and she looks like she is getting ready to molt. I brought...
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    Little Tikes Playhouse Coop. Pic Heavy

    I just finished this yesterday in response to losing a silkie to a predator. It is temporary until we build our new shed/coop. I did it by myself. It took a few hours. I got the house on CL for $30 last winter. I used 2x3 to frame the floor and for the roost and pressure treated 4x4 for the...
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    Look what I made. I call it "The Duckermaid"

    I kicked my 8 week old ducklings out of the basement. They needed somewhere safe to sleep so I quickly modified a tote that our rabbit used to sleep in when in his tractor. After 2 nights the boys started putting themselves to bed. I realized quickly that the bin was too small to hold both of...
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    Need to know silkie gender for potential buyer. Guesses Welcome.

    I have someone who is interested in buying these two. I told her I'm pretty sure they're both pullets but I don't know anything about silkies except they are notoriously hard to sex. I'm 95% sure #1 is a pullet. When I first brought her home, I'd catch her with both the ducklings under her...
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    At what point do you give up on pellets?

    My girls won't eat them. They dug through the contents of a 7lbs feeder to find the crumbled pellets and threw the whole pellets on the ground. I haven't gotten any eggs in 2 days and for the last week I've only gotten 2 a day. Before that, even in the heat wave I was getting 4 eggs a day from 4...
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    I got feeder fish for the ducklings...

    Now I have pet fish! I put them in the concrete mixing tub that the ducklings drink out of and occasionally swim in. They could care less. Little stinkers. I guess that's what I get for feeling guilty after I got the fish. Oh well. They might find them at some point. Now they are living in a...
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    7 Week Muscovies & Questions Update pg 2 & More pics!

    These kids hatched on June 18. The chocolate duckling is supposed to be a girl. The other duckling is supposed to be a boy. My questions: 1. Is the "boy" a blue? We thought when he feathered out he'd be black/white. But his feathers are clearly not black. 2. Shouldn't I be seeing a size...
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    Uh-Oh. The girls might not be secret for long.

    Today was the first day since the girls have been laying that I could hear them from inside the house! Our lot backs up to the freeway and their run is 100ft from the house! Stupid Marina was out there honking. I had to run out there and snatch the egg and push her out of the nest. I also took...
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    Black Australorps POL or Hens in Michigan

    I am looking to add 2-3 to my small laying flock. No chicks, don't want to risk getting a cockerel.
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    Dripping Poultry Nipples, the bane of my existence.

    I purchased threaded poultry nipples on ebay designed for gravity watering systems. The drip constantly even when installed properly. They're not leaking, they are dripping from the hole where the water is supposed to come out. Is this really as good as it gets? Should they be dripping like...
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    New Muscovey Duckling Pics

    The pics are new and so are the ducks! I am so much more in love with these ducks than I ever thought I would be. Shhhh...don't tell the chickens. The boy The girl The boy and girl and their human girl. The ducks are napping, the girl is faking.
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    Does this link about chicken poo need to be a sticky?

    I have recently seen a lot of questions about chick/chicken poo. Lots of people worried about what's normal and what isn't. Someone else posted this link and I have found it really helpful and have posted it in a few replies to other threads about poo. So do you guys think it should be a sticky...
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    Why am I surrounded by people who have to be...

    Right?! All the time. Even if no one is arguing with them. Ugh. Keep in mind, I never said anything to indicate I was upset about this. Nor did I place blame. All I said was I didn't think it was a coincidence that both our 4 year old's got sick within 24 hours of eachother. My friend keeps...
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    Ordering Extra Chicks To Sell? Nevermind.

    I want to start a small laying flock. I am thinking I'd like Black Austrolorps. I looked into ordering 6 chicks (mypetchicken) and when I looked into it, it's about the same price to order 25 as 6. If I ordered 25 then I'd have my pick! So, does anyone have experience in selling chicks? How easy...
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    Ch-Ch-Changes. Brooder progression.

    Oh my how quickly things get out of hand! Brooder 1.0 Brooder 2.0 Brooder 3.0 (I swear this is it! Last one. That's all they're getting!)
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