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Can I add my 4 weeks old chicks to my 6 weeks old chicks?
Can I add my 4 weeks old chicks to my 6 weeks old chicks. The 6 weeks old chicks are in a large coop. The 4 weeks old are still in the garage with the heat lamp on at night. Would really like to move them into the coop. What do you think. Should I wait?- sandy sea
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Help. What disease is killing my ducks?
What is killing my ducks. I had 21 ducks, 5 years to 1 year old. This morning i lost my 4th duck with in 4 weeks. First one died about 4 weeks ago, the 2nd died one week after the first. The third duck died 5 days ago and the fourth died last night. What diseases might be attacking my... -
Do I need to start over with new eggs in the new incubator?
I used my daughter in law's incubator started on Monday night. There must be something wrong with it because the temp never got above 90% (mostly stayed at 85%)and the humidity was always too high. I bought a new incubator today ( Thursday). My question is. Should I start with...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Turkey hen is sitting on her nest with eggs, but
Hen turkey is sitting on her eggs but there are a few chicken eggs in the pile. Should I try to remove the chicken eggs or leave them. I know that turkey eggs hatch about a week after chicken eggs. Will she hatch out the chicken eggs first and wait for the turkey eggs to hatch? -
Turkey coop ideas please
Right now my 4 turkeys go to roost in a very large coop. ( It is very far from the rest of my coops.) The turkeys are sharing it with 2 young pet pigs and 12 chickens. My husband is almost finished building a new coop for the pigs, it is 10 X16 divided in half with a wall, so each half... -
Should I get all three turkeys?
I had two hen turkey, but one took off. The Hen that stayed is around 6 months old. I found someone that is selling turkeys. She has one hen around 6 months old and also has 2 hens that are 1 and a half years old. Should I buy all three turkeys from her or should I just buy the one that is... -
Just one turkey. Good or Bad idea?
Do I really need another turkey to keep my one and only turkey company? She lost her friend hen turkey to the gang of wild turkeys, and I was feeling sorry for her. She hangs out with my ducks and chickens. My sister in law said that her oldest turkey only gangs out with her chickens and not... -
Thinking about maybe getting a peafowl, talk me out of it
I have been thinking of getting a peafowl. Good idea or bad? Are they hard to keep? Can they free range during the day? Information please. -
Is it OK to just keep a Tom and one Hen turkey?
I had two 5 months old hen turkeys, but I lost one to a gang of wild turkey. That leaves me with only one turkey. Been looking for turkeys about the same age. It seems that most turkeys available at that age are toms. Would it be OK to just get one turkey a Tom? Any input would be great. -
One of my two female turkeys took off with a gang of wild turkeys. What now?
Lately a gang of wild turkeys have been roaming my property, and now one of my females is missing. I posted on July 25 saying that my two female turkeys were being visited by a male turkey. Well I guess she took of with him. This leaves me with only one turkey a female. Should I get another... -
My two female turkeys had a visitor today. Will a wild turkey mate with my turkeys?
Today as I am looking outside I see my 2 turkeys walking along the back fence. I get my binoculars to make sure that they have not gotten out of the yard. I see three turkeys. My two girls in the yard and another turkey, I guess a male, on the outside of the fence. We do have wild turkeys... -
Ideas for building a duck pond
I would like to dug a duck pond for my ducks. Any suggestions would be great. Pictures also. What to use to seal bottom. Best way to keep it clean -
Too many ducks?
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What to feed Chickens, Ducks and Guineas?
I have been feeding all my ducks, chickens, and guinea fowl Layer pellets. I just read that is a NO NO for the roosters and drakes. What should I be giving them? All Flock and oyster shells in a separate bowl? What about niacin? What about scratch, I always thought that scratch was candy...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Can chickens and duck be safe around a kunekune pig?
My ducks and chickens, and pot bellied pigs free range together. No problems, except sometimes if a pig can find an egg and eat it. Does anyone know if a kunekune pig will leave chickens, chicks ,or ducks? I was thinking of getting a kunekune pig. but I do not want it to eat my chickens...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Polish rooster attacking my feet
I have never had polish chickens before, so not sure if this is normal behavior for a polish rooster. My first thoughts were the rooster was just checking out my flowery flip flops and was pecking at the flowers. This has been going on for about a week. Today when I went in to the coop to...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Just lost 5 baby chicks to coccidiosis. Help. Should I treat all my chickens and ducks?
I just had all 5 of my two month old chicks die. They looked a bit tired yesterday, so I had put them in a separate cage in their coop. I thought that they just needed a rest from the older chicks. This morning in the cage there were three dead chicks. There was bloody poop. I had no idea...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Mice have invaded my coops.
I had put some insulation panels on top of a shelf in my pig barn. I moved the panels today and a ton of small mice came running out. I have seem mice in the chicken coop a few times, but nothing like the nest under the panels. I do not leave any pig or chicken feed open. I did use some...- sandy sea
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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?? Broody Duck and Baby chick
I have a duck that has been sitting on a nest of eggs for 22 days. She laid around 10 eggs, but a chicken had laid a few eggs there also. Yesterday one of the chicken eggs hatched. Cute little yellow chick. The duck is still sitting on eggs and the chick runs under her also. The problem is... -
Advice on what duck breed to get.
I have 6 six month old ducks. Two Blue Swedish hens, one Welsh Harlequin hen, two Anconas a hen and a drake. I also have an Appleyard drake that I bought as a hen but turned out to be a drake. He is huge. I purchased the ducks as babies and thought that if I got 5 hens and one drake that...