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    RE : new to ducks !

    Hi can anyone help me - whilst I have kept ducks for a few years and am getting to know about their habits etc - I have recently been brought some call ducks and am slowley at surely finding my way with them - only thing I having trouble with is deciding if they are male or female...
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    Re egg problems.

    Hi I've recently got two new girls and they have started laying this week. The problem is that lola ( my amber link) has layed twice now and the shell of the egg is really thin so that both times by the time i have got to them (they have both been layed at night they have been broken. Hannah (...
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    New chicks !

    Hi we have three eggs under two broody hens, One hatched on saturday and is now being very well taken care of by two chickie mums. Two of the eggs have not hatched but the hens have been sitting on them with just as much devotion as before ... we got the eggs from a friends hens and they were...
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    eggs hatching

    Hi , We set three eggs under our broody chickens and yesterday was day 21. In the night one little chickie appeared but nothing from the other two. They seem the same in appearence as the one that hatched and the mummy chicken has not discarded them but no cracks have appeared. I think i can...
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    Candling eggs -- new to the whole egg/chick thingie !

    Hi when is the best time to candle the eggs we have put under our chicken mummy ? and we put them under her about 9.30 on friday night so does that mean we are now on day two ?
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    new egg!!!

    Hi Just wondered if someone could help -- we have four eggs under our broody chicken last night and checked they were there this afternoon but now there are only three under her. I don't want to look too much as she gets quite distressed and growls at us if we get too close. As far as i can...
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    entertaining chickens

    Can anyone help ... i have heard from various people about putting cd's and footballs on strings attached to the top of the wire in the chickens run. We are in the process of making them a new bigger run and i was wondering what other suggestions people had of what to put in to keep them amused...
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    new to chickens!

    Hi just wondered if anyone could advise me, we have two beautiful little silver speckled cochins and one has started laying - so far one egg every oter day. The other chicken has so far no layed ... is this normal and is there anything we need to do to encourage her to lay ?:|
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