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    First Time with day old chicks today!

    I was at the post office at 7am before the first girl arrived to open the door! I got my very first box of day old chicks and I know I was far more stressed then the chicks were. They were peeping up a storm from the moment I wrapped a nice blanket around the box (its snowing out and still cold)...
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    caring for day old chicks and muscovy ducks

    I'm getting my first brood of day old chicks march 7. I am so nervous and worried to do things right and have been searching online for all the articles pertaining to this. I've read so much about the importance of the right temp for them and the adjustments that need to be made as they grow. My...
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    blood spots in eggs

    just what causes blood spots in chicken eggs.
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    frozen poop clump expert wanted

    i know now that others have poopy bum issues but now i would like to know if i have to keep bringing them in to clean them up or will it eventually fall or will the duck have problems pooping because it wont fall off. i wonder if the poop clump will just keep getting bigger everytime the ducks...
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    ducks breeding

    what age do ducks start breeding and producing eggs. i have 2 boys & 2 girl rouen 8 months old.
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    frozen eggs or not frozen

    how do you know if your egg has froze if it hasnt cracked yet. my coup is heated but they lay elsewhere, like outside under the coup in the straw my coup is on stilts till we build a walk in barn this year:D
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    Alberta

    Anyone else live close to Thorsby Alberta living a double life. pretending to be a small town suburbier with a flock hiding under your smock:lol:
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    neighbors and name change

    Does anyone live close to me in Thorsby AB and does anyone know how to change a name. I sorta hate the name i gave myself (Freida)
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    My secret backyard life in town

    this is my grand daughter feeding Queen Elizabeth before Trooper (bad dog) killed her in the garden under the lilac tree. actually he was play pouncing, sad but true. we were all gardening actually, Queen Elizabeth and her co-herts were scratching up the potatoes i was planting, Troop was...
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    ducks and mice

    well i thought i had my mice problem solved when i got my chickens. watching them go after those suckers was as entertaining as one could hope for until they apparently got bored the following year. i watched in horror as the chickens and mice shared the food together in perfect harmony. i was...
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    what to do with your old chicken

    what do the backyard chickeners do when the chicken gets old. i dont want to see what happened the first time when i first got my flock. being inexperienced i watched as this poor old hen spent her time alone just standing, sometimes leaning. and one day woke up dead. i have another doing this...
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    winter and dust baths

    whts best way to make this happen, dustbaths in winter. i figure ill get out the small kiddy wading pool, add sand and dig up dirt from under the snow and maybe bake it if i have too dry it out (sounds crazy but ill try anything once) anyone with an experienced idea?
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    ducks and chickens

    does anyone else have problems with their ducks poo freezing in clumps and sticking to them. ive been bringing mine into the house and cleaning it off in the tub, who'da guessed this would be an issue
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    new member says hello

    Freida from thorsby alberta flew in to say hi.
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