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    Hatching Duck eggs

    My duck laid eggs, lots and i want to incubate them. But they are really dirty should i wash them first or just leave them dirty to incubate? I know they are fertile cuz i cracked one open.
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    question about refrigerated duck eggs

    So my duck has laid a total of 11 eggs, i have washed and refrigerated 7 of them and there are still 4 in the nest. If i put the other 7 in the nest will they still hatch? Its been 1 egg a day so the oldest has been in the fridge for about a week and a half now. I know they are all fertile...
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    So i have 18 week olds and 8 week olds, i have a ?

    My 8 week olds have been outside for 4 or 5 weeks now (its been warm) And they are doing perfectly fine...But they are currently inmy rabbit hutch with a homemade run..I want my rabbit hutch back, I want to put them in with my older chickens who are 18 weeks old, but they peck at them, will...
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    if you breed a bantam and a standard what do you get?

    Just wondering, my fave rooster is a bantam, all my girls are standard. If i let them do thier thing, will the chicks be standard or bantam or unknown? Also, how many females can one banty rooster...uh..service?
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    So, if i take a few eggs out will she keep laying in the nest?

    I want to take a few eggs out of the nest and get her to lay more so she can hatch a bigger clutch, i will just slip the on si take out, back in when she decides to start sitting on them. She now has 7 of her own and 3 chicken eggs in there that i put in to convince her to lay. Is this a bad...
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    7 week olds, need genders please

    These guys are all 7 weeks tomorrow! I have no idea what they are, please help ive been told light brahma, buff brahmablack cochin and an easter egger/ silkie mix . but i have no clue to the genders, help please! This is the buff brahma i believe This is the silkie/easter egger This is the...
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    So..duck just laid first egg since i got her, question inside......

    So i bought two ducks from a lady around here, she had hatched a clutch or two this year already and is supposably an awesome mommy. Well, all my animals free range, including my goat and dog and all chickens and ducks. My ducks are hell to get into the coop at night so most nights they just...
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    Help please! Rooster swallowed fishing line with hook attached!!

    Someone please help me, is there any way i can help him! He swallowed a piece of line that had a hook attached. Part of the line with the swivel is hanging out but the hook is stuck in his throat, I tried to gently tug a tiny bit to see of it was just line but i think i can feel the hook in his...
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    I need breeds and sexes....Please help!

    They are all 5 weeks old tomorrow. Thanks in advance!
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    black feathers, black comb, 4 toes and blue legs?

    No idea, im guessing some breed of EE but not sure what else, maybe silkie cuz of the black? but only 4 toes?
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    4 week chicks with huge crops

    I have 6 four week old chicks that all have huge crops! How can i fix this, i just noticed it and they were eating when i noticed, is this why? Do i need to take them to a vet, i never noticed before today. They are eating dels all purpose poultry food, they are now outside in thier own like...
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    Help with new ducks please!

    I got two ducks from a farm around my house i believe they are mallards, was told one is a male and one is a female. I was also told that the female has been laying and has hatched out a whole clutch once already this year. And that she was still laying, BUT i have had her for over a week and...
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    10 week old barred rock pullet...comb and wattles turning reddish

    Im 100% sure its a pullet...well i was until today when i realized that her comb is getting very red...so is my other barred rock. Ive heard this can happen when they are getting ready to lay? but 10 weeks is WAY too young.....right??
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    At last! Pretty much finished, debating the door idea(pic)

    Debating whether or not to put in a door into the coop, i like it open and i like that they are able to come and go to the run... Its about 7 feet tall, 7 or 8 feet wide and 12 feet deep....The coop itself is 4 feet deep and the run 8 feet!
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    Are these guys/gals roos?

    I have a blue laced red wyandotte first...about 9 weeks old Next a mottled houdan..also 9 weeks old And last, ive been told this is a bantam dark brahma, also 9 weeks old I think they may all be roos, but these are myfirst chickens i ever hatched/raised so im not a professional!
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    day 7 candle...no veins

    Should i let it go a few more days or toss? All of my other eggs are VERY VERY clearly fertile and veiny and bouncin around...im thinkin toss..anyone else?
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    11 out of 12!

    Yay, day 6 and 11 out of 12 eggs are fertile and bouncing around! Awesome!
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    Set eggs today..Anyone else hatching around june 16th?

    I am trying my hand at 'dry hatching' in a LG still air, temp is at 100 steady..Anyone wanna join?
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    Totally scored today!!

    I got a BRAND NEW.....older but still BRAND NEW..LG still air bator WITH auto turner...for $50!!! Super excited!
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    How long can an egg survive with no heat or humidity?

    So i was thinking of conducting an experiment...There is a hatchery that sells duck eggs for balut. They are incubated for 17 days then candled and delivered. The site says it would take 2-4 days for delivery. Im washington, they are in california so im sure it would be 2 days, or i can pay for...
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